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Below is the e-Update for June 2015, a recap of all of the items you may have missed which are still relevant from the past month or so. June also marks the beginning of Torture Awareness Month. We hope you'll support the efforts of our partners at the Torture Abolition and Survivors' Support Coalition and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.

We hope you'll take a few moments today or later this week to review these items and use them as you see fit. 

Pray-Study-Act e-bulletins

• Report-back from the Israel-Palestine delegation. May 29

Special Resources and Alerts

• Pax Christi USA signs letter to the president on drones
• "Pilgrims on the Path to Peace," complete coverage of the Pax Christi International (PXI) World Assembly in Bethlehem and the PXI delegation to Israel-Palestine
• Pax Christi USA saddened by the death of national council member Sr. Esther Pineda, CSJ
• PXI in favor of recognition of the state of Palestine, ban on settlements
• Transform Now Plowshares released!
• Pax Christi USA signs onto statement presented at the NPT Review conference
• PXI members agree to "The Bethlehem Commitment"
• Sign the petition supporting the "Inclusive Prosperity Act"
• The Racial Divide in the United States: Text and Study Guide
• Pax Christi USA announces authors for 2015 Advent reflection booklet
• PCUSA announces special gathering at the Campaign Nonviolence conference on August 6 in New Mexico
• Honor Oscar Romero and Thomas Merton for special 2015 anniversaries by sharing their witness through one of PCUSA's resources
• Third Thursday for Israel-Palestine action for May

Recent News Items, Calendar Items and Other Items of Interest 

• New book from PC campus group leader Michael Boylan, Natural Human Rights: A Theory, available from Cambridge Press
• June 1-30: Torture Awareness Month
• June 21: Father's Day
• June 24-28: Torture Survivors Week

• June 29-July 2: Starvin for Justice: Annual Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty in Washington, D.C. (Pax Christi USA is an endorser)

• July 4: Independence Day

• July 24-26: National Convening of the Movement for Black Lives, Cleveland, OH

• July 31-Aug. 2: National Council Meeting in Washington, D.C.

• Aug. 6: PCUSA at the Campaign Nonviolence conference in New Mexico

• Aug. 6: Hiroshima Anniversary

• Aug. 6-9: Campaign Nonviolence conference in New Mexico

• Aug. 9: Nagasaki Anniversary

• Spring 2015 Pax Christi USA Newsletter, The Peace Current, online