ICCR releases Statement of Principles
Cathy Rowan contributed this article for the May-June 2014 NewsNotes.
Resources, May-June 2014
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Honduras: State of independent journalism
On April 11, Carlos Mejía Orellana, a radio journalist and staff member at the Jesuit-sponsored community radio station Radio Progreso, was attacked and stabbed to death in his home in the town of El Progreso.
South Sudan: Will resurrection occur?
The following reflection was written in early April by Br. Bill Firman, an Australian De La Salle brother and friend of Maryknoll who works in Juba.
Africa and international financial institutions
This article, written by Amadou Sy, was originally published on the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative’s Africa in Focus blog.
Africa: Views from Capitol Hill
The U.S. seems to have two contrasting perspectives on Africa: “Africa Rising” and Africa as “security threat.”
Videos available from Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2014
Maryknoll and other faith groups sponsored the 12th annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD), held March 21-24, near Washington, D.C. This year’s EAD focused on the ways we can transform policies that promote violence to policies that enable peace. Videos from the weekend’s workshops are now available.
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Resources March-April 2014 NewsNotes
Following are resources listed in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Breakthroughs in access to HIV medicines
The following article, published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes, was written by Cathy Rowan, who has contributed dozens of articles on the topic of corporate accountability to NewsNotes over the years.
UN: Family farming in the future
The following article by Dave Kane appeared in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Keystone XL: Challenges to pipeline
John Simurdiak, a student at St. Norbert’s College who is an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns this semester, prepared the following article for the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
A politically possible alternative to GDP
The following article was published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Threat of growing inequalities
The following article was published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Immigration: Take action during Lent
The following piece appeared in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Myanmar: Hope, terror share new dawn
The following article was published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Philippines: Calm amidst the storm
The following piece was written by Fred Goddard, former coordinator of the Maryknoll Affiliates, and published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Syria: Women seeking peace, security
Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International, contributed the following reflection which was published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.