This is a call to all U.S. citizens who are concerned about the ongoing suffering of Haitians due to the gang violence that continues to devastate the country and impede efforts to move toward the democratic election of new national leadership.
A coalition of faith-based groups and their partners have come together to co-sponsor this initiative to lobby members of the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to take stronger measures to prevent the illegal flow of weapons and ammunition from the United States to Haiti and to reinstate international protection (“Temporary Protected Status” or “TPS”) for Haitians who have had to flee the violence and are currently residing in the US. This page offers all the materials you need to join the cause.

 

2025 Campaign:

 

Organizing Partners:

  • Dominican Sisters of Sparkill
  • Faith in Action
  • Felician Sisters of North America
  • Franciscan Action Network
  • Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters
  • Justice Coalition of Religious – Network of the USA
  • Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
  • Mercy Justice Team
  • Nuns Against Gun Violence
  • Parish of St. Anthony and St. Patrick
  • Passionists Internaitonal
  • Quixote Center
  • Religious of Jesus and Mary – US-Haiti Province
  • Rich in Mercy Institute
  • School Sisters of Notre Dame – Atlantic-Midwest Province
  • Seeds of Hope for Haiti, Inc.
  • Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
  • Sisters of Charity of New York
  • Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth
  • Sisters of the Humility of Mary
  • Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
  • Sisters of St. Francis – Franciscan Peace Center
  • Spiritans – US Province

 

 

Webinar:

 

Visual aids on gun trafficking from the USA (prepared and presented by John Lindsay-Poland of Stop US Arms to Mexico)

 

 

3 Actions that US Citizens Can Take:

 

1. Sign letter calling for congressional co-sponsorship of the Stop Arming Cartels Act: https://www.sistersofmercy.org/mercy-for-justice/action-alerts/?vvsrc=%2fCampaigns%2f121290%2fRespond

2. Sign our joint letter of petition to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:

3. Share the Message: Download samples of social-media posts or copy and paste the images below to encourage your friends and networks to join this action to extend TPS for Haitians and to take stronger measure to stop the flow of arms from the US to Haiti.

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2024 Campaign:

Organizing Partners:

 

OUR POSITION:

Key Messages of this Coalition to elected officials in the USA

Summary of four pieces of pending legislation on weapons trafficking whose passage we support

Administrative Remedies to Arms Trafficking to Haiti that we are calling on the Biden administration to take

OUR CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL U.S. CITIZENS:

  1. Lobby with us (in person or virtually) on September 25th and 26th:
  2. Share updates on our advocacy actions with the press
  3. Write to your congressional representatives and president with one of these template letters:
  4. Call the offices of your congressional representatives:
  5. Post our messages and calls to action on social media: Download samples or copy and paste from below

OUR INVITATIONS TO FURTHER ACTION:

  1. Donate to support financial needs of those traveling to Washington, DC to lobby in person:
    • Go to: www.scnj.org
    • Top Right: click “Donate” button
    • “Designation”: click on arrow
    • Select first option: “LOBBY DAY DC”
  2. Watch recording of our initiative-launch webinar (July 30, 2024):

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Haitian Creole:

Media Inquiries: Contact Kim Lamberty (kim@quixote.org) or Angela Howard-McParland (amcparland@sistersofmercy.org)