Francophone Africa: Solving land grabbing
The following article is adapted from a report by CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic social justice organizations based in Brussels. The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns is a member of CIDSE.
Other
Examples of other issues we work on include anti-racism, the response to HIV/AIDS, and human trafficking, among others.
Canada: Ombudsperson for extractives industry
On January 17, Canada’s Trudeau administration announced a new ombudsperson to oversee Canadian mining, oil, and gas companies after more than a decade of pressure from Canadian human rights advocates, affected communities, and other organizations in solidarity with communities harmed by Canadian extractive industries.
Colombia: Integral Human Development
Dallana Contreras of Cáritas Colombia wrote the following article about her work with communities defending their land rights against national and international economic interests in the Amazon and Orinoco regions.
Pope Francis visits Amazonia
Pope Francis continues to raise the importance of the Amazon region, its indigenous communities and unique natural environment, to the Church and the world. But questions remain and more dialogue is needed.
Exploring Our Call in Caring for Creation January 2018
A meditation on winter silence in the cave of the heart.
Peru to pay Bear Creek Mining Company
A Maryknoll-supported legal collective in Peru brought an amicus brief as part of trade tribunal case which was decided on November 30.
Exploring Our Call in Caring for Creation December 2017
A meditation on the Winter Solstice.
Call Congress to Replace NAFTA
#ReplaceNAFTA Call-In Day is December 13. After then, keep calling!
Gambling with nature: A risky investment
The following article was published in the October issue of Encounters, a monthly e-newsletter publication of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns’ Faith-Economy-Ecology Program.
Encounters #15: Gambling with nature: A risky investment
Local communities suffer when financial markets exert power and control over increasingly scarce natural resources.
World Food Day: Zero Hunger Generation
Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Peg Vamosy, a horticulturist by training who works with Catholic parishioners in El Salvador to improve agricultural production, writes this week’s reflection.
Brazil: ‘The small have little right to the land’
International mission to measure human rights impact of land grabbing.
Brazil and Bolivia: Indigenous and land rights
New policies in both Brazil and Bolivia have the potential to negatively impact indigenous communities, especially communities in isolation, and contribute to climate change and biodiversity loss.
The NAFTA we need: Open and transparent, serving the common good
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns calls for an open and transparent NAFTA renegotiation that values people and Creation over profits.
Encounters #14: Trade in a New Economy
As trade representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico meet today to begin renegotiations of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), we name areas of the agreement that need to be revised in order to be more equitable, inclusive and sustainable.
Encounters #13: Solidarity Economy in Brazil, Part 3
In this issue of Encounters, we examine how the most advanced alternative economic system in the world – the solidarity economy in Brazil – is responding to current political and economic challenges.
Ask your governor to say “We Are Still In” the Paris agreement
Don’t give up hope! We will move forward with the world to address climate change. Take this first step by sending a letter to your governor today.