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Mock Border Walls Calling for Humane Immigration Reform on Jesuit Campuses Draw Anti-Immigrant Response

"Please take this opportunity to learn more about the reality of the immigrant," was the invitation that John Carroll University students offered as they erected a mock "border wall" in two locations on their campus earlier this week. Little did student organizers, who intended for the wall to create dialogue, know that it would become so controversial.
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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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University of Scranton Hosts Refugee Simulation

On February 26, the University of Scranton’s CRS Student Ambassadors, along with the Campus Ministries' Center for Service & Social Justice hosted a Refugee Simulation with information from Jesuit Relief Services on Friday, February 26 in the DeNaples Ballroom. The following summary of the event was written by University of Scranton student Farrah Qadri.