Justice Issues
I-CAN
Monday,April, 28 ,2008
Last week, during Pope Benedict XVI's visit, the House of Representatives passed the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007 (H.R. 2634) with strong bipartisan support. On Thursday, April 24, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will have a hearing on debt relief before beginning a review of the Senate version of the bill (S. 2166). Read More...
Advocacy to End Hunger in Our Time
Thursday,March, 27 ,2008
Millions of children go hungry in this country and millions die every year overseas. To help end this situation, Bread for the World is sponsoring a conference on Saturday, March 29, at North United Methodist here in Indianapolis. Read More...
Support SCHIP and the Unborn Child Rule
Wednesday,October, 31 ,2007
Please call your Senators and tell them to support a State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill that includes codifying the unborn child rule. The Senate is expected to vote on the SCHIP bill the week of October 29.
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Senator Lugar 202-224-4814 or senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov
Senator Bayh 202-224-5623 or http://bayh.senate.gov/LegForm.htm Read More...
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Senator Lugar 202-224-4814 or senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov
Senator Bayh 202-224-5623 or http://bayh.senate.gov/LegForm.htm Read More...
Call your Senators Urging Fairness for Farmers and Justice for the Poor and Hungry in the 2007 Farm Bill
Thursday,October, 18 ,2007
ACTION REQUESTED: Please call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to reach your Senator’s office. Ask to speak with the staff person who deals with nutrition and agriculture policy. While the Farm Bill deals with many issues, the concerns outlined below need priority attention as the Senate moves forward in writing the next Farm Bill.
Urge your Senator(s) to support a Farm Bill that promotes development at home and abroad. Tell them that limited public resources should be targeted to those who need it most. The next Farm Bill should redirect funds away from large agro-enterprises that need the least support. The U.S. Farm Bill is the principle means of feeding the hungry at home and abroad, promoting rural development, and caring for the land. Read More...
Urge your Senator(s) to support a Farm Bill that promotes development at home and abroad. Tell them that limited public resources should be targeted to those who need it most. The next Farm Bill should redirect funds away from large agro-enterprises that need the least support. The U.S. Farm Bill is the principle means of feeding the hungry at home and abroad, promoting rural development, and caring for the land. Read More...
Clemency Given!
Thursday,August, 30 ,2007
We have just received work that Texas Governor Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of Kenneth Foster to a life sentence in prison. Read More...
Appeal for Clemency - URGENT
Thursday,August, 30 ,2007
Please consider sending an electronic appeal for clemency for Kenneth Foster, scheduled to be executed tonight, August 30. The case is particularly troubling. Read More...
AIM Needs Assistance
Tuesday,July, 24 ,2007
The Aftercare for Indiana through Mentoring (AIM) is a statewide nonprofit organization serving youth offenders transitioning from corrections to the community. Each week 3 to 8 juveniles are released to participate in the AIM and Marion County Juvenile Court Community Transition Program (CTP). There is a great need for positive adult role models to serve as mentors for youth, ages 13-18. Read More...
Anniversary of End of Slave Trade
Tuesday,June, 26 ,2007
"While there is little evidence that human nature has changed for the better over the past two millennia, a few historical events, like Britain's abolition of its extremely profitable slave trade, suggest that human history has also been something more than an endless contest of greed and power."
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Darfur Investments
Monday,June, 18 ,2007
A bill to empower states to divest their pension funds from companies that help fund the genocide in Darfur is has been stuck in the Senate Banking Committee for two months. Read More...
Workshop on Darfur
Thursday,April, 12 ,2007
"Workshop on Darfur: What's Going On and What Can We Do About It?" Read More...
Call In to Cancel Haiti's Debt
Thursday,March, 29 ,2007
March 29 is the call in day to help cancel Haiti's debt. That day marks the 20th anniversary of Haiti’s constitution, a significant milestone in the very long struggle for democracy and respect for human rights. We are encouraged by Jubilee USA to contact members of Congress to urge them to support a House resolution that would immediately cancel Haiti’s debt. Read More...
Free the Minimum Wage
Monday,March, 12 ,2007
The following is from Thomas Shellabarger, Policy Advisor, Office of Domestic Social Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: The minimum wage increase is still being delayed . Meanwhile, low wage workers languish without an increase in the minimum wage for more than 10 years. We need your help to move this small measure of justice forward. Please call your Senators. Thank you!
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It Is Our Turn To Be Generous
Thursday,March, 01 ,2007
This text is from a sermon by St. Gregory of Nazanian, bishop (Oratio 14, De pauperum amore, 23-25). It is an wonderful exposition of why we should be generous in response to God's goodness to us.
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