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ACTIONS AND ISSUES
Faces of Migration
Post the above Justice for Immigrants image to your Facebook page.
Catholic Coalition for Migrants and Refugees (CCMR)14 of our members just returned from a Border Awareness Experience in El Paso, TX, and are looking for invitations to share what they learned. CCMR is also working with Fr. Javier Bustos, Vicar General for Hispanic Ministry in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, to provide English-speaking parishes with immigration education programs. Beyond education, CCMR members engage in advocacy and dialogue with Wisconsin Senators Baldwin and Johnson and Representatives Moore, Steil, Sensenbrenner and Grothman. To request a presentation from our border team, suggest a parish that might be interested in immigration education, or join our advocacy effort, call Mark Peters at 414-427-4273. To get on the CCMR mailing list, click this link.
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Tutor Adult Refugees
Participate in this wonderful volunteer opportunity at St. Michael's Parish, 1445 N. 24th Street. We are looking for tutors to help the adult refugees from Myanmar, the former Burma, in learning English and in preparation for citizenship.
Tutoring would be on a one-on-one basis for one hour once a week. The day and time are agreed upon by the teacher/tutor and the student. Easy to follow materials are provided.
If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Deborah Lindberg: deborah.lindberg@att.net or call 414-906-0458.
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Action on Gun Violence
From WAVE - Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort
We join Governor Evers in urging legislators to take up two essential, evidence-based policies, proven to reduce firearm fatalities: requiring background checks on all gun sales and giving families the ability to petition the court for an extreme risk protective order (ERPO), which will allow for the temporary removal of firearms when loved ones are in imminent danger of hurting themselves or others.
Recent polling shows that both of these lifesaving policies are supported by the vast majority of Wisconsinites, including gun owners. Wisconsinites want and deserve these commonsense remedies.
Governor Evers said that for these lifesaving policies to become law, citizens must contact their legislators. That's why, we're asking you to send a message to your legislators right now, asking them to support the bills in the special session.
From WAVE - Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort
We join Governor Evers in urging legislators to take up two essential, evidence-based policies, proven to reduce firearm fatalities: requiring background checks on all gun sales and giving families the ability to petition the court for an extreme risk protective order (ERPO), which will allow for the temporary removal of firearms when loved ones are in imminent danger of hurting themselves or others.
Recent polling shows that both of these lifesaving policies are supported by the vast majority of Wisconsinites, including gun owners. Wisconsinites want and deserve these commonsense remedies.
Governor Evers said that for these lifesaving policies to become law, citizens must contact their legislators. That's why, we're asking you to send a message to your legislators right now, asking them to support the bills in the special session.
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CIVILIZE IT!With another election cycle in full swing, we are faced with the difficult question of what it means to love our neighbors in the midst of such a divisive climate. We are called to bring the best of ourselves and our faith to the public square—and yet today, many shy away from such involvement because our national and local conversations are filled with anger and harsh language, often directed at people themselves. When personal attacks replace honest debate, no one wins. This kind of attack, no matter the reason, only serves to further divide our communities. As Catholics, we must model a better way.
On Sunday, November 3rd, one year ahead of the 2020 national elections, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will launch a year-long campaign inviting Catholics to model civility and love for neighbor throughout this election year. Civilize It: Dignity Beyond the Debate will ask Catholics to pledge civility, clarity, and compassion in their families, communities, and parishes, and call on others to do so as well. Built on the recognition that every person—even those with whom we disagree—is a beloved child of God who possesses inherent dignity, the campaign will offer materials and ideas to help Catholics and others of good will to engage in and model respect and compassion. Civilize It builds on a similar effort implemented in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in previous election years. It is being offered in concert with a wider ecumenical effort, Golden Rule 2020, which invites all Christians to model our shared values of dignity and civility and pursue dialogue instead of division.
Together with USCCB, dioceses around the country are invited to utilize Civilize It to help Catholics put our faith in action by honoring human dignity through civil conversation. We invite you to join us in the launch of this effort by promoting Civilize It within your diocese beginning November 3rd.
Campaign materials include promotion tools, a pledge to civility that can be taken by individuals and communities, resources for prayer and reflection including a pastoral aid and prayer for civility, tips for civil dialogue, and more. More information on Civilize It as well as launch materials, resources and other tools are available on CivilizeIt.org.
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Exploitation through Harmful Images, Sharing Responsibility in Preventing HarmSunday Nov 3 | 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
From FCAST
What are the implications of what we view on digital media? Pornography, like other things that are readily available on our technology, has reached a superlative point of accessibility for not only adults but also our youth. Culturally it has become more and more acceptable. At the same time, its been shown that addiction to porn, among other things, can cause greater violence against women and distortion of what a respectful loving relationship looks like.
On November 3, Barry Slagel of Lotus Legal Clinic will facilitate a discussion with Chris Drosdick, Art Psychotherapist; Dawn Jones, Retired Milwaukee Law Enforcement; Carrie DiPaloa; Founder of The Village, a support group for women whose spouses struggle with porn addiction; and Kimberly Sisson, Survivor Advocate. We welcome you to come lean more about this important topic. The program is Free and appropriate for ages 14 and above. A Spanish interpreter will be present. Location: St. Mary’s Catholic Church Community Room, 225 S. Hartwell, Waukesha Please Register at www.ConvTrafficking.org Sponsored by the St. Mary’s Catholic Communities and Faith Coalition Against Sex Trafficking Waukesha County
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We may lose the Amazon rainforest“…together with the oceans, (the Amazon) contributes decisively to the survival of the planet. Much of the oxygen we breathe comes from there. That’s why deforestation means killing humanity.” ~ Pope Francis, August 2019
“I hope she is wrong. If she is right, it is the end of the world” ~ Conservation biologist Thomas Lovejoy about a new prediction that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest could become irreversible within 2 years.
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I want so much to write that things are not this bad. But they are getting very bad indeed. Ask people in California.
Did you know that multi-year drought is one of the factors driving Central Americans to the US border?
Lovejoy, one of the world’s better known and respected climate scientists says in the article linked below that he thinks the Amazon rainforest will not hit the point of irreversibility with 2 years. But he has also shortened his timeline, which was 20-25 years, by 5.
Read Margaret Swedish's full article here.
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MyRVP AppWISDOM has launched the Integrated Voter Engagement Campaign (IVE). This is an effort to build strong ties in communities around issues and to work in those same communities around voting as elections draws near. WISDOM affiliates are making plans for canvassing regularly in targeted areas.
Along with the door-to-door canvassing, we have an exciting tool for this campaign: the MyRVP App.
YOU CAN USE THE APP AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR CAMPAIGN!
Using the MyRVP App on your smart phone (sorry, not on your computer), you select personal contacts from your phone, and talk with friends and loved ones about issues, voting, election dates, resources and much more!
- Go to your app store and search for “Empower (MyRVP)”
If the App isn’t found, go to your search bar, type in empower.com/wisdom, enter your phone number, and follow the instructions from the text you will receive. - Sign up using phone number or email
- Enter the invite code, which is “WISDOM”
- Your phone contacts will come up. Select the ones you want to focus on, probably the ones least like to vote. The App will automatically list them by High Priority (least likely to vote), Medium Priority, and Low Priority (they vote in most elections).
Statistics show that people are more likely to vote if someone they trust talks to them regularly about voting and makes sure they know what they need to take with them to the polls, how to use the machines, and how to think about the issues.
Join us in our Integrated Voter Engagement Campaign!
This is what the App looks like!
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