Justice Calendar

October - December 2008

Nov 25, 2008
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise public awareness of the problem on that day. Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. - - On 20 December 1993 the U. N. General Assembly adopted Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (A/RES/48/104). - - Adopted from United Nations Website

Nov 29, 2008
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II)). --Adapted from the United Nations Website

Dec 1, 2008
WORLD AIDS DAY
According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35. Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world. -- Adapted from AVERT

Dec 2, 2008
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATHS OF MAURA CLARKE, ITA FORD, DOROTHY KAZEL, AND JEAN DONOVAN IN EL SALVADOR
On December 1, 1980 during the height of a civil war waging in El Salvador, four American churchwomen, Maura Clarke, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan were abducted, raped, and murdered. Many Salvadorans were tortured, and some lived to tell their tales. -- Adapted from Education for Justice

Dec 2, 2008
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, recalls the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (resolution 317(IV)of 2 December 1949). -- Adapted from the United Nations Website

Dec 3, 2008
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS
2008 Theme: "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us". Dignity and justice for all of us is the theme of this year’s International Day for Persons with Disabilities, as well as for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Dec 5, 2008 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Friday Night Film Series - Roses in December: The Story of Jean Donovan

Location: St. Joseph Center Auditorium
RSVP to Maria Elena Perales

Dec 10, 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The formal inception of Human Rights Day dates from 1950, after the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V) inviting all States and interested organizations to adopt 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day. -- Adapted from United Nations Website

Dec 18, 2008
DECEMBER INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY
On 4 December 2000, the General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18 December International Migrants Day (resolution 55/93). On that day, in 1990, the Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (resolution 45/158). -Adapted from United Nations Website

January - March 2009

Jan 16, 2009
THE NEW GREEN CHRISTIANITY: Why Faith is Vital to Saving the Earth
Friday, Jan. 16 – Saturday, Jan. 17 Presented by: Mark Wallace, Ph.D. The Earth is poised on the brink of disaster. Jim Hansen, top climate specialist at NASA, claims we have just ten years to reduce greenhouse gases before global warming reaches a tipping point and transforms our natural world into a “totally different planet.” The great work of our generation will be to develop sustainable lifestyles that kick the habit of dependence on cheap fossil fuels, the primary source of global climate change. Christian faith has the power to fire the imagination and empower the will to break the cycle of addiction to nonrenewable energy. This program is a call to hope, not despair – a call to discover meaning and purpose in our lives through a spiritually charged commitment to saving the Earth. This timely and thought-provoking program offers three sessions: -- Friday Evening Session 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Christian Animism -- Saturday Morning Session 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Green Jesus In Christianity, is nature sacred? -- Saturday Afternoon Session 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The Carnal Spirit -- $20 for individual session, or $50 for all three (includes lunch)
Location: St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room
RSVP to Gerri Scharff

Feb 20, 2009
WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
26 November 2007 – Recognizing the need to promote efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion and unemployment, the United Nations General Assembly has decided to observe 20 February annually – starting in 2009 – as the World Day of Social Justice. In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 192-member body also invited Member States to devote the Day to promoting activities at the national level in support of the objectives and goals of the 1995 World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen. Governments meeting at that Summit pledged to make poverty eradication, the goal of full employment and the fostering of social integration overriding objectives of development. In designating the World Day, the Assembly “recognizes the need to consolidate further the efforts of the international community in poverty eradication and in promoting full employment and decent work, gender equality and access to social well-being and justice for all.” -- Adapted from UN News Centre

April - June 2009

Apr 12, 2009
Easter Sunday

May 1, 2009
St. Joseph The Worker