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SJ Dispatch-March 13, 2023
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Social Justice Dispatch
Province of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
March 13, 2023Learn - Last week, the President released his budget proposal for FY24. The proposed budget includes important policies to address poverty including extending the Child Tax Credit to families who receive partial or no credit because their incomes are too low. Read more about the proposed investments in the President’s budget in this analysis.
- What percentage of products purchased by consumers are still in use 6 months later? Watch this video clip to find out and learn how “planned and perceived obsolescence” imperils our planet. (Note: The clip should start around 10:10 and you can stop watching at 16:47, unless you want to keep watching!)
- Read the March edition of the Stop Trafficking Newsletter, which is focused on the nexus between homelessness and human trafficking.
Advocate - Now that the FY24 budget process has begun, it’s important to raise our voices about issues that matter. Write to your members of Congress and ask them to increase resources for affordable housing and homelessness in FY24.
- Write to your members of Congress and ask them to protect the Clean Water Act.