On July 24 at 10am Eastern Time, representatives from about 50 religious congregations of women and justice promoters will be gathering in Washington DC to pray and speak for the vulnerable, the underprivileged and the forgotten.
Religious women have been advocating for the rights of the oppressed for centuries. They continue to work in hospitals, universities, schools, community and social support service centers, and the places that may be abandoned or untouched by the interest of today's world. They advocate for the vulnerable people affected by the challenges brought by a system that is being threatened by control, power, and greed which recently targets the education system, health system, immigration system, environmental regulatory system, and social services. There have been a staggering fears and violence in the community usually affecting those on the fringe of the society.
Currently, immigrants are being pictured as criminals or belonging to gang members who have intentions of creating havoc, and destruction in the country. The "One Big Beautiful Bill" attacks immigrants by using billions of dollars of taxpayers money to build detention facilities and obstructions to nature that will only hurt life forms apart from the fear and harm that the prison system can cause to our fellow human beings. On a relevant note, the whole world commemorates June 20 as the World Day of Refugee. The people all over world recognize the need of people to migrate from one place to another due to threats of war, political unrest, security concerns, and climate crisis.
The current budget planned through the "One Big Beautiful Bill" for the country will also impact the health of the vulnerable seniors, physically and financially challenged individuals. The bill targets these vulnerable members of our populations by cutting funds for Medicaid, SNAP, and the Child Tax Credit Program. What actions of mercy are we called to embrace in today's generation?
Another vulnerable members of our society is the nature. The "One Big Beautiful Bill" will allow sales of public lands for fossil fuel production. This means that more land will be potentially abused and left into the hands of businessmen whose objective is to gain more money. Unfortunately the laws are not protecting the land and the people from harm while this only perpetuate extractivism. The oil and gas industries have already caused harm to nature with so many hundreds of thousands of abandoned wells that are causing unregulated methane exposure in large part of United States. A healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human rights as recognized in United Nations (UN) Resolutions in 2021 from the Human Rights Council and General Assembly in 2022. A healthy environment paves way for accessible clean water, land, and air which are key to 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals. How can we have quality air, land, and water accessible for all?
WHAT: Sisters Speak Out: Prayer and
Public Witness for Immigrants and a Just Economy
WHO: Speakers include Sister of Mercy
Mary Haddad, RSM, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, and
Missionaries of Christ Jesus Sister Norma Pimentel, MCJ, executive director of
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, among others.
WHERE: Capitol Hill, corner of Constitution
& 1st St NE (across from Russell Senate Office Building)
WHEN: Tuesday, June 24, 10:00 a.m. ET
For more information, go to Sisters Speak Out! information, go to Sisters Speak Out!
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A prayer of love, Suscipe Prayer of St Ignatius
Whatever I have or possess, it was you who gave it to me;
I restore it to you in full,
and I surrender it completely to the guidance of your will.
Give me only love of you together with your grace,
and I am rich enough to ask for nothing more. Amen.
Advocacies:
Save Medicaid - Action Network
Save SNAP-Ed – We need your voice!
Stop “One Big Beautiful Bill”: Tell Your Two Senators ‘Vote NO on Reconciliation Bill That Would Fund Cruel Border Policies and Mass Deportation’
Protect Arctic public lands from the administration’s attacks | NRDC
Stop the Sell of Public Lands in One Big Beautiful Bill
Protect the Solar and Clean Energy
Farm Aid Actions
Relevant Articles:
USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey - Inside Climate News
How Trump’s big beautiful bill will raise household energy costs • Nevada Current
New analysis: 250 million acres eligible for sale in newly updated budget rec bill | The Wilderness Society
Senate Committee Pushes Extreme Land Sell-off in Reconciliation
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” hurts farmers and communities – Farm Aid
Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment | OHCHR
Clean air as a human right
In historic move, UN declares healthy environment a human right
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