on hunger
This fall will be an important time for final
action on Capitol Hill on the farm bill, funding for poverty-focused development
assistance and other critical issues for hungry people. Please join
Bread for the World for three activities to help
reduce hunger and poverty.
- Any day between September 6 and October 15,
take part in a
Rolling Fast that calls for world leaders to end global poverty
and cancel the debts of poor countries.
- On Oct 17,
STAND UP and SPEAK OUT against global poverty, hunger and
inequality to remind world leaders whose countries
had agreed to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to keep their
promises.
- Organize a
Bread for the World Sunday on October 21 (or a Sunday of
your choice between World Food Day on October 16 and Thanksgiving on November
22).
On Iraq
Interfaith Call to Fast,
October 8, 2007
Rabbi Arthur
Waskow of the Shalom Center has organized an interfaith call for an October 8th
day of fasting and action focuses first on the war in Iraq, but also on
street murders in our cities, mass murders in our schools, physical and sexual
abuse in our families and even in our religious communities, grotesque violence
celebrated in our media.
AFSC Wage Peace Campaign
This
program of the American Friends Service Committee provides action updates, plus
2 very effective short visual experiences of the impact of the war –
“Eyes Wide Open”
and the
“Wage
Peace” movie
A Catholic Petition to End the War
is
sponsored by Pax Christi USA, Catholics United, and NETWORK.
OCCUPATION PROJECT
Voices for Creative Nonviolence
has organized the Occupation Project, a campaign of sustained nonviolent civil
disobedience aimed at ending the U.S. war in and occupation of Iraq. The
campaign began in February 2007 with occupations at the offices of
Representatives and Senators who refuse to pledge to vote against additional war
funding. In the St. Louis area, contact the Occupation Project at
www.occupationstl.net.
ELECTRONIC IRAQ
One of the outgrowths of Kathy
Kelly's Voices in the Wilderness (renamed Voices for Creative Nonviolence)
presence in Iraq is this excellent source from within Iraq, providing news,
analysis, and the human stories of the war; to sneak behind the headlines and
highlight the Iraqi experience of war.
On Iran
"Off the Table" Campaign
Join
this campaign organized by the Center for Theology and Social
Analysis and urge your members of Congress to take the option of a
nuclear first-strike on Iran off the table. Invite others to participate.
Also
TELL U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL: DON'T CAVE INTO WASHINGTON ON IRAN!
Please take a minute to sign this online petition from United for Peace and
Justice .
ON KATRINA RECOVERY
Color of Change
Color of
Change, a voice for Black Americans and their allies, has been especially vocal
on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Besides its advocacy suggestions, CoC
has a compelling
“Voices from the
Gulf” video project.
SAVE HOUSING FOR THE POOR OF NEW
ORLEANS
Dr. Bill Quigley, an
IPJ colleague and friend, is representing the displaced poor of New Orleans, to
keep most of the 4543 public housing units scheduled for demolition. His
Advocacy Request: The House of Representatives Finance Committee has
oversight of HUD. Rep. Barney Frank is chair of the House Finance
Committee and Rep. Maxine Waters is chair of the subcommittee with direct
oversight of HUD. Contact your Member in the House of Representatives and
ask them to contact Representatives Frank and Waters with a request to
investigate this situation in New Orleans. Please email or fax them today.
ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
See National Immigrant Solidarity
Network
On Darfur
CRS Sudan Emergency Program
Teresa Hansen,
IPJ consultant and co-trainer for IPJ’s Teens Acting for Peace Program,
was, until recently, the Program Coordinator for the Sudan Emergency with Catholic Relief Services.
Background information on the issue, prayer resources, action suggestions, and
donation possibilities are all available on their website.
Save Darfur Coalition
continues its
campaign to raise a “Million Voices for Darfur” to urge President Bush to keep
moving ahead on this critical issue.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum
and
its “Responding to the Threats of genocide TODAY offers more
about the issue and how we can help.
Darfur -- Not Another Rwanda
Support Middle East Peacemaking
On Middle East Peacemaking
Legislative Action:
PROTECT AMERICA ACT OF 2007
On Aug. 6, President Bush signed the
Protect America Act of 2007 (PAA), S. 1927, granting the government the
authority to wiretap anyone, including U.S. citizens, without any court approval
as long as the "target" of the surveillance is located outside the U.S.
Act Now to
Stop Unlimited Wiretap Authority!
the U.S. Federal Budget
The Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities
http://www.cbpp.org has a wealth of
information about the proposed US federal budget for FY2008, how the budget
process works, and alternatives.
Peace Tax Fund
An Alternative to Paying for War (www.peacetaxfund.org)
