Last spring, a Xavier University delegation built bridges during a week spent with the Centro Ignacio Ellacuría (CIE) at the UCA, the Jesuit University of El Salvador.
Instead of adhering to the orders of the Supreme Court, the Trump Administration has taken the first step toward permanently ending the DACA program.
The “Justice T.R.E.E.E.” (Tackling Racism: Educate, Engage, and Effect Change) is an organic framework for answering the question “How do I get started in racial equity work?”
"I worked at a dialysis unit, meeting with patients struggling through their treatment. None of them were white. All of them were poor. They played the game of life with structural disadvantages and discrimination at every checkpoint."
Racial justice cannot be separated from economic justice.
"I have hope for my people. I believe, regardless of how the past and the present look, there is always hope for something better."
The 100 students attending this month's Migration Justice Summit are a reminder that organizing work requires that we walk and work together.
We can all agree that America is in need of race reconciliation. But how do we begin to heal from our past?
Christ's ultimate sacrifice demonstrates what we are called to in the fight for racial justice—courage, strength, agape love, and sacrifice.
We are quick to name the things we are doing right. In the case of working toward racial justice, claiming the ways we are not racist is easy.
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.
Just Parenting provides a framework for discussion around the intersections of parenting, faith, and social justice from the perspective of parents touched by the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola through Jesuit schools, parishes, and other organizations.
#JVReflects explores the intersection of faith and justice from the perspective of JESUIT VOLUNTEERS serving as long-term volunteers both domestically and internationally with Jesuit Volunteer Corps and Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. The reflections specifically focus on the cornerstone values of the Jesuit volunteer experience: spirituality, simple living, community, and social justice.
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.
