Author: Jennie
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Nonviolent Lynchburg, Peace Vigils 4/1 & 4/5
Cross-posting the following video lecture of John Dear, about making our lives fit into the life of Jesus. Includes exciting announcements about peace vigils this week in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Support Students and Free Speech
Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested and her student visa revoked for political speech. She has been charged with no crime. Read my open letter to my US government representatives, and write your own in support of students and free speech.
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Facing Starvation in Sudan
Half of Sudan’s population face acute hunger. Because very few of us can imagine how dire the situation is, I cross-post Unreported World’s documentary from the frontline of today’s hunger crisis in the Nuba Mountains.
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Deal With Your Heart First
“For a party that calls themselves Christian, they’re doing a dreadful job of imitating Christ. What are we to do?” — a Hartford Catholic Worker commits to the Revolution of the Heart.
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Healing Wounds, Building Peace: Principles for Trauma Informed Peacebuilding
At the root of any violent conflict, we can find painful wounds turning us against each other. Unhealed trauma of all types drive us apart. Peace Catalyst’s Mirela Popaja-Hadžić, therapist and trauma awareness trainer, hosted this workshop on principles for healing and transforming trauma as part of transforming our communities.
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Feeding Sudan
In these last 10 days of Ramadan, would you commit to stand with Sudanese people through a one-time financial gift or a sustained commitment to fundraise for the needs of one family?
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Catholic Worker Report on the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
Catholic Worker, Martha Hennessy, reports back after attending the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C., where J.D. Vance was the guest of honor. “The Catholic Prayer Breakfast appeared, in short, a lobbying arm that advocates for an uneven application of Catholic social and moral teachings to public life.”
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Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act Reintroduced in Congress
Congressperson Brad Sherman (CA-32) recently reintroduced the bipartisan Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act with 33 co-sponsors (60% more than in the previous Congressional session). Learn more and join us in calling for an end to the Korean War at the link below.
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Growing Young Peacemakers: The Why and How of Youth Peace Education
Webinar where Peter Digitale Anderson, Julie Lillie, and Moses Abolade talk about training young peacebuilders across the world. They reflect on the experiences and values that guide their work, effective approaches they’ve found, and stories of change they’ve seen in their work.
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The Year Without Sunshine
With sweeping government funding cuts to social services, an increasing number of Americans are concerned about meeting their basic needs. It is time for communities to rally together to care for one another. For this reason, I share this 2023 short story by Naomi Kritzer, about neighbors who organize themselves to meet each others’ needs…
Seeds Will Grow 