Resources from the November-December 2021 NewsNotes
Find resources on peace, nonviolence, economic justice, migration, human rights, climate change, and much more.
These resources were listed in the November-December 2021 issue of NewsNotes.
Research on U.S.-China dialogue by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, the American Friends Service Committee, and four independent researchers reveals that the U.S. gained significant benefits from official dialogue mechanisms with China. https://bit.ly/USChinaDialogue
Watch Oh Mercy – Searching for Hope in the Promised Land, a free, 12-minute documentary about the plight of forced migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers trapped on the U.S.-Mexico border, who were denied entry into the United States under the ‘Migrant Protection Protocols’ (MPP). https://bit.ly/OhMercy
Pax Christi International offers a new publication: A Policymaker’s Tool for Effective, Nonviolent Strategies for Sustainable Peace. The short, practical brochure illustrates how nonviolence at the policy level has been proven effective around the world. Available in English, French, Spanish and Italian. https://bit.ly/PeacePolicyToolkit
New Report from the UN NGO Committee on Migration “Report of a Survey on Migrant and Refugee Victims of Xenophobia, Racism and Intolerance in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic.” The findings in this document are based on the latest survey of NGOs, concerning their efforts to serve migrant communities and help eradicate xenophobia and racism. https://bit.ly/NGOCommiteeMigration
New report describing how people experience climate change in their daily lives in five countries where Church World Service works: Cambodia, Georgia, Haiti, Indonesia and Kenya. https://bit.ly/CWSClimateReport
Guatemala Human Rights Commission has been publishing weekly updates on the human rights situation in Guatemala. Read them on their blog at https://bit.ly/GHRCblog
Guatemalan human rights: 40 years ago the Guatemalan army disappeared 14 yr old Marco Antonio Molina Theissen. He remains missing. Jo Marie Burt of the Washington Office on Latin America analyzed the importance of the resulting human rights trial in 2018 that managed to hold the intellectual authors of wartime atrocities responsible for their acts. https://bit.ly/JusticeWeDeserve
2020 was the deadliest year on record for environmental activists, with 227 documented murders, according to a Global Witness report — and more believed to have gone unreported. https://bit.ly/GlobalWitness2021
New report on how religion aids peaceful change by the U.S. Institute of Peace. https://bit.ly/ReligionAidsPeace
Anti-War & Pro-Peace Resources Database created by World Beyond War. Search by topic, language and resource type. https://worldbeyondwar.org/resources
Read the latest progress on the Iran nuclear deal and efforts to return the United States and Iran to compliance in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal written by Kelsey Davenport of the Arms Control Association and published by the U.S. Institute of Peace: “Explainer: On Iran’s Nuclear Progress” https://bit.ly/JPCOAupdate
Webinar: The Politics of Land: Pre-Colonial and Post-Colonial Perspectives on the Situation of First Nations in Canada, public lecture by Professor John Berkman, Visiting Fellow at the Laudato Si’ Research Institute. Nov. 11, 11:30am Eastern. Register at https://bit.ly/PoliticsofLand
New integral ecology guide for local communities, inspired by The Economy of Francesco. Learn ways to move away from a planet-destroying model of economics and bring to market solutions that will secure our future. https://bit.ly/IntegralEcologyGuide
Webinar: Talk with Author John Grisham about “Sooley” a fictional book about a young South Sudanese basketball player and his family. Hosted by Friends in Solidarity with South Sudan, Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. Eastern. Register at https://bit.ly/SooleyWebinar