Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Pig Feast
You’re invited to join JCoR for a virtual event in observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. We will be hosting a virtual film screening of Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time. This documentary examines contemporary colonialism, militarisation, and large-scale development projects in West Papua. The film will be followed by an interactive and action-oriented panel discussion, exploring a new conception of development that preserves life and the environment, upholds people’s dignity, and respects human rights. Date: 5 August 2026 Time: 9:00am-11:00am (EDT) Click here to check your local time Program: After short welcome and opening remarks, we will watch a one-hour cut of the film (each participant will view the documentary, simultaneously, from their own devices). At the conclusion of the film, we will regroup in the Zoom room for a panel discussion, composed of speakers who are indigenous activists, religious leaders, and scholars from across the…
JCoR SDG Lab at the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
The annual High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will take place from 7-15 July this year. It functions as the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each year, the forum focuses on a select few SDGs, and government leaders voluntarily report on their national progress toward achievement of these SDGs. The SDGs of focus this year are 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17. In addition to reports from governments, the HLPF also includes events sponsored by civil society groups, to highlight their perspectives on implementation and progress toward the SDGs in their respective countries. JCoR will join the conversation by offering a series of virtual discussion, which we are calling the “JCoR SDG Lab.” This series will showcase Catholic Religious and their partners’ perspectives on progress and good practices towards sustainable development. It will…
Thirst, Hygiene, and Dignity: The hidden face of homelessness under SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17
Join the Justice Coalition of Religious for a virtual event held during the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, “Thirst, Hygiene, and Dignity: The hidden face of homelessness under SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17. Date/Time: 9 July 2026, 8:30am-10:00am (New York time) Concept Note: Click on the following link to access the concept note in English Flyer: Click on the following link to access the event flyer in English This parallel event brings together member states, UN system entities, civil society, and — critically — a person with lived experience of homelessness to interrogate what is working, what is failing, and what bold action is needed in the final years of the 2030 Agenda. As countries present progress at the High-Level Political Forum 2026, there is an urgent need to highlight homelessness as a cross-cutting development and human rights issue. Addressing it requires integrated, people centered, and partnership-driven…
Youth Voices for a Sustainable Future: Experiences, Perspectives, and Recommendations on SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17
Join the Justice Coalition of Religious for a virtual side event during the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development “Youth Voices for a Sustainable Future: Experiences, Perspectives, and Recommendations on SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17” Date/Time: 8 July 2026, 8:30am-10:00am (New York time) Concept note: Click on the following link to access the concept note in English Flyer: Click on the following link to access the event flyer in English and Spanish With 2030 just four years away, the world is at a critical moment in delivering on the SDGs. The 2026 HLPF focuses on five goals that are interconnected and foundational to the wellbeing of current and future generations — clean water, affordable energy, resilient infrastructure, inclusive cities, and enhanced through global partnerships. Progress on these goals remains uneven, and in some cases, there is regression. Young people (aged 10 to 24 years) number 1.8 billion today, and this generation…
March Global Community Hour: Clean Water and Sanitation
Click on the following link to access the prayer on SDG 6 (available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish) We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 13 March 2026, from 7:00-8:00am (Guatemala City, Mexico City) / 8:00-9:00am (Bogotá, Havana, Lima) / 9:00-10:00am (New York) /10:00-11:00am (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). Check your local time here. 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. In preparation for this year’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), we are facilitating a series of gatherings focused on HLPF review themes. This focus of this month is SDG…
Engagement of Young Adults at the Intersection of Faith & Politics: an Education Session for Religious NGOs at the United Nations
Date & Time: Wednesday, 2 October 2024, from 10:30am to 11:00am (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/j/85181510559?pwd=tD26AoVmjpIR2WVmJ9FtQidT9wLVJX.1 This educational session will introduce the mission and activities of Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Though in Public Life. Two members of the Initiative’s leadreship team will also offer remarks on some of the challenges they have experienced and lessons they have learned about effective engagement of young adults at the intersection of faith and politics. The session is tailored to members of the community of UN representatives of Catholic Religious congregations who want to more meaningfully engage young people in the ministry of UN-based advocacy. explicitly an act of faith in addition to being clearly political. Resource persons for this session will be two leaders of the…
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)
JCoR SDG Lab at the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
The annual High Level Political Forum (HLPF) will take place from 10-20 July this year. It functions as the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each year, the forum focuses on a select few SDGs, and government leaders voluntarily report on their national progress toward achievement of these SDGs. The SDGs of focus this year are 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17. In addition to reports from governments, the HLPF also includes events sponsored by civil society groups, to highlight their perspectives on implementation and progress toward the SDGs in their respective countries. JCoR will join the conversation by offering a series of virtual discussion, which we are calling the “JCoR SDG Lab.” This series will showcase Catholic Religious and their partners’ perspectives on progress and good practices towards sustainable development. It will run…
Programme for Religious NGO Digital Delegates to the HLPF
Click on the following links to view the programme in English, Français, and Español Participants: Religious Sisters, Brothers, priests, associates, and partners in mission who are based in, or have significant personal experience in, countries who will present VNR reports to the 2023 HLPF Goals for participants: Build understanding of the role of the Religious voice in the UN system and global efforts toward just, sustainable development Establish or deepen understanding of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the related High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) on progress toward achieving them Get support from UN representatives of Religious NGOs toward participation in your national and global conversations on SDG progress Meet and learn from other women and men Religious and their partners who are seeking to implement and monitor SDGs in your region and other parts of the world Format: Series of…
January Global Community Hour: SDG 6
Click here to access the prayer from January’s Global Community Hour Click here to access the presentation on Water and Sanitation – Medical Mission Sisters, Ethiopia Click here to access the presentation on the OK Water Project and here to access presentation notes We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 13 January 2023, from 7:00-8:00am (Central time, Central America) / 8:00-9:00am (New York time) / 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. This month, we we are especially inviting individuals who would like to speak about topics relating to Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6): clean water and sanitation. As usual,…
Justice at the heart of global transformation
