Advocacy in Action
Loretto Link Advocacy in Action
Loretto Link is committed to the Loretto Community values of “working for justice” and “acting for peace.” Most recently, we worked with the Peace Committee of the Loretto Community to place an ad in the National Catholic Reporter condemning the genocide in Gaza. Previously, we have given money to organizations providing bail for detained migrants. We have participated in demonstrations and other actions around immigration reform, dismantling white supremacy, and addressing other oppressions. We have also had work parties at the Motherhouse and sent groups of volunteers to the US/Mexico border.
Below are some recent examples of Advocacy in Action.
Loretto Community and Loretto Link offer joint statement on Gaza
The Loretto Community and Loretto Link condemn Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine and call on all people of conscience to engage in whatever ways possible to make clear to our elected officials that we demand an immediate resumption of food and medical supplies into Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and the ending of U.S. arms shipments to Israel. Click here to read the full Loretto Community and Loretto Link Statement on Gaza.
Petition Support for the “Johnson Amendment”
Loretto Link joined hundreds of nonprofits signing a petition sponsored by the Independent Sector to keep the “Johnson Amendment” which, for over 70 years, has protected 501(c)(3) organizations—including charities, foundations, and houses of worship—from partisan political pressures by prohibiting them from endorsing or opposing candidates for public office. The IRS has filed proposed legal settlement in a case that could allow churches to endorse political candidates from the pulpit and we want to make sure it does not receive court approval.
