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Jesuits Advocate as Shareholders for Human Rights and Environment

The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States issued its annual report detailing the Jesuit shareholder advocacy efforts during 2015. The investment responsibility efforts are a collaborative project of the U.S. and Canadian Jesuit provinces in partnership with the Jesuit Conference. Provinces hold stock in strategically identified corporations pertaining to advocacy priorities of the Jesuits in North America as well as internationally.
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Central American Jesuits Social Commission Speaks out on Death of Berta Cáceres

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR - The Jesuit Province of Central America's Provincial Commission for the Social Apostolate issued a statement on March 8, 2016 regarding the murder of Berta Cáceres, an internationally renowned Honduran indigenous and environmental leader.
Secretary John Kerry
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Shock and Sorrow Expressed for Slain Honduras Leader in Letter to Secretary Kerry

Ignatian Solidarity Network and the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, joined over 220 human rights, faith, indigenous rights, environmental, labor, and nongovernmental groups in sending an open letter to Secretary of State Kerry expressing “shock and deep sorrow regarding the murder of Honduran human rights and environmental defender Berta Cáceres."