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Once a year, many of our Sisters in North America who are working to ensure justice for the poor and oppressed meet to share their ministries. The 2006 meeting was held in Philadelphia in early May. The theme was, "Making the Connections: Moving Toward Change." In addition to sharing their current involvements, attendees participated in presentations on: the People's Health Charter; Principles of Economic Justice; the Public Health Ramifications of Human Trafficking; Water: A Matter of Justice; Welcoming the Stranger in our Midst; Millennium Goals and their Relationship with Catholic Social Teaching; and Genetically Modified Foods. The focus of our Justice Co-Mission for the next 3 years is: Migration in all its Ramifications. In this context, migration refers to the movement of peoples within and between countries. Our Sisters are already involved in some areas which pertain to migration, such as: women, violence against women, and trafficking; health; water and ecological issues; peace; and economic justice: debt, trade, and worker justice. By mobilizing our resources, activities, and connections under the theme of migration, we hope to maximize the impact of our work for justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The UN General Assembly is meeting from May 31 to June 2 to follow-up on the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS made in 2001. Sister Philo Morris is speaking about trade on May 31, at the Informal Interactive Civil Society Hearing during the plenary session. She is one of 12 speakers selected out of 200 nominees. Sister Gill Horsfield, who has been in mission in Korogocho, Kenya, for many years with persons suffering from HIV/AIDS, is also attending this 3-day meeting. For more information, please visit: www.unaids.org.
June 1,
2006
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