Rebecca Short is a senior sociology major and psychology minor at the Catholic University of America. She was born and raised in a small sea side town outside of Boston Massachusetts. Her interest in human rights and social public policy has lead her to work for...
On December 29, 2015 Mr. Roch Marc Kabore was sworn in as president of the West African nation of Burkina Faso. The urgency for good governance and self-rule has intensified in some African nations since the popular protest which ended Burkina Faso’s 27 years of...
On November 23, 2015, the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s conference on land grab and just governance was mentioned in the article “Church Organizations Host Conference on Land Grab and Just Governance in Africa” in OMI USA JPIC. Read the full...
On November 23rd, 2015, the Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité published an article titled “Communiqué de Presse: L’accaparement des terres et la gouvernance juste ont été discutés lors d’une conférence panafricaine...
On June 4, 2015, The Ecologist featured a letter to the G7 by the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles in its article “G7, be warned: your ‘New Alliance’ threatens to destroy small-scale farmers”. AFJN was a signer of the letter. To...
On April 29, 2015, Mark Pattison covered the event “Ending Extreme Poverty Now: Working Together with the Poor” co-sponsored by the Africa Faith and Justice Network and several other organizations at CUA. Read the full article, published in the National...
Published in the National Catholic Reporter about AFJN’s lecture with Catholic University’s Institute for Policy Research Thomas Reese | Mar. 13, 2015 Granted the Islamic State group and the multiple conflicts occurring in the Middle East,...
