Weekly Justice Highlights

Empowering Women: Urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to call on the Security Council to protect civilians in armed conflict, especially women in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Empowering Women: Urge Senators to ask Senator Kerry for a vote to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of Descrimination Against Women

Trafficking of Persons: Call U.S. Representatives (1.202.224.3121)urging them to pass the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking and Victims Support Act (H.R. 5575) that seeks to combat sex trafficking of children in America.

Nuclear Weapons: Urge Senators to ratify the new START Treaty (make world safer of nuclear weapons)

Immigration: Tell U.S. Senators to support the DREAM Act

Other Potential Actions:

Urge Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh to put Indian lives over foreign profit of foreign nuclear companies (international action available)

Urge David Axelrod to persuade President Obama in promoting fair trade

Fr. Mario Bartolini, a Passionist priest is facing legal action in Peru for his human rights activity on behalf of indigenous people and people living in poverty there. Urge the courts of Peru to recognize the position of social and legal justice for the peasents of Barranquita and to recognize their rights to possess their own traditional land over the economic desires of powerful multinational businesses interests (international action available)

Urge President Obama to recommit to the Middle East Peace Process (Scroll down)

Urge the Obama Administration to stop the delivery of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers to the Israeli military, and to investigate Israel’s violations of U.S. laws committed with Caterpillar equipment at

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Urge U.S. Representatives to extend unemployment benefits that expire on November 30

Tell Kroger to promote the social responsibility they believe in by treating their workers with human dignity at

Louisville, November 24 from 7 to 8 p.m.: Bring a donation of non-perishable food for Dare to Care Food Bank to the 2nd Annual Bobby Ellis Candlelight March Against Hunger. March will be ½ mile beginning at 1701 Muhammad Ali Blvd (KY Center for African American Heritage) and end where Bobby Ellis died from hunger.