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Keeping Up the Pressure

We must keep advocating, keep putting the pressure on the new Biden Administration and Congress to work toward humane immigration reform.
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Discernment & Racial Justice: A Q&A with Teresa Marie Cariño

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.
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#SaveAsylum: Dignity and Safety for All

"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."

And So We Wait

Waiting—with holy patience and holy impatience—is Advent’s call to us. 
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A Call to Creative Openness: Hope for Asylum Seekers & Refugees in 2021

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. 

Lessons from a Student Organizer During Covid-19

Being an organizer during a pandemic is hard. Remember to explore your options, be creative, and take care of yourself.
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America is a nation of immigrants? Not precisely.

The often idealized American immigrant story that involves invoking the elusive “American dream” omits the experience Black and Indigenous people in the U.S.
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VIDEO: Women Who Stay | Dr. Shawn Copeland

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VIDEO: The Color of COVID | Bellarmine Chapel

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VIDEO: Race in America | Phil Vischer, Holy Post

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If You Want Justice, Move from Othering to Oneness

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.
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VIDEO: Address to USCCB | Sr. Thea Bowman

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A New Administration

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.
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Saint Louis University UndocuWeek: Bridging the Gap & Community Empowerment

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.
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Listen to the People, Act in the Spirit: A Q&A with Sr. Simone Campbell and Fr. John Baumann

ISN spoke with Sr. Simone Campbell and Fr. John Baumann about their most memorable Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice moments, Pope Francis, their favorite saints and Gospel stories, and more at the 2020 Ignite: A Celebration of Justice.
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TPS Holders Are Part of Our Ignatian Family

Holders of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) have lived in the U.S. for years and have deep roots in this country. More than 130,000 TPS holders are essential workers during the pandemic. They are a part of our Ignatian family.
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Remembering Immigrant Workers’ Contributions to Rebuilding After Hurricane Katrina

To remember and honor the important role that immigrant workers, many undocumented, played in rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina, the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans organized a prayer service marking the 15th anniversary of the storm.

Solidarity in a Pandemic: Possibilities and Limits

In a pandemic, how does our Jesuit network allow us to connect to people and places ready to provide access to more vantage points to deepen and broaden our grasp of human experience, be moved by social problems, and to imagine new possibilities?
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Partners in Mission: Building Bridges across our Jesuit University Network

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.
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The Beginning of the End

Instead of adhering to the orders of the Supreme Court, the Trump Administration has taken the first step toward permanently ending the DACA program.