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Jubilee USA Meets with White House Staff January 3rd, 2013
On December 20th, the leadership of the Jubilee USA Network met with Gayle Smith, Senior Director at the National Security Council and Special Assistant to President Obama on issues related to debt forgiveness, Vulture funds, tax havens, responsible lending and borrowing, and international financial institution reform. Fr. Seamus Finn, OMI attended the meeting on behalf of the Oblates, who are members of Jubilee USA. Learn more…
Streetwise Highlights Faith Consistent Investment Work January 3rd, 2013
A series of recent articles in Streetwise focusing on socially responsible investing, look at the work of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), the financial crisis and shadow banking system from the perspective of faith-consistent investors, and “doing well by doing good”. Streetwise, a social service agency in Chicago serving the homeless and at-risk population, combines immediate access to earned income through the sale of their newspaper with an array of social service supports.
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Indigenous Land Rights Asserted in Bangladesh Conference December 19th, 2012
- Participants in the December 7th Roundtable on Indigenous Land Rights in Bangladesh
Environment and indigenous rights activists demanded the formation of an Indigenous Peoples Commission led by an acceptable person on indigenous peoples’ right of plain lands to identify and solve problems towards protecting their rights.
This demand was raised at a discussion titled “Life and Livelihood Policy of Indigenous People and Legal Rights: Perspective of Khasi Community” organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Adivasi Poribesh Rokkha Andolon (APRA) at Reporters’ Unity in Dhaka.
An English translation of the report of the conference is available here. (Download PDF)
Ms Flora Bably Talang speaking at the Roundtable on Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights
All Creation Reveals the Glory of God December 19th, 2012
All Creation Reveals the Glory of God is a new photo-reflection book designed to encourage meditation on our relationship to creation, and the nourishment offered by its beauty and simplicity. This 36-page book features stunning photographs taken by Oblates mostly at the Oblate Novitiate in Godfrey, Illinois. It also includes quotes from Catholic tradition as well as from well-known ecologists.
It is available for purchase from the OMI JPIC Office for $10, plus $2 to cover shipping. Please email Mary O’Herron to place your order, or call the OMI JPIC Office at 202-529-4505.
Oblates Promote Social Empowerment in Sri Lanka December 13th, 2012
“Social inability” is widely recognized and accepted today as a root cause of poverty. Empowering people to think for themselves, and stand on their own, offers a solid and a permanent way out for people from poverty and social misery. The philosophy that it is better to teach a person to catch a fish than to offer him one is the philosophy behind “The Citizen’s Forum”(CF), which is successfully operating in Sri Lanka under the direction and guidance of the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR). CSR is the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) institution of the Colombo Province of the Missionary of Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI).
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