Category: Justice Work

Last Week: All Peoples CoSponsors Two Refugee Families-Donations Requested!

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Due to the crisis in Afghanistan, we are expecting up to 200 people arriving in Louisville over the next few weeks. Our International Justice Committee has committed to cosponsoring 2 families with Kentucky Refugee Ministries. We will be accepting household items, furniture, linens etc at the Sawyer room until October 3d. Contact Sheila Ward 502-592-7616 … Continue reading Last Week: All Peoples CoSponsors Two Refugee Families-Donations Requested!

Do you love birds? Then buy only organic shade grown coffee!

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Do you love birds? Then buy only organic shade grown coffee.   Whether your morning coffee helps or hurts these birds depends on whether or not you bought “shade-grown” coffee beans.   Conventional, “modern” coffee plantations are replacing wildlife habitat by cutting down rainforest at an alarming rate, and the population of songbirds across North … Continue reading Do you love birds? Then buy only organic shade grown coffee!

Uncovering The ‘Unspoken Traumas’ Of Native American Boarding Schools

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For generations, indigenous children in the United States and Canada were forcibly sent to boarding schools to assimilate. Exactly what happened at those schools is still being uncovered. Last week, the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school, just one month after more than 200 unmarked graves were … Continue reading Uncovering The ‘Unspoken Traumas’ Of Native American Boarding Schools