Summit of the Future: an Education Session for & by Religious NGOs at the United Nations
Join us for an education session on the upcoming Summit of the Future! Date & Time: Tuesday, 17 September, from 10am to 11:30am (New York City Time) Participate in person: Basement meeting room of the Salvation Army (221 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022) Participate virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuf-6urTsvG9dMtXwVI20vXcLRg5jhiBuM Resource persons for this session will include: Sr. Beatriz Martinez Garcia, SSND (School Sisters of Notre Dame) Sr. Durstyne Farnan, OP (Dominican Leadership Conference) Sr. Jean Quinn, DW (UNANIMA International) Liana Almony (UNANIMA International) Fr. Rohan Dominic, CMF (Proclade Internazionale Onlus) Teresa Blumenstein (Justice Coalition of Religious)
June Global Community Hour: Homelessness
Click here to access the prayer on the theme of homelessness. We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 14 June 2024, from 7:00-8:00am (Guatemala City, Mexico City) / 8:00-9:00am (Bogotá, Lima) / 9:00-10:00am (New York, Havana) / 10:00-11:00am (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. The theme for our June gathering will be homelessness. Therefore, we are especially inviting individuals to share their ministry experience and concerns relating to homelessness. As usual, all voices and justice concerns are welcome in this communal space. We will convene in this manner on the second…
2021 Orientation for Religious NGOs’ Representatives to the UN
November 2021 orientation offered by and for Catholic Religious NGOs’ representatives to the United Nations. Part 1: Origins & Purpose of the UN System and its Sustainable Development Goals Presented by: Beth Blissman, PhD, Co-Member and UN Representative of the Loretto Community (Sisters & Co-Members of Loretto) Part 2: Role of Religious NGOs at the UN Presented by: Teresa Blumenstein, New York Coordinator of the Justice Coalition of Religious Part 3: Experiential Wisdom: Homelessness Advocacy at the UN Presented by: Jean Quinn, DW, Executive Director of UNANIMA International Part 4: Earth Advocacy at the UN Presented by: Kevin Cawley, CFC, UN Representative of Edmund Rice International
Justice at the heart of global transformation
