Two of the workshops at the 4th Annual Social Justice Forum held at Holy Names University on February 15 were
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All of Us or None which featured two formerly incarcerated young men who spoke about their prison
experiences and the organization they represent
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Health Care is a Human Right which featured speakers from Health Care for All - California who spoke about building upon the Affordable Care Act to create a universal health care system that covers EVERYONE.
Resources and follow-up information from February 12 Catholics Confront Global Poverty (CCGP) webcast:
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Upcoming Events
Tuesday, March 11, 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. repeated 8:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Live online presentation to initiate help for people everywhere in connecting with each other and taking action on any issue that concerns them, see http://www.idealist.org/March11 and further information.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 14, 15 & 16,
Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, CA, http://recongress.org/
See more info.
Saturday, March 15, 9:00 A.M. to Noon
MedShare more info
Saturday & Sunday, March 29 & 30, All Masses
Fair Trade Easter Sale
Both churches
Tuesday, April 22
3rd annual Transportation Choices Summit more info
Embassy Suites, 100 Capitol Mall - Sacramento, California 95814
Wednesday, April 23
Optional Advocacy Day
Capitol Bldg, Sacramento
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Improving Criminal Justice Systems, Including Police Protection: Necessary for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
This is a supplement to a February 13 article in this newsletter.
The book, "The Locust Effect" by the President of the International Justice Mission, Gary Haugen, tells the personal stories of victims of rape, trafficking, land grabbing, false imprisonment, and unjust treatment by criminal courts. The book also provides statistics about the prevalence of such crimes and injustices particularly in third world countries and affecting the very poor.
A valuable resource is the website The Locust Effect which describes the work of International Justice Mission (IJM) about IJM and contains an impressive illustrated list of endorsements.
The International Justice Mission has its own website, which is also a valuable resource.
Other Resources:
Access to justice and legal process: making legal institutions responsive to poor people in the least developed countries (LDCs) link
Need to promote rule of law, combat drugs, crime in post-2015 development agenda link
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Brief Links
Video - Biodiversity hot spot case study: California (produced by the California Academy of Science),
California drought: Gov. Jerry Brown proposes $687 million aid plan, link
Barnidge: Plan Bay Area critics now setting their sights on new 'smart growth' bill, link
Who Are the Long-Term Unemployed? (National Public Radio (NPR) corrected website article, January 28, 2014), link
After Farmers Commit Suicide, Debts Fall on Families in India (New York Times, Feb. 23), link
U.N. Orders Both Sides in Syria to Allow Humanitarian Aid (New York Times, Feb. 23), link
U.S. Army Seeks Better Ties with China's Military (New York Times, Feb. 23), link
Brookings report on the State of the International Order, link
Vatican Reform Gets Real (blog post from Commonweal Magazine, Feb. 24), link
When Does Religious Freedom Become Protected Discrimination? (US Catholic magazine blog post, Feb. 25, 2014), link
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