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Immigration Protection Extended to Workers in Northern Marianas cutting human trafficking (5/15/08)

Oblate on PBS TV about Immigration and the Border Wall in Eagle Pass, Texas (5/12/08)

With their spurs dragging, Texans begin going green. (5/12/08)

Debt cancellation a victory for the world; article by Desmond Tutu (5/12/08)

NGOs Press UN to Block Sri Lanka's Bid for Human Rights Council Seat (5/08/08)

ADB pulls out of controversial coal project in  Bangladesh (5/08/08)

“PROJECT KALEIDOSCOPE” REPORT" to improve working conditions in Corporate Supply Chains released (5/08/08)

Safeguarding Food Production - Take Action! (5/01/08)

US Senate Passes Resolution calling on President Mugabe to Step Down. (5/01/08)

Zambian Oblates Attend the Africa Faith and Justice Network 25TH Anniversary Conference (04/29/08)

Bishops demand LTTE quit Madhu shrine (4/24/08)

OMI Delegation Attends UN Forum on Indigenous People (04-24-08)

Earth Day concert at novitiate in Godfrey (04/10/08)

Roadside Bomb Kills Sri Lankan Priest (04/21/08)

April 2008 issue of JPIC News is available (4/09/08)

UN Vatican Rep Calls for Action on MDGs (04/07/08)

MD Commission on Capital Punishment Approved (04/07/08)

Action Alert: Jubilee Act Moves to Floor Vote (4/04/08)

Action Alert: Protect the Wild Spaces in the US (4/04/08)

Standing with the People of Zimbabwe: Oblate JPIC Statement on the Zimbabwe Elections (4/04/08)

Bishop of Mannar calls for Madhu Shrine to be respected as Peace Zone (4/02/08)

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Commission for Social Affairs issues letter on the Environment (03/18/08)

Oppose the SAVE Act (3/18/08)

Zimbabwe 2008 elections: The Prospect of Intimidation and Violence (3/14/08)

Free Trade Agreement with Colombia Opposed by Religious Community (3/07/08)

Investors File Record Number of Global Warming Resolutions with U.S. Companies (3/06/08)

Sri Lanka Civil Society Groups decry deteriorating Human Rights situation (3/06/08)

Sri Lanka: A Country in Search of Its Identity, by Oswald Firth, OMI (pdf) (3/06/08)

Zambia: International Mining Companies Threaten legal Action against Government over New Taxes (2/15/08)

Africa and the Bush Administration (2/14/08)

Put the Millennium Development Goals in your Lenten Observance (2/4/08)

Corporate Responsibility Work of Oblate JPIC Director Seamus Finn featured in Irish America Magazine (1/29/08)

Websites about Human Trafficking/Modern Slavery (1/29/08)

College Students Track Sex Trafficking in San Francisco (1/29/08)

On Challenges, Dilemmas, and Opportunities in Studying Trafficked Children (1/29/08)

Mgr Casale  Sept. 2007 Congressional Testimony on Human Trafficking (1/29/08)

Migration and New Slaveries (1/29/08)
 

Oblate Priest killed in the Philippines (1/25/08)

Pray for Peace in Kenya (1/24/08)

Sri Lankan NGOs Protest Ceasefire End (1/24/08)

Africa's Garment Sector: Making Suppliers to the U.S. Market Accountable on Labor Rights (1/22/08)

January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Take Action! (1/11/08)

Take Note: Up-Coming Conferences in the Washington DC Area (01/04/08)
 

Celebrate National Immigration Week Jan. 6-12, 2008 (1/03/08)

US Bishops Calendar for National  Immigration Week (1/03/08)

The Death Penalty Information Center Issues 2007 report. (1/03/08)

Election 2008: Voting the Common Good; A new initiative from the Center of Concern (12/14/07)

Maplecroft Interactive Map on HIV/AIDS updated. (12/10/07)

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's statement on Human Rights Day. 2007 is the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (12/10/07)

Pax Christi launches campaign against $150 billion nuclear weapon program - "Complex 2030" (12/07/07)

Innocence: another Inmate exonerated, after 16 Years on Death Row (12/07/07)

USG/USIG and Caritas issue Joint Declaration on Human Trafficking (12/07/07)

Immigration Action: Oppose the Save Act of  2007 (11/27/07)

Where all shall find a Home: MD Catholic Bishops statement on Immigration. (11/27/07)

Immigration Resources for Priests issued by Maryland Catholic Conference (11/27/07)

Root Causes of Migration; one-page handout from MD Catholic Conference (11/27/07)

Oblate Advent Materials on Immigration (11/27/07)

Civil Society Calls for World Bank IDA Reform (10/22/07)

Oblates sign shareholder letter to Adidas asking for intervention with Chinese government over Sudan (10/18/07)

Oblate JPIC Statement of Opposition to the Proposed Extension of the US/Mexico Border Wall (10/15/07)

An interesting, new approach to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in Africa yields results. (10/12/07)

Presentation of Eliseo Mercado, OMI at the UN General Assembly on Interreligious Dialogue and Intercultural Cooperation for Peace (10/10/07)

33rd Catholic Assembly of Justice & Peace held in Hiroshima, Japan. (10/08/07)

New US Military command established in Africa (Africom) is cause for concern. (10-04-07)

Mining Consultation in Majaz, Peru: People Vote Overwhelmingly Against Mining. (10/02/07)

Miramar Task Force for Justice Formed (10/02/07)

Add Your Voice to the Jubilee USA Cancel Debt Fast (10/01/07)

Vatican Statement on Climate Change (09/25/07)

Trade Week of Action: October 14-21 - Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Guide to Action (09/25/07)

UN General Assembly Adopted UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (09/18/07)

Holy Father Worried About Planet's Future (09/18/07)

Immigration Reform: A Growing Need to Act. (09/18/07)

Father Carl Kabat OMI: A Witness To A Nuclear Empire (09/18/07)

September 2007 issue of JPIC News available (09/05/07)

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