 To help voters prepare for the 2020 U.S. elections, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns is offering a series of webinars in which we will dive deeper into the key global issues featured in our series of two-page global issue briefs, Faithful Voting and Global Concerns. The next webinar, “Justice for Immigrants in U.S. Policy,” will be held on Tuesday, August 18 from 12:30-1:00 pm EDT. Click here to register.Kathleen Kollman Birch, Communications Manager, will speak on United States’ broken immigration system, the Church’s position on U.S. immigration policy, and the ways U.S. voters can call upon electoral candidates to promote justice for immigrants through comprehensive immigration reform. There will be an opportunity for Q&A. Click here to register for the webinar.We hope you will join us! In solidarity,Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Recent Actions and Articles  Appeal to Pope Francis: Nonviolence, Laudato Si’, and COVID-19 RecoveryIn this time of crisis that coincides with the 5th anniversary year of Pope Francis’s Laudato Si‘, Pax Christi International is inviting Catholics and all people of good will to sign on to a letter thanking Pope Francis for his leadership and inviting him to promote an ethic of nonviolence as part of a way forward toward a just recovery from the pandemic. Read More  Urge Congress to Provide Emergency Foreign Aid in the Upcoming COVID-19 PackageNews reports indicate that the Senate plans to release an additional coronavirus relief package proposal in the next few weeks. Among the urgent priorities for this relief package is the provision of emergency international aid for countries struggling to manage the coronavirus. . Read More Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns 200 New York Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20001 (202) 832-1780 | ogc@maryknollogc.org |