by Christine Wagner
Contributor
As a white person, what happens when you make the conscious decision to stare racism in the face, to wake up? What happens when you make a commitment to be vocal and call out racism when you see it? As a white woman, heading an agency that has made a commitment to rout out racism, I am learning the consequences, personally and institutionally, of these two actions.
Christine Wagner, Ph. D., is a Sister of St. Joseph of Rochester, New York. She is the executive director of St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center in Rochester, which provides health care, counseling and other services for the uninsured. Christine has a background in community organizing around a variety of issues and has been focusing on health care for the last 25 years. She did her graduate work at Syracuse University with a concentration on conflict resolution and women's studies.
GSR Today - The Sarasota Herald-Tribune took on a massive research project of the Florida justice system. "No news organization, university or government agency has ever done such a comprehensive study of sentences handed down by individual judges on a statewide scale." Here is a sample of what reporters found — and why we all should care.
by Philip Mathew
Members of the Asian movement of religious against human trafficking comprise about 200 nuns from 63 congregations working in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The group was founded in 2009 and is now linked with the Talitha Kum international network of consecrated life against human trafficking. They work to educate villagers and school children about the crime, organize vigilance groups and rescue girls from traffickers.
by GSR Staff
"What storms approach? Can we believe in Christ we are not alone?"
by Susan Rose Francois
NCR Contributor
Rep. Ryan, I am heartened that you value Pope Francis' call to dialogue. I also hope that if and when you read this letter, it will be received in the spirit with which it is intended — namely, dialogue.
by Nancy Linenkugel
Contributor
See for Yourself - "Getting hit by a car wasn't pleasant in any way, as I ended up having several surgeries on my leg. But I can say that the entire experience was truly a blessing. No one believes that I feel this way, but I really do."
GSR Today - "Gail, you must learn so much from the sisters," family and friends often say. Indeed I do — and never has that been made clearer than in the past few weeks.
by GSR Staff
"The farthest star and the mud at our feet are a family; and there is no decency or sense in honoring one thing, or a few things, and then closing the list. The pine tree, the leopard, the river and ourselves -- we are at risk together, or we are on our way to a sustainable world together. We are each other's destiny."
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Sr. Cynthia Canning talks about helping people strive for their full potential.
