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    The Stuart Center Celebrates Black History Month

    The Office of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation in the Stuart Center for Mission is proud to present three events in February in honor of Black History Month. Learn more and register at this link: https://stuartcenter.org/webform/BHM2023  All are welcome!

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    Statement of Solidarity on Orange Shirt Day

    From the Office of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) at The Stuart Center for Mission   As Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) in the United States – Canada Province, we are called by our 2016 Chapter Calls to stand in solidarity with “those who have been wounded, displaced, and excluded,” and “to defend justice, peace,…

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    Our Sacred Heart Story with the Potawatomi People in Kansas

    Our Sacred Heart Story with the Potawatomi People in Kansas, 1841-1879 was a four session online presentation and discussion originally presented in February-March 2022 by the Stuart Center for Mission. The program featured Stuart Center staff, RSCJ and Associates, invited Indigenous speakers and Maureen Chicoine, RSCJ, author of the book Grave on the Prairie: Seven…

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  • What is the Doctrine of Discovery? Oren Lyons

    What is the Doctrine of Discovery? Oren Lyons

    Iroquois tell their story as they strive to uphold the traditions and the legacy of their people while also protecting the central tenants of their people and their relationship and care for the Earth. Lyons, 87, is a member of the Onondaga Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. As a Faithkeeper, he upholds the history and…

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  • Land Back:  Environmental Justice

    Land Back: Environmental Justice

    Discussion of the issue of Indigenous land repatriation in the Bay Area, specifically addressing the issues around the challenges of returning stolen land.

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  • One Earth Sangha

    Divesting the Mind of Colonialism

    Divesting the Mind of Colonialism: Land-Based Ethics and Settler Solidarity in a Time of Carona and Revolution  Author:  Natalie Avalos Author offers an articulation of the colonialist mindset that objectifies, reduces, and exploits other beings along with the lands and waters of this Earth

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  • Poor People's Campaign:  Indigenous Peoples First Nations Fact Sheet

    Poor People’s Campaign: Indigenous Peoples First Nations Fact Sheet

    Learn the facts about the experience of the Indigenous Peoples/First Nations and the relationship to the Principles of the Poor Peoples Campaign Poor People’s Campaign: Indigenous Peoples/First Nations Fact Sheet

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  • 15 Calls to Action that Honor Indigenous Rights

    15 Calls to Action that Honor Indigenous Rights

    An initial list of issues of importance to Native communities in the United States for attention by the Biden-Harris Administration 15 Calls to Action that Honor Indigenous Rights

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  • Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation

    Enslaved: Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation

    The Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation is a digital academic journal that publishes datasets and accompanying data articles about the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries.  Learn More

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  • Black History Month Calendar

    Black History Month 2021 Calendar

    Featuring Amanda Gorman, Wilton Daniel Gregory, Laverne Cox, Jacob Lawrence, Katherine Johnson, Bryan Massingale, Ida B. Wells, Louis Armstrong, Marie Van Brittan Brown, John Lewis, Wilma Rudolph, Thurgood Marshall, Marian Anderson, Colin Kaepernick, Bessie Coleman, Marsha P. Johnson, George Floyd, Shirley Chisholm, Alexander Miles, Henrietta Lacks, Chadwick Boseman, Audre Lorde, Spike Lee, Harriet Tubman, Alexa…

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  • Covid-19 Actions

    During the last weeks we all have been invited to mourn and pray for the over 100,000 people in the United States and over 7,000 in Canada, who have died as a result of Covid-19. We have seen the unequal suffering of those impacted by the pandemic, particularly our black and brown brothers and sisters, the elders of all communities, the First Nations people, prisoners, the homeless, the unemployed, refugees, and those who have found themselves on the front lines of service.

    The Society of the Sacred Heart in United States and Canada upholds human dignity, especially the most vulnerable, through a focus on several significant issues: racism, immigration, human trafficking, and environmental sustainability. Covid-19 has implications for each of these priorities.

  • Anti-Racism Actions

    In the past few weeks, the Province released two statements in response to the killing of George Floyd and in support of the calls for justice reverberating around our countries and world. The Provincial Team issued its own statement promising “to raise our voice in opposition to acts of racial discrimination and to fight tirelessly…

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    • Environment
    • Migration / Human Trafficking
    • Peace / Nonviolence
    • Poverty
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    • Youth
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    • Our Sacred Heart Story with the Potawatomi People in Kansas
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