Center of Concern | Thu, May 3, 2012
Raise Climate Awareness!
Saturday May 5th was Climate Impact Day. There were events all around the world calling attention to the impact NOW of climate change. See the pictures at www.350.org.
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Rethinking Bretton Woods | Fri, May 11, 2012
Fostering regional economic cooperation: why does it matter?
In an article appeared in the last issue of Center Focus, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project Director reports on recent meetings it supported in Africa and Latin America and explains why Center of Concern is an active contributor to the development of regional financial and monetary arrangements in the South.
Education for Justice | Wed, May 9, 2012
Human Trafficking: Church Well Positioned to Respond to Victims
On May 8, the Vatican held an international conference to generate awareness of the huge numbers of women, children, and men who are forced into sexual exploitation, labor, and domestic servitude. Trafficking is second in profit only to the illegal arms trade. Catholic and other faith based groups continue to play a vital role in responding to the needs of victims and assisting their reintegration into society. Learn more about trafficking and the Catholic Church’s response at http://crs.org/public-policy/trafficking.cfm or hear conference organizer Bishop Lynch speak about the conference at http://www.news.va/en/news/sold-into-slavery.
Global Women's Project | Thu, May 3, 2012
Can We Talk About Social Protection?
This month's briefing paper, "Can We Talk About Social Protection?," is a follow-up to last month's "Shredding the Social Saftey Net." In this paper, Maria Riley discusses how to improve our current social safety net system so that a true and viable social protection system exists for all citizens.
Engaging Faith | Wed, Jan 18, 2012
A Christian Nation?
The New York Times reported that at the Republican Presidential Candidate Debate the topic was foreign policy, the focus: war. Ron Paul was booed down for quoting the Golden Rule. Mitt Romney said, 'Of course we should hunt our enemies down anywhere in the world and kill them.'
Where is the OUTRAGE in this supposedly Christian nation? Don't WE say, 'Love your enemies. Do good to those who harm you.' Let's not let these good Christians get away with statements like that!
Ecology and Development | Tue, Dec 13, 2011
The Youth Challenge
Dec 9th – A young woman from Canada, Anjali Appadurai, shook the UN Assembly with one of the most beautiful, impassioned speeches we've ever heard—and followed it with the first ever human "mic check" on the UN stage. Anjali spoke eloquently and powerfully for her generation. It's a voice we'll be doing all we can to back up in the months and years ahead. Watch her speech here.