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PODCAST: Previewing the Jesuit Conference’s Advocacy Issues in 2016

In this week's episode of the Ignatian Solidarity Network Podcast, we are visited by two guests from the National Advocacy Office at the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States to preview the issues that they will be taking up this year. Policy Director Shaina Aber and Policy Associate Matt Cuff joined ISN executive Christopher Kerr by phone from their offices in Washington, D.C. to discuss the recent raids of Central American migrants in the United States, prospects of reform to the criminal justice system, the minimum wage campaign, and more.
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Infographic: Rising Death Toll in Central America’s Northern Triangle

This infographic charts the rising death toll in the Northern Triangle, which includes Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. Driven by gang warfare, government corruption, and poverty, the violence in this comparatively small region exceeded the death tolls in several combined war zones in 2015.
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ACTION ALERT: Stand with Central American Asylum Seekers Facing Raids

Join the Ignatian Solidarity Network and Jesuit Conference, send a message to the Obama Administration -- end the use of raids, allow asylum seekers due process, and use U.S. influence to promote human rights in Central America.