Jan 27, 2020 | Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is an exploitation of vulnerability and migrants are among the most vulnerable populations. St. Josephine Bakhita (pictured), who was born in 1869 in South Sudan, was kidnapped and sold into slavery at the age of 7 and spent much of her life in...
Oct 25, 2019 | Care for Creation
Inspired by youth activists as well as Reverend Barber’s Moral Mondays and Randall Robinson’s often daily anti-apartheid protests, actress and activist Jane Fonda has moved to Washington, D.C. and instituted weekly demonstrations she calls Fire Drill Fridays at the US...
Oct 23, 2019 | Care for Creation
The Franciscan Action Network (FAN) holds at its core a deep care for creation which stems from our patron, St. Francis of Assisi. FAN sees the interconnectedness of all creation and the common origin of humanity as rooted in God’s loving design for the earth and all...
Oct 17, 2019 | Care for Creation
In the nationwide migration to clean and renewable energy, there is great need to implement a just transition that attends to the social dimensions of economic change and to learn from our collective experience when designing policies around best practices. Just...
Sep 19, 2019 | Immigration
Every day that goes by is another day that an immigrant family lives in fear of deportation or detention. This is wrong. Families belong together. This call goes to the heart of the issue. To support our immigrant friends we have to hold our Senators accountable. Your...
Sep 12, 2019 | Immigration, Poverty
Sr. Maria Orlandini, OSF was one of the delegation of 75 faith leaders who visited Honduras in March of this year. The trip was made to understand the root causes of migration, to witness in solidarity with the people of Honduras in their struggle for justice, and,...
