Advocacy on behalf of families suffering during the pandemic:
Call your Representative to support the $1.8 trillion Covid support bill. Here is a sample script from the Coalition on Human Needs. The next two items are included in the bill.
Click here to send a letter to Congress for struggling families that need an immediate increase to the Child Tax Credit.
58.3 million workers, nearly half the U.S. workforce, make less than $15/hour. Click here for impact of $15/hour minimum. Consider supporting local actions by fast food workers.
From Interprovincial Hunger Subcommittee:
To mark Catholic Sisters Week, consider acting on behalf of persons who suffer food insecurity. Click here for more information.
From Interprovincial Homelessness Subcommittee
Click here for a reflection guide to Inform – Pray – Act on behalf of LGBTQ persons faced with homelessness.
From Interprovincial Care of Earth Subcommittee:
Nestle has finalized sale of their bottled water portfolio to two American private equity forms for $4 billion. Click here to ask the House Oversight Committee to intervene.
From Interprovincial Racism Subcommittee:
Click here for a 27-minute homily by Fr. Greg Chisolm, SJ entitled The Cry of an Angry Black Man in a World Sick with Racism.Click here for text.
From Interprovincial Immigration Subcommittee:
Click here to learn about plans to process persons in Mexico with active MPP cases.
Click here to read article, Outcry as more than 20 babies and children deported by US to Haiti.
Click here for an update on three border towns from Sr. Denise LaRock.
Advocacy for the Unborn
Click here for an email sent to one of our Sisters asking to consider calling our Senators in opposition to the confirmation of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary. It is shared for your review and personal consideration.
Advocacy for those seeking Asylum
Please sign this letter to the Biden Administration, urging them to immediately halt deportation flights and to stop expelling Haitian and other migrants under Title 42 (U.S. Code). Individuals can sign their names to the letter here: http://bit.ly/PPLHaltDeportFeb
From Catholic Mobilizing Network:
Click here to join a virtual prayer service on first Fridays to pray for an end to the death penalty. Click here to stop an execution for Ramiro Ibarra (TX), scheduled for March 4th.