Weekly Justice Highlights

St. Vincent inspires each of us to be in solidarity of his ministry as he worked with those living in poverty and advocated with them.   U.S. citizens are invited to ask presidential candidates to support affordable rental housing, stop needless foreclosures and revive a sustainable path to homeownership.  

Challenging Unjust Structures:  Urge Walmart and NFI, the warehouse operator, to be transparent in addressing serious concerns about broken equipment and high injury rates in the warehouse where a leaked document was found stating the problem was fixed (according to the workers it has not been fixed).   

In the Spirit of St. Vincent:  Urge the moderators of the presidential debates to ask the candidates about poverty.  

Challenging Unjust Structures: Urge PBS’s Jim Lehrer to spend some time during the first presidential debate speaking to campaigns and big money and how the candidates plan to fix the problem.   (Act by September 28)

Elections 2012:  President Obama and Governor Romney share how they will help hungry and poor people.  Individuals are encouraged to view these videos and let them know that eliminating hunger and poverty is an important election issue.  

Election 2012: Catholics Vote for the CommonGood, the Platform for the Common good for each state is available.  Locate the platform, sign it and urge others to support it.  Take a group of signatures to your candidates running for office as well.  

Immigration: Here are the links to the two Need to Know episodes(These are about Violence at the Border and about 20 min. each):
Part 1 is located here.
Part 2 is located here.

Nazareth:  On October 3, Nazareth will host a candidate forum for KY House District 50 that begins at 6 p.m. in Columba room.  The public has been invited.  Questions can be addressed to Joetta Venneman, PBVM at 348.1557.  

Upcoming Debates

October 3: @NewsHour (Moderator Jim Lehrer, PBS News). 9-10:30 p.m. EST. University of Denver. Topic: Domestic Policy

October 11: @MarthaRaddatz (Moderator Martha Raddatz, ABC News). 9-10:30 p.m. EST. Centre College, Danville, KY. Vice Presidential Debates: Domestic and Foreign Policy

October 16: @crowleyCNN (Moderator Candy Crowley, CNN). 9-10:30 p.m. EST. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. Town Hall format: Domestic and Foreign Policy

October 22: @BobSchieffer (Moderator Bob Schieffer, CBS News). 9-10:30 p.m. EST. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL. Topic: Foreign Policy