June 10 is Lobby Day, where advocates from across the nation head to Capitol Hill as part of the annual IJM Advocacy Summit and meet with their Senators and Representatives in person in an effort to end modern-day slavery. Commit to call your Senator (especially my friends in NY) tomorrow: http://www.ijm.org/advocacy-summit/call-in-registration
Congress just set aside $5 million to fight slavery through the Child Protection Compact Act. On June 10, we’ll ask them to invest in two countries that are willing to stand up against slavery, but need additional support: The Philippines and Ghana. Read more here: https://www.ijm.org/be-force-freedom
Download a sample chapter of Gary Haugen's The Locust Effect here: http://www.thelocusteffect.com/ and sign the petition to urge the UN to protect the poor from violence.
LOVING THE OPPRESSED
LOVING THE OPPRESSED
Daoud Nasser and his family (friends of Koinonia whom we helped host a Tree of Life conference this past October in Americus) was recently featured at the Sojourners blog because early on May 19, military bulldozers destroyed 1,500 of the family's fruit trees nearly ready for harvest in the valley below the Nasser dwellings. In an upcoming post I'll write more about what my fellow interns and I have been researching about the conflict in Palestine/Israel, and ongoing peace efforts. In the meantime, if you would like to join me in supporting the Nasser family, there are resources available here: http://maryknollogc.org/alerts/tent-nations-trees-terraces-destroyed-israeli-military
LOVING THE DETAINED
Learn more about America's $2 billion immigrant detention industry. A little-known federal law enacted in 2006 ensures that a minimum of 34,000 undocumented immigrants must be held on every single day. Private companies run most of the centers, among them Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, GA.
Learn more here: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26843600
and what people are doing here: http://elrefugiostewart.com/
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