by Beth | Sep 5, 2003 | Justice and Peace
Around the world, over 860 million adults and more than 100 million children do not know how to read or write. On 8 September, individuals and organizations will promote literacy; focusing worldwide attention on literacy issues and needs. For more information on the... by Beth | Sep 3, 2003 | Justice and Peace
September 2003 – Office of Global Ministries, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have posted an alert “Moving from a War on Poverty to War on the Poor.” For the full text visit http://www.scnazarethky.org/actionalertpublic.htm See also their Avocacy page... by Beth | Sep 2, 2003 | Justice and Peace
“Forgotten Wars” ARICCIA, Italy, SEPT. 1, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The media have a great responsibility to spread the culture of peace, in part by avoiding the manipulation of terms and by not ignoring certain world conflicts, conferees were told. Mario... by Beth | Aug 31, 2003 | Justice and Peace
On January 5, 1915 Henry Ford committed himself the following…. “To establish a minimum wage scale of $5 per day. Even the boy who sweeps up the floors will get that much.” On this Labor Day 2003 in the USA we can ask “How far have we... by Beth | Aug 25, 2003 | Justice and Peace
Given Vincent’s concern for those in slavery the current Issue of National Geographic (August 2003) has a powerful photographic essay . There are more slaves today (27 million) than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The... by Beth | Aug 14, 2003 | Justice and Peace
A very rich collectin of resources for Labor day 2003http://wwww.nicwj.org/pages/materials.ld.html