Lydia Andrews
The Ecumenical Advocacy Days are back virtually in 2021 advocating for Climate Justice! This years is Imagine! God’s Earth and People Restored. EAD 2021 is an opportunity to support this global movement centered on and led by the people and communities most vulnerable to climate impacts due to historic racial and colonial inequities. Together, we will passionately advocate and reimagine a world that lives out the values of justice, equity and the beloved community.
March 17, 2021 Re: Establishing the Senate Human Rights Commission Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Republican Leader McConnell, Senator Menendez, Senator Risch, Senator Klobuchar, and Senator Blunt, We, the undersigned Catholic…
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 crisis in the country and warned of a “looming collapse” and failure of the “Nigerian project” if things do not change. In the letter the Bishops’ address the “serious insecurity […] loss of lives and property” and the unwillingness for those in power to act to remedy the situation. Leaders must set the example to “seek a common purpose” and exercise their “political will.”
The General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) voted to appoint Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, from Nigeria, as Director-General beginning March 1, 2021. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is both the first African and the first female appointed to this position.
Join AFJN’s Women’s Empowerment Project as we pray and learn from religious sisters in Africa about the realities of human trafficking.
Read the End of Year Report and learn how the Africa Faith and Justice Network managed to further in our mission even amid the COVID Pandemic.
Washington, DC – Today President Joseph Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.
On January 19, 2021, the work of the Africa Faith and Justice Network was in Valentine Iwenwanne’s article “Christians in Nigeria keep the faith amidst lingering insurgency and persecution” featured in Catholic Herald.
On Thursday, a coalition of dozens of organizations, including the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), sent a letter to President-Elect Joseph Biden urging him to support a global response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
As groups that work on international humanitarian, development and labor issues, we were heartened to hear you announce that, as part of the future administration’s COVID19 response efforts, you are committed to strengthening U.S. global leadership to fight the pandemic.
Rev. Fr. Nelson Adjei-Bediako, a member of the Society of African Missions (SMA), was appointed Executive Director to the Africa Faith and Justice Network in January 2021.
The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) has appointed Rev. Nelson Adjei-Bediako, SMA as the new Executive Director. Rev. Nelson is a priest and member of the Society of African Missions (SMA) who has worked extensively among Catholic religious in Africa and in the United States on issues of justice.
Join AFJN as we premiere our video on YouTube “January 6 Riot in Washington DC: Impact on US Reputation and on Democracy Promotion in Africa” featuring: Rev. Nelson Adjei-Bediako, Mr. Milton Allimadi, and Mr. Florindo Chivucute.
On January 8, 2021, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned in an interview with Vincenzo Giardina and former AFJN executive director, Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP. The full article…
There is still time to make an end-of-year donation to support the work of AFJN!
On December 30, 2020, the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP was featured in Pietro Scala’s “NEW GENERAL PROMOTER FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE” in Ordo Praedicatorum on…
With a better understanding of the transmission of the the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we know that no nation is safe if it remains anywhere in the world.
A Christmas Blessing from AFJN
