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Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
Monday, September 04, 2017

Labor Day, May Day and the Eight-Hour Workday

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In the United States, we celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September, marking the unofficial end of summer. Everyone else around ...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Isaiah 61, Amos 5 and Tweets from a Mass Revival

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The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bi...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Turning Swords into Plowshares (Shovels) in the South Valley

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He'll settle things fairly between nations. He'll make things right between people. They'll turn their swords into shovels, the...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

Observing International Peace Day

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Although it may seem hopelessly distant, the dream of peace pulses in the lives of people everywhere.   UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Mark Your Calendars: World Refugee Day on June 20 in Albuquerque

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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Author of 'Tatoos on the Heart' to Speak in Santa Fe on Wednesday

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Jesuit Priest Greg Boyle, author of  Tatoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion , is the featured speaker at Jobs Not Jails, a...
Friday, February 06, 2015

One Thousand Bloggers to Write about Compassion and Social Justice on February 20

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Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We uphold the principles o...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Interfaith Worker Justice New Mexico to Host Rev. Dr. James Forbes

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"The church perhaps is the only institution in the nation that can ask: Okay, how are your policies squaring up, not only with the pri...
Sunday, November 02, 2014

Martyrs, Pope Francis and the Next Delegation to El Salvador

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Lutheran Pastor to Speak in Albuquerque about Faith Community's Response to 2008 Immigration Raid in Postville, Iowa

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Photo: Chicago Religious Leadership on Latin America On May 12, 2008, federal immigration officers dressed in  riot gear raided the Agri...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

Albuquerque to Observe World Refugee Day on June 21

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) observes World Refugee Day every year on June 20. The special day was establishe...
Wednesday, April 09, 2014

The Legal Right to Humanitarian Assistance (Two Online Discussions Sponsored by Doctors Without Borders)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10 at 1:00 PM EDT Is Humanitarian Law Still Fit for Purpose? ...
Monday, April 07, 2014

WFP Director Etharine Cousin: Touched by the Faces of Extreme Hunger

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Photo: World Food Programme Etharin Cousin, who was appointed as 12th executive director of the World Food Programme in April 2012,...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

An Argument for Including Freedom of the Press in Follow-up Plan to Millennium Development Goals

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Cover picture for CPJ report I attended a very interesting conference on freedom of the press in the Americas at Florida International...
Sunday, February 02, 2014

Prayers and Actions on Behalf of the People of the Central African Republic

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The Central African Republic is almost 8,000 miles from where I sit in Albuquerque. The huge distance makes it very easy not to be aware...
Friday, March 16, 2012

A New Book from Bread Member Jenny Moore on Humanitarian Law in Africa

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Moore and two women from The Centre for Development and Peace Education in Sierra Leone in October 2010 It's not often that you hea...
Friday, August 05, 2011

How You Can Help with the East Africa Crisis

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There is a crisis 8,000 miles from us.  While the situation in the Horn of Africa is extremely urgent, this is a crisis that is not causi...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

A Journey to Sierra Leone

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Kyra Ellis-Moore , a student at Albuquerque High School, traveled with her mother, Jennifer Moore, a Professor at the University of New M...