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Independence Day 2020Jul 6, 2020
Both Canada (July 1st) and the United States (July 4th) celebrate their independence in early July. Dominica celebrates its independence on November 3rd.
Mission Frère - Advocacy
Today is June 19th!!Jun 19, 2020
Today is June 19th, or Juneteenth, a day that marks and celebrates the end of slavery in the state of Texas, and is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth celebrates an important step in our nation’s history, but also reminds us of the great work that is left to do in understanding and combatting systemic racism in the U.S. and learning how to take actions to be truly anti-racist.
Mission Frère - Advocacy
Serving the "Marginalized Marginalized"Jun 18, 2020
Palma School has stepped up deliveries to the homeless - in person on the street—while honoring social distancing. Students and parents have delivered tons of goods to the Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel at Palma. Faculty members deliver these goods to our brothers and sisters on the street growing in number and in fear.
Mission Frère - Advocacy
Providing in PandemicJun 18, 2020
Guadalupe Regional Middle School in Brownsville, Texas has been running ongoing food distribution for its families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, we teamed up with the Brownsville Wellness Coalition (BWC) and hosted their public food distribution for the larger community.
Mission Frère - Advocacy
Br. Rice Chicago Supports Frontline WorkersJun 18, 2020
The Robotics Club and Advocacy Club at Brother Rice Chicago has teamed up again to make face shields for workers in the hospitals located in marginalized neighborhoods -- the same neighborhoods hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago.
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A Letter from Brother Kevin GriffithJun 1, 2020
In the United States, the fight against coronavirus has not stopped Black people from dying unjustly. On May 25th, George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, begging for his life with a police officer’s knee on his neck. On March 13th, EMT Breonna Taylor was shot to death by police officers who burst into the wrong apartment. In February, jogger Ahmaud Arbery was killed by two vigilantes.
