May, 2020 The Value of Community During the Covid-19 Pandemic Joan Dawber, SC It is springtime. I look out of my window and see the beauty of a flowering pear in full bloom. Each day I go for a solitary walk and I end the walk by picking...
What Does Earth Day Have To Do With Human Trafficking? by Maryann Mueller On April 22 people around the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to demonstrate their support for protecting our environment. But what does protecting our environment have to do with human...
Pathway to a Better Life by Jeanne Christensen, RSM in collaboration with Dale Jarvis, RSM The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas formed Mercy Focus on Haiti as a ministry initiative and one response to our 2011 Chapter Declaration that calls us to a new consciousness and...
Dignity: A Grasp For The Enslaved By Margaret Nacke, CSJ The largest single sale of enslaved persons in U.S. History, the Great Slave Auction called the Weeping Time, was held in 1859 at the now-defunct Ten Broeck racetrack in Savannah, Georgia. Men, women, children, and infants were sold in...
Who is God? By Jeanne Christensen, RSM [caption id="attachment_7594" align="alignnone" width="640"] Photo by Lisa Kristine[/caption] In my city, there is a woman of great courage, resilience, and dedication. Her name is Kris. She is a survivor of human trafficking who broke free, put herself through college and graduated...
Moving Into Mutuality By Kathleen Bryant, RSC As women religious accompany and listen to people at the borders, we discover relationships of trust among asylum seekers, migrants, and ourselves. The same trust has been building steadily between survivors of trafficking and women religious over the last 20...
Sex Trafficking in Native American Communities By Sister Teresa Ann Wolf The elementary teacher welcomed me warmly and said she regretted that she could not attend my presentation on sex trafficking to the Native American parent group. “It is so much needed, she commented, and no one wants...
The Dangerous World of Electronic “Babysitters” By Sister Margaret Louise Brown, D.C. With the advent of personal electronic devices, we are becoming an imploded society. They are everywhere and used by younger and younger children. I heard recently about a mother who had to put controls on...
Those Who Don’t Survive. . . And Those Who Do By Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA Most often we speak about the “survivors” of human trafficking when we reference people who have escaped the violent control of their perpetrators. Less often do we talk about those who do not...
Better Companies, Better World Linda Haydock, SNJM To change corporate business practices on human trafficking is a long-term, demanding, and often daunting task. Let us celebrate the progress we have made. A powerful alliance is formed when religious women and men, ecumenical and interfaith groups, and non-profit partners...
