Executive Director Position The African Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), a Catholic education and advocacy network based in Washington DC, seeks a full-time Executive Director to lead the network’s commitment to challenging the U.S. Congress to enact just policies...
The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is cosponsoring the “Interfaith Vigil for Global COVID-19 Vaccine Access” on Tuesday, July 20 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (EDT US and Canada) on the National Mall in Washington, DC. AFJN’s Policy Analyst,...
June 19, 2021 Today we celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest celebration of emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the United States. Beginning in Galveston Texas, it is now celebrated every year on June 19th. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a federal law...
June 16, 2021By: Sr. Eucharia Madueke, SNDdeN Today the 16th of June, we celebrate the International Day for the African Child. This day, 46 years ago, hundreds of black South African school children lost their lives demanding for their rights to be educated in their...
June 12th is the annual World Day Against Child Labor that was started by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2002. The sad reality is that “over 218 million children around the world” are deprived according to the International Labor...
On May 25, 2021, at 2:00 am ET (US and Canada; 9:00 am Kenya) the Africa Faith and Justice Network premiered a video sponsored by the Coalition for Africa’s Liberation and Restoration in honor of the 1-Year Anniversary of CALAR’s “A Declaration:...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 25, 2021 Washington DC – On February 23, 2021, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria issued We Must Pull back from the Brink of Collapse, a letter to the “People of Goodwill in Nigeria.” The Bishops acknowledged the ongoing...
The CALAR A Declaration: Africa Remember Who You Are has obtained media coverage around the globe. Read some of the highlights below. On May 29, 2020 the declaration was featured in the AMECEA NEWS BLOG which is the publication of the Association of Member Episcopal...
On May 29, 2020, the Coalition on Africa’s Liberation and Restoration (CALAR) Declaration and Prayer, co-created with the Africa Faith and Justice Network, was featured in Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA’s article “KENYA: Free Your Minds, Put an...
