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Keynotes
Sr. Simone Campbell, S.S.S.
Executive Director, NETWORK-A Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J.
Executive Director, Jesuit Social Research Institute
Breakout Sessions
Appalachia Institute – There’s Something About Appalachia
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PowerPoint Presentation Used in Session
Appalachia Institute Immersion Trips Program
Brophy Prep – Acting on the DREAM: Solidarity with our Neighbors, Friends, and Families
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Jesuit Conference article on Brophy’s DACA program and Brophy’s DACA video
Boston College School of Theology and Ministry – Immigration in the US: Catholic Responsibility in Action
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Presentation Used in Breakout Session
Campaign For Fair Sentencing of Youth – Bringing Youth Back from the Margins: Reforming Life without Parole
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About the Fair Sentencing for Youth Campaign
Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth Website
Catherine Brunell – Becoming Catholic, Again – Connecting the Faith We Were Taught with the Faith We Live
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Catherine Brunell’s Book: Becoming Catholic, Again
Facebook Page
Online Advent Retreat with Themes from Becoming Catholic, Again
Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty – The Sanctity of All Life through the Lens of the Death Penalty
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Catholic Mobilizing Network PowerPoint Used in Breakout Session
Center for Justice and Accountability – Update: Ending Impunity for the 1989 Jesuit Massacre
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Center of Concern - Climate Change and the Common Good
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Center of Concern PowerPoint Used in Presentation
Collaborative Initiative to End Human Trafficking- Human Trafficking-Modern Day Slavery
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Collaborative Initiative to End Human Trafficking Resource List
What Can YOU Do?
Conference of Major Superiors of Men – Nonviolent Peaceforce: Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping
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Nonviolent Peaceforce Website
DC Peace Teams Website
Breakout Session Overview
DC Peace Teams Detailed Program
Creighton University – Witnesses for justice: Student film-making in Uganda
Mato Oput from Creighton Backpack Journalism on Vimeo.
Equal Exchange/CRS Fair Trade- Small Farmer Co-op, Equal Exchange, CRS and Fair Trade
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Food and Water Watch – “What the frack?”
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Food and Water Watch Resources Page
Food and Water Watch PowerPoint Used in Presentation
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA- Colombian Refugee Realities
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JRS Action Kit
Suggested JRS Activities 2012
Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest – Intentional Living: Simple Steps for a Just and Sustainable World
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JVC Northwest Website
JVC Northwest Presentation Used in Breakout Session
How to Make a Mint Tin Oil Lamp
Video of JVC Northwest JVs
Kino Border Initiative- The Face of the Migrant
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KBI PowerPoint Used in Presentation
L’Arche Greater Washington, DC - Discerning a Calling to L’Arche
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LArche Mapping Process: Discernment Tool
Loyola University of Maryland – Just Language
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Just Language Powerpoint Used in Presentation
National Religious Campaign Against Torture – Promoting Human Rights
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NRCAT Website
Long Term Solitary Confinement in US Prisons
Seattle Preparatory School – Creating Sweatshop-free Apparel Purchasing Policy
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Sweat-free Clothing Companies
Sweat-free Apparel Policy
STAND – Catholic Values, Human Rights: Preventing Mass Atrocities in a Changing World
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Additional Reading Resources
The following resources will help you learn more about some of the broad social justice themes covered at the Ignatian Family Teach-In. Have a resource suggestion? Please contact Kim Miller at kmiller(at)ignatiansolidarity(dot)net
Catholic Social Teaching
What is Catholic Social Teaching?
Jesuit Social Research Institute
Catholic Social Teaching and Social Structures
Jesuit Social Research Institute
Catholic Social Teaching and Social Analysis
Jesuit Social Research Institute
Domestic Poverty & Social Safety Net Programs
The Faithful Budget
The Faithful Budget Campaign
The entire document is a valuable resource; consult pages 16-22 for Ignatian Family Teach-In potential focus areas.
Catholic Social Teaching and Poverty
Jesuit Social Research Institute
“Poverty Rate Rises in America”
CNN Money
Family Economic Security: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Catholic Charities USA
US Bishops Letter on Housing
USCCB
Issue Area: Hunger
Catholic Charities USA
Human Rights and Foreign Policy in Africa
Africa Faith and Justice Network
The Jesuit Conference work in coalition with this organization, and their website provides numerous articles and resources
Jesuit Conference Work with Africa
Jesuit Conference-Social and International Ministries
Of Congo & Conflict Minerals: Proceed with Caution & Engage Reality
Meghan Clark
Democratic Republic of Congo
United States Institute for Peace
The Two Sudans
United States Institute for Peace
Human Rights and Foreign Policy in Latin America
Colombian Displacement
Jesuit Refugee Service
Being Better Neighbors Towards Latin America
Latin American Working Group
Central America
Washington Office on Latin America
Monitoring Military Aid to Latin America
Latin American Working Group
Instability in Latin America and SOA/WHINSEC
SOA Watch
Immigration
Immigration 101
Justice for Immigrants
Catholic Social Teaching and Migration
Jesuit Social Research Institute
Immigration Myths Busted from LIRS
This link takes you to a chart from Lutheran Immigrant Relief Services (LIRS) hosted by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition. Jesuit Refugee Service/USA works in coalition with this group, and their website provides national and state level immigration resources and campaigns.
Deferred Action FAQ
United We DREAM
Sojourners Immigration Blogs
Sojourners
Border Fact Check
Washington Office on Latin America
Kino Border Initiative
Kino Border Initiative
Sustainable Environmental Practices
“Climate Change and Catholic Social Teaching”
Catholic Climate Covenant
Overview of Environmental Policies
Interfaith Power & Light
This link outlines the IPL’s positions on the following public policy issues: Energy Efficiency, Capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Cap and Trade, Transportation, Coal, Tar Sands, Nuclear, Renewable Energy Standard (RES), Natural Gas Development and Hydraulic Fracturing
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math
Rolling Stone – Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is an author, educator, and environmentalist who focuses on global warming and its impacts.
Caring for Creation–Best Practices for Going Green
Karen Price, M.A. Sustainability Manager, Office for Sustainability, Seattle University
Environmental Justice Resources
Green Faith
This link provides educational resources, links to assess environmental justice issues in your region, and advocacy materials.
Parish Resource: It’s God’s World: Christians, Care for Creation and Global Warming
NCC Eco-Justice Working Group
Vera White
Soot Pollution 101
Center for American Progress
National Jesuit Committee on Investment Responsibility Annual Report (2011)
The National Jesuit Committee on Investment Responsibility advocates for corporate behavior consistent with Catholic social teaching, through dialogues with corporations, shareholder resolutions and proxy voting.
Workers’ Rights
Faith And Labor Rights
Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus
This link provides an overview of Catholic Social Teaching in light of labor issues as well as links to numerous other Catholic statements on labor
Roman Catholic Statements on Labor
Interfaith Worker Justice
Just Jobs: A Primer on Wage Theft
Interfaith Worker Justice
Tomatoes, Farmworkers, and Social Justice
Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J. (IFTJ 2012 Keynote)
Federal Minimum Wage
National Employment Law Project
Why Unions Matter and What Faith has to Do with It
Interfaith Worker Justice
