| April 4, 2012
ACTION ALERT Call your Representative and urge her/him to cosponsor the pending [GMO] bills on genetically modified organism (bills H.R. 3553, H.R. 3554, and H.R. 3555). These bills will require agricultural and commercial practices to ensure safety of producers and …
| April 4, 2012
ACTION ALERT • Write U.S. Trade Representative Kirk demanding transparency in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations! BACKGROUND “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one …
| April 4, 2012
ACTION ALERT Demand that local U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices implement prosecutorial discretion as instructed by the Department of Homeland Security! BACKGROUND Along with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ campaign Justice for Immigrants, we ask that you encourage …
| February 2, 2012
ACTION ALERT Call your Representative and ask her/him to co-sponsor the Latin America Military Training Review Act (HR 3368). BACKGROUND In 1946, a combat training ground for Latin American soldiers was established, called the School of the Americas. It trained …
| February 2, 2012
“The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.” Isaiah 41:17 ACTION ALERT Call …
| February 2, 2012
ACTION ALERT Call your Representative and Senators and tell them to oppose the North American Energy Access Act (H.R.3548) and bill S.2041 that would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline! BACKGROUND “You shall not pollute the land in which you live… …
| November 11, 2011
ACTION ALERT Contact your Congress member today and tell them to support the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVRPA) of 2011! BACKGROUND Catholic Social Teaching requires us to uphold the dignity of every person. Human trafficking is an atrocity that …
| November 11, 2011
ACTION ALERT Tell President Obama to stop gun smuggling into Mexico! BACKGROUND Imagine waking up to the sound of AK-47s in the morning and going to bed to cries of grieving families at night. Imagine a place where children cannot …
| October 10, 2011
ACTION ALERT Make the Call – Tell Congress to Stand with God’s Creation and Act for Climate Justice BACKGROUND “My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for non-violence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and …
| July 7, 2011
ACTION ALERT Call Congress today and voice your concern about the budget. BACKGROUND The inter-religious community has come together in a campaign on the Budget. Although of diverse faith traditions, all are united in the conviction that God calls us …