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Loretto’s Latin America/Caribbean Committee helps to build relationships with our Hispanic neighbors. As we learn from them and they learn from us, all profit and all recognize that we are all one. Learn more about our mission to reach out beyond boundaries.
Immigration Spotlight – Friday, June 28, 2024
Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) invites you to join the next “Immigration Spotlight” at 11am ET on Friday, June 28. This month’s gathering will feature Georgia Coats, the Women’s Empowerment Community Navigator for the Immigrant and Refugee Center of Northern Colorado…
Loretto’s ‘immigration justice’ work clearly shows these two words go together
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you…
Immigration Spotlight: Life at the border – Asylum seekers and migrant women at Mexico/US border
Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) of the Loretto Community invite you to an NGO CSW Forum virtual Parallel Event on the occasion of the 68th Commission on the Status of Women When: Friday, March 15th at 2:00pm EDT (NY) / 11:00am PDT…
150+ Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Annunciation House and Denounce Texas’ Attacks on Humanitarian Aid
Published by Refugees International on February 26, 2024 On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Texas Attorney General Paxton launched a politically motivated attack against Annunciation House, a volunteer organization that offers hospitality to migrants, immigrants, and refugees in El Paso, Texas.…
Immigration justice
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you…
Loretto’s LACC: Fifty-plus years in solidarity with farm workers
The Loretto Community and Loretto’s Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) have worked with the National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM) for more than 50 years standing in solidarity with farm workers as they organize to improve their living and working conditions. Recently,…
Join Loretto and the LACC in participating in the 2023 Harvest of Justice campaign
Loretto’s Latin America and Caribbean Committee (LACC) would like to share National Farm Worker Ministry’s annual Harvest of Justice over the next 6 weeks from Sept. 6 (Labor Day) to Oct. 16 (World Food Day). Loretto and LACC have been part…
Sasabe-Nogales Border Experience Touches Hearts
“Hola amigas. Tenemos agua. Tenemos comida.” “Hello friends. We have water. We have food.” Molly Kammien and Mary Jean Friel shout through ridiculous 100-foot gaps in the 30-foot high $15 billion border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Bob Kee,…
Immigration Spotlight – February 24, 2023
The Latin America Caribbean Committee’s Immigration Spotlight is a bi-monthly opportunity to explore emerging issues and challenges regarding immigration, featuring people working for immigration justice. This week, the spotlight will be on LGBTQI+ migrants byCasa Arcoiris (Rainbow House) Director, Nicolasa “Sire” Cordova, co-founder…
LACC and Its Partners Continue Fight for Migrants’ Rights in U.S, Mexico
Loretto’s Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) advocates for the rights of migrants and immigrants, asylum-seekers, farmworkers, those held in detention jails and in bureaucratic processing limbo. LACC also adheres to Loretto’s mission and values and works to be a source of…
Immigration Spotlight – October 27, 2023
LACC invites you to join the next “Immigration Spotlight” on October 27, 2023, when we will hear updates from our partners at the Ariz.-Mexico and Calif.-Mexico borders. Speakers will share details about the experiences of asylum seekers, including recent changes…
Immigration Spotlight hits the road! July 28, 2023
The next Immigration Spotlight from LACC will take place in Burlington, VT, on July 28th, 11:00 ET. From the National Farm Worker Ministry board meeting, we will hear from Migrant Justice, who with the guidance of the farm worker community…