Examples of other issues we work on include anti-racism, the response to HIV/AIDS, and human trafficking, among others.
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.
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 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.
A meditation on winter silence in the cave of the heart.
A Maryknoll-supported legal collective in Peru brought an amicus brief as part of trade tribunal case which was decided on November 30.
A meditation on the Winter Solstice.
#ReplaceNAFTA Call-In Day is December 13. After then, keep calling!
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.
Local communities suffer when financial markets exert power and control over increasingly scarce natural resources.
Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.
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.
International mission to measure human rights impact of land grabbing.
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 Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns calls for an open and transparent NAFTA renegotiation that values people and Creation over profits.
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.
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.
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.
In this issue of Encounters, we examine of the organizational structure of the most advanced alternative economic system in the world – the solidarity economy in Brazil.
