Action Alerts
Catholics Confront Global Poverty - (their Action Alerts now prepared by CRS, originally prepared by USCCB & CRS jointly)
Border conflict between Sudan and South Sudan
Urge President Obama to focus his Administration's efforts to work with both leaders in Sudan and South Sudan to:
1. Provide basic protection for civilians;
2. Allow humanitarian organizations and humanitarian aid to reach all populations in need; and
3. Monitor more closely the violence and displacement across the disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan.
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Press for two-state peace agreement in the Holy Land
Contact President Obama now and urge him to restart negotiations with Israeli and Palestinian leaders based on key principles and ideas addressed in other peace negotiations:
- Creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, based on the 1967 borders with possible limited land swaps as mutually agreed;
- A fair negotiated resolution of the refugee issues that does not threaten the demography of Israel;
- The sharing of Jerusalem by Israel and the Palestinian state as their capitals;
- Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights as part of a peace agreement with Syria; and
- Guarantees for free access to Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy places.
Ask President Obama to also coordinate with the other members of the "Quartet" (the United Nations, European Union, Russia) to respond carefully to the new Palestinian unity government and to not precipitously cut off aid that is essential for humanitarian needs and for building the capacity of a future Palestinian state. The United States should insist that the unity government commit to rejecting violence and negotiating a two-state peace agreement.
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California Catholic Conference - Catholic Legislative Network (CLN)
Urge the President to Reconsider His New Definition of Religious Employer
New HHS Contraception Mandate Undermines Religious Freedom
President Obama's new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate will force Catholic organizations to violate their beliefs by forcing them to pay for contraception coverage. The mandate is an affront to religious freedom and undermines the efforts of compassionate, faithful people who provide services to everyone - regardless of their faith.
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Reauthorization of Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
Trafficking of people is a modern day scourge that afflicts millions of people, particularly women and children, around the world resulting in extreme forms of sexual exploitation and forced labor. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) established the United States' efforts and leadership to combat the multi-billion dollar industry. Since then, the U.S. government has worked to prevent trafficking in persons; prosecute those who profit from it; and protect victims. Catholic Relief Services partners with U.S. government agencies and others to prevent trafficking and protect victims in more than 35 countries around the world.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act expired on September 30, 2011 and Congress must act to reauthorize it. If the bill does not pass, U.S. pressure on countries across the globe to combat modern-day slavery will suffer. In this precarious economic environment, more vulnerable and marginalized people may fall victim to those who would exploit them.
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Network, a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Help the Unemployed and Under-employed
Extend UI benefits and the payroll tax cut.
Congress must act before February 29 to extend Unemployment Insurance benefits and the payroll tax cut.
Tell your legislators that they must extend -- without any harmful provisions -- both the unemployment benefits and the reduction in payroll taxes through 2012. The continued high unemployment rate is draining our nation's resources. These economic boosts are critical.
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Tell Congress to Make Commuter Benefits Permanent
Tell Your Congress Members to Defend Bike/Ped & Transit Funding
