Action Alerts Archives

ACTION ALERT: Trafficking Victims Protection

| 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 …

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Tell President Obama to stop gun smuggling into Mexico!

| 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 …

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ACTION ALERT-Tell Congress to Stand with God’s Creation and Act for Climate Justice

| 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 …

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Budget Concerns

| 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 …

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Migrantes Fueron Secuestrados con Violencia

| July 7, 2011

Translate to English Acción de Alerta El 24 de junio, más de 200 migrantes fueron secuestrados con violencia en Media Agua, Veracruz México. Dichos migrantes viajaban en la parte superior de un tren de carga que iba entre Oaxaca y …

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Kidnapped at Gun Point

| July 7, 2011

Translate to Spanish ACTION ALERT On June 24, over two hundred migrants were kidnapped at gun point in Media Agua, Veracruz Mexico. These migrants were traveling on top of a freight train between Oaxaca and Veracruz, when the train stopped …

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School of the Americas (Spanish)

| July 7, 2011

Acción de alerta Contacta a tus representantes y pídeles que soliciten del Presidente Barack Obama una Orden Ejecutiva para cerrar la Escuela de las Américas (School of the Americas). Antecedentes Fundada en 1946, La Escuela de las Américas SOA (por …

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School of the Americas

| July 7, 2011

Available in Spanish ACTION ALERT Contact your representative and ask them to request that President Obama issue an Executive Order closing the School of the Americas. BACKGROUND Founded in 1946, the School of the Americas (SOA) has trained more than …

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Deportees in Danger

| June 6, 2011

ACTION ALERT Demand that US deportations to Mexico do not endanger deportees. The US must immediately halt all deportation to the Mexican States of Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas, where criminal elements wait to prey on the vulnerability of deportees. BACKGROUND …

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Immigration Reform

| May 5, 2011

ACTION ALERT Ask your members of Congress to implement comprehensive immigration reform BACKGROUND On May 10, 2011, President Barack Obama traveled to El Paso on his first presidential visit to the border. The President gave a speech addressing the government’s …

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