On Thursday, March 11th, members of the Justice & Peace Committee gathered for a virtual Legislative Advocacy Workshop with Regan Vaughan, the Director of Advocacy at Catholic Charities.
With just weeks before Sine Die, we ask that you act with urgency to take the necessary steps to ensure the General Assembly does not go another year without passing the Trust Act.
We invite you to join us in contacting your Maryland State legislators to urge them to support key environmental bills in 2021 that respond to the call of Pope Francis to care for creation and for the most vulnerable among us.
As people of faith committed to justice, we are called to be educated on issues, especially those that impact the most vulnerable in our society, and to then engage in civic life and advocate for just policies. Join us for Ignatian Family Advocacy Month where we will come together to advocate for more humane immigration and environmental policies.
There are a few legislators that we are focusing on since their decisions directly affect the progression of the bill. Please reach out to them even if you are not their constituent and please reach out to your specific representatives even if they are not ‘focused’ on. With the focus appropriately on COVID, we are asking our legislature to not sideline this important immigrant based bill and have it languish and fall between the cracks this session.
On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, members of the Immigration Subcommittee from the St. Ignatius Justice & Peace Committee, joined with the Ignatian Solidarity Network in the first ever Jesuit Parish Advocacy Day on Migration.
Congress faces a March 22nd deadline to pass critical funding bills to avert a government shutdown. These funding bills include lifesaving assistance to meet the humanitarian needs of those arriving at our borders and millions of displaced persons overseas. Due to continued inaction by Congress, many essential U.S. humanitarian programs—both foreign and domestic—remain in limbo.
After months of delay, a pair of bills requiring—and incentivizing developers to build more affordable housing units will be presented before the full Baltimore City Council Tuesday, and could be called for a vote. The bills are part of a package of what’s known as inclusionary housing legislation because they
Baltimore coalition launches effort to campaign for land bank to acquire vacant properties By Giacomo Bologna Iya Kenya MahaliyaDara loves her Northwest Baltimore home, but she’s getting tired of her neighbors. For the past seven years the 48-year-old Baltimore native has lived in a Park Heights rowhome she inherited from
Please let President Biden and his administration know you strongly support temporary protective status (TPS) for immigrants from Nicaragua, Nepal, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala by signing this petition from CASA. Since 1990, temporary protected status (TPS) has allowed migrants from countries with unsafe conditions to reside and work legally
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