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As of June 30, 2023, Seattle University (SU) has withdrawn all investments in fossil fuel companies from its endowment portfolio.

From June 13-15, 2023, the inaugural Ignatian Eco Educator Summit welcomed 22 educators from 15 Jesuit and other Catholic schools to Bellwether Farm outside of Cleveland, Ohio.

On May 11th, the U.S. government lifted Title 42—the public health order that had effectively closed the border in the spring of 2020. It was a long-awaited change. The reality on the ground for migrants has not meaningfully improved.

CJI will host its third Youth for Others (Y4O) Advocacy Symposium for youth from across Canada, aimed at raising awareness about girls’ education and pushing Canada to meet its commitment to support quality education at home and abroad as outlined in the 2030 Agenda.

The gathering began with reports from Jesuit offices and ministries that work with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Central America, and in the interior of the U.S. and Canada.

Recent U.S. decisions regarding the termination of Title 42 (in effect until Thursday, May 11, 2023) and agreements with other countries in the region are generating major impacts that violate the guarantee of Human Rights, particularly the right to request International Protection.

OTTAWA — As Canada and other countries transition to green energy technology in response to climate change, Fr Jacques Nzumbu SJ underscored that such a move must not be made at the expense of the environment, and the human rights of vulnerable people like those in his home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that DACA, which has been in place since June of 2012, is unlawful. This decision comes months after an appeal was filed by the federal government in response to a similar ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas in July of 2021.

Last year, our team at the Jesuit Conference was invited by the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) to produce a video introducing folks to the legacy of the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador. These six Jesuit priests and two of their companions were brutally murdered by government forces in El Salvador on the campus of the University of Central America (UCA) in 1989, casualties of the Salvadoran Civil War.