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AFGHANISTAN: MORE TROOPS WON'T BRING MORE PEACE
President Obama has announced his plan to "finish the job" in Afghanistan: yet another U.S. military buildup, sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan at a cost of billions of dollars every month for years to come.

Analysis: President Obama's Afghanistan Escalation Speech: An Assessment by Phyllis Bennis | ZSpace

TAKE ACTION: Sign this petition urging Congress to oppose the escalation of the war in Afghanistan.

Health Care Reform
Don’t let healthcare reform die. Tell Congress and the Administration its’ time to deliver. On February 25, President Obama hosted a bipartisan healthcare summit with congressional leaders from both parties. This was an exciting step, but there is still a lot of political pressure to let healthcare reform die. We need you to put pressure on the members of Congress and their leaders, as well as the White House, to keep this process moving forward. 50 million people without healthcare are counting on us.

Take action: visit www.networklobby.org/March2010HCpetition.htm to sign the petition.  Forward the petition to other as well! Signatures will be delivered to congressional leaders TOMORROW, MARCH 17 (as a St. Patrick’s Day present!).

Updated March 16, 2010

 

 

LCWR J&P Alerts


HAITI: All of us are watching, reading, praying, donating. Some congregations have members in Haiti. LCWR has sent a survey to members asking for information about their sisters and ministries in Haiti which will be shared. Well over 100 responses have been received in just two days. Probably a number of us have donated to CRS which isn’t featured in the media, but click here for one press release.

JUBILEE USA’S DIRECTOR ON MSNBC: Neil Watkins, executive director of Jubilee USA was interviewed by Rachel Maddow on her show this week about the need for financial assistance to Haiti to be given as grants, not loans. Neil did the organization proud. To view click: http://www.msnbc.com/id/26315908/vp/34928496#3492.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING SYMPOSIUM IN CALIFORNIA: Mount St. Mary’s College Doheny Campus in Los Angeles will host Justice Symposium 2010 with the topic: Human Trafficking: the PRICE we pay. The symposium will be held Saturday, February 27, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The keynote speaker is E. Benjamin Skinner, author of A Crime So Montrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery. Two of the workshop sessions are led by Sr. Rita Arthur, RSHM, the congregation’s representative to the UN and Sr. Amata Miller, IHM.

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OPERATION RICE BOWL In his latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI reminds us that "hunger still reaps enormous numbers of victims among those who, like Lazarus, are not permitted to take their place at the rich man's table." The daily news presents us with countless stories of global hunger. Click here.

JESUS WAS A VICTIM OF THE DEATH PENALTY Read more about death penalty sentencing.