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Keeping Up the Pressure

January 15, 2021 1:25 pm | By José Arnulfo Cabrera

We must keep advocating, keep putting the pressure on the new Biden Administration and Congress to work toward humane immigration reform.

Posted in: Immigration, Voices for Justice
Tagged: Immigration

Discernment & Racial Justice: A Q&A with Teresa Marie Cariño

January 14, 2021 12:19 pm | By ISN Staff

ISN spoke with Teresa Marie Cariño about a new project, Discernment Series: Racial Justice, utilizing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius as a framework for discerning how one can work for racial justice in their life.

Posted in: Racial Justice, Voices for Justice
Tagged: racial justice

#SaveAsylum: Dignity and Safety for All

December 18, 2020 11:22 am | By ISN Staff

"I hope that, as a result of this movement, immigrants' voices will not be silenced; that all of us are provided help, no exceptions, as we are all humans and have the same rights."

Posted in: Immigration, Voices for Justice
Tagged: Immigration, Remain in Mexico

And So We Wait

December 15, 2020 1:06 pm | By Tony Magliano

Waiting—with holy patience and holy impatience—is Advent’s call to us. 

Posted in: Voices for Justice
Tagged: Advent

A Call to Creative Openness: Hope for Asylum Seekers & Refugees in 2021

December 9, 2020 11:04 am | By Josh Utter

May the Biden-Harris administration heed the words of Pope Francis and encourage our nation to “develop a creative openness to others"—and may we reaffirm our commitment to advocating in solidarity with the immigrant and refugee community. 

Posted in: Central America, Environment, Immigration, Voices for Justice
Tagged: Jesuit Refugee Service USA

Lessons from a Student Organizer During Covid-19

December 4, 2020 1:06 pm | By Iris Rodriguez

Being an organizer during a pandemic is hard. Remember to explore your options, be creative, and take care of yourself.

Posted in: Voices for Justice
Tagged: Immigration, Xavier University

America is a nation of immigrants? Not precisely.

December 2, 2020 3:31 pm | By Julie Schumacher Cohen

The often idealized American immigrant story that involves invoking the elusive “American dream” omits the experience Black and Indigenous people in the U.S.

Posted in: Immigration, Racial Justice, Voices for Justice
Tagged: Immigration, indigenous rights, racial justice, The University of Scranton

If You Want Justice, Move from Othering to Oneness

November 24, 2020 4:50 pm | By Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J.

Catholics in America have a collective moral and spiritual imperative to pray and act for unity, rejecting the sin of othering to work for justice as one.

Posted in: Racial Justice, Voices for Justice
Tagged: racial justice

A New Administration

November 13, 2020 12:29 pm | By José Arnulfo Cabrera

As we prepare for a new presidential administration, we must remember that it is imperative to always work towards justice, regardless of who the president is.

Posted in: Immigration, Voices for Justice
Tagged: election 2020, Immigration
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Saint Louis University UndocuWeek: Bridging the Gap & Community Empowerment

November 11, 2020 11:05 am | By Joanna Williams

The Saint Louis University UndocuWeek, held in February 2020, was a week of events designed to bring awareness to what it means to be undocumented in the United States and open up space for students and community members to speak, listen, share, learn, and challenge the narratives we so often hear about immigration.

Posted in: Immigration, Voices for Justice
Tagged: Immigration, Saint Louis University

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Start your week by asking: how can we rise up to address injustice? Every Monday morning, voices from the Ignatian network will reflect to explore response to injustice through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and previous Sunday’s daily readings. We seek to understand one another’s stories, to individually and collectively rise up to engage in the work of building a more just and peaceful world.

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Lift Every Voice is a Lent 2016 blog addressing America’s original sin of racism through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and the daily readings. From Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday, voices from throughout the Ignatian network will lament racial injustice in our communities and reflect on how the Gospel calls us to repent, pray, and act in solidarity with those affected by an enduring legacy of systemic and personal racial discrimination.

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