Weekly Justice Highlights

In the Spirit of St. Vincent: Urge Prime Minister David Cameron and President Francois Hollande to urgently press the Burmese President to urgently protect the Rohingya and grant them citizenship and full legal rights as soon as possible.  (International Action available)

Gasland Part II, a documentary about hydraulic fracturing, airs on HBO on July 8. Check local TV  listings. The Bluegrass Pipeline project as highlighted in the July Action Alert now has a blog site here.   

Nuclear Weapons:  Urge President Obama to engage with the United Nations to eliminate nuclear weapons at the UN High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament that will take place in September in New York.

Urge Secretary of State John Kerry (1-202-647-5291; charges apply OR secretary@state.gov) to actively encourage UN Security Council action in support of safe, cross-border corridors into Syria for humanitarian relief and to ensure that all promised U.S. aid for displaced and refugee communities is promptly delivered.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement continues without transparency.  Urge Congress to expose the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement details.  

Urge President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency to reject the increase in chemical residues (i.e. Monsanto’s glyphosate- linked to an alarming number of diseases threatening animal and human health, including obesity, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s) allowed on food. 

U.S. citizens are encouraged to call their federal legislators (1.202.224.3121; charges apply) urging them to stand with Elizabeth Warren who has introduced a bill mandating students get the same low loan rates as banks.

Plastics turned into oil? Why are we not doing this?  Check this five minute video. 

Louisville: On July 20 from 5 to 7 p.m., It’s A Girl film will be viewed with dialogue at St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ (2608 Browns Lane).   The viewing is hosted by Revealing Sophia’s Truth, a young adult faith activist group that attended the 57^th Commission on the Status of Women at the UN in March 2013. In this film global experts and grass-roots activists tell the stories of abandoned and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme dowry-related violence, of brave mothers fighting to save their daughter’s lives and of other mothers who would kill for a son.