Promoting Peace: Tell President Obama and the U.S. Congress it is time to end the war in Afghanistan.
The March issue of Stop Trafficking co-sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth is located here.
Death Penalty: KY House Concurrent Resolution 173 creates a KY Death Penalty Reform Implementation Task Force to develop a strategy to implement the reforms recommended by the American Bar Association’s KY Death Penalty Assessment Report. Contact your State Representative by calling 1.800.371.7181 and asking for a YES vote supporting HCR 173.
Affordable Housing: Urge U.S. Representatives to pressure members of the Financial Services committee to abandon the Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Act of 2012 (no bill number yet) because it expands and makes permanent the “Moving to Work” (MTW) demonstration project. It also exempts owners from abiding by several key tenets of affordable housing law and would be damaging to residents of apartments.
Urge members of Congress to sign letters being circulated with regard to funding the Second Chance Act for FY 2013 that supports grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide assistance in areas of employment, treatment, housing, mentoring and other services to help reduce recidivism.
Contact President Obama (1.202.456.1111; charges apply) urging him to commit to dialogue and to support local peace initiatives in Uganda and in other affected countries in Africa with regard to child soldiers.
A new resource entitled, “Just Peacemaking Initiative” is available for small groups from JustFaith and Pax Christi USA. More information is located here.
Earth Hour 2012: On March 31, people around the world will turn off their lights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. (your local time) to celebrate Earth Hour 2012. Earth Hour is intended to challenge participants to go “beyond the hour” and commit to further ongoing action to address climate change.
April 22 marks Earth Day and Catholic Relief Services has put together resources for the education of young people on the responsibility to care for creation.
KY 2013-2014 House Budget has been passed and is located here. The Senate has not passed their version yet.
NETWORK (National Catholic Social Justice Lobby) is celebrating their 40th Anniversary with an Auction. To view and bid on items, click here.
Louisville: On March 31 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Flaget Center (1935 Lewiston Drive) is hosting an electronics recycling day to support Catholic Charities. Acceptable Items: Cables, CD-ROM drives, cellular phones, circuit boards, computer speakers, CPUs, CRT monitors, docking stations, DVD players, fax machines, hard drives, keyboards, laptops, LCD monitors, mainframes, mice, microwaves, modems, PDAs, personal copiers, printers, processor chips, scanners, servers, speakers, tape and disc drives, telephones, televisions, terminals, UPS battery back-ups, VCR players and more! Unacceptable items: Batteries, light bulbs, ballasts and appliances. (*All items listed will be accepted for free with the exception of TVs, monitors, and microwaves -- a $5 fee will be charged to recycle each TV, monitor, and microwave
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