The following resources were published in the July-August 2022 issue of NewsNotes.
- Watch a webinar to hear from Haitian asylum-seekers, and the people of faith who welcome them, about their experience at the U.S.-Mexico border July 12 at 4pm ET. Hosted by St. Columban Mission for Justice, Peace and Ecology. https://bit.ly/3ui9jjL
- The federal climate fight has been exhausting and often demoralizing. While we keep working to pass a bill through the Senate, state groups are fighting tirelessly for victories that should prove to everyone that we can act on climate. https://bit.ly/3ntZo6O
- Women Building Peace is a new podcast hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security that explores how women are trying to bring peace to communities around the world. Listen at https://bit.ly/3nyEe7P
- “Beyond the U.S.-Mexico Border: Migration Trends in the Americas, Explained” published by WOLA before the Summit of the Americas in June. https://bit.ly/3I8T7a8
- Read testimony from an Eyewitness Palestine delegation participant who recently visited Wadi Foquin https://bit.ly/3QZk1W9
- From Refugees International, watch the recording of a panel discussing the experiences of Haitian migrants in Mexico and at the U.S.-Mexico border. https://bit.ly/3R2odEr
- Refugee Oral History Project, a new project the USCCB/MRS has helped to launch with Princeton University’s Office of Religious Life. https://www.rfmi.princeton.edu/
- Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA will host an emergency human rights delegation to Guatemala, July 23-30. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3y7xKlc
- CIDSE 40-minute documentary "The future lies with youth" is available in many languages. Watch youth from around the world open up about their engagement for climate justice, concretely showing activism in all its facets. https://bit.ly/3ORripd
- June 15 marks ten years since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was created to protect Dreamers from deportation. But the program is still temporary and it is no longer accepting new applicants. Tell Congress to create a permanent solution for Dreamers. https://bit.ly/3QUWBkG
- Learn about the key priorities named by the new UN Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights, Ian Fry. https://bit.ly/3ORryob
- The International Observer Mission of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) released its final report on the Philippine presidential elections that took place May 9. The report documents cases of violence, vote-buying, intimidation, faulty voting machines, and other grave irregularities in the election in which “Bongbonb” Marcos, son of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was declared the winner, with Sara Duterte, daughter of outgoing president Rodrigo Duterte, as his vice president. https://bit.ly/3R4b65Z
- MOGC co-sponsored a global conference of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN), Catholic Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis: Hope for a Wounded World. Videos of all conference panels and sessions are available on CPN’s YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3bHfIyL
- LAWG cosponsored a side event at the Summit of the Americas in Losa Angeles. The panel, 'From Deterrence To Integration: Civil Society Voices On Migration Policy In The Americas' is recorded here https://youtu.be/wFOMbRxAuOY
- Sign up to receive action alerts and Scripture Reflections from the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns: https://bit.ly/MOGCSignup