Pax Christi USA promotes universal human rights, both at home and abroad, through solidarity with oppressed and marginalized people struggling for dignity. Pax Christi USA rejects every form of political and economic domination over others and fosters a reverence for all creation. Please explore the following current campaigns and programs.
Globalization
1). World Bank Bonds Boycott (endorsed by PCUSA): www.econjustice.net
2). Toward a Globalization of Solidarity - a PCUSA Interim Postion Paper on Globalization to Promote Dialogue
Israel/Palestine
1. Perspectives of a future peace between Israelis and Palestinians - by Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
2. Fellowship of Reconciliation Peacebuilders Delegation Reports from Israel/Palestine
3. A Letter to the People of Gaza, From the Family of Rachel Corrie
4. A Call for Corporate Responsibility in the Occupied Territories
Ending the Death Penalty
1. Statement by Pax Christi USA Regarding the Death Penalty
2. Declaration of Life
PCUSA Haiti Task Force
The Haiti Task Force is a group of Pax Christi members committed to working for peace with justice in Haiti. The Haiti Task Force has four goals: communication, education, advocacy and networking. Members of this group are alert to and give analysis on the changing political and socio-economic situation in Haiti and develop resource materials for prayer, study and action. The Haiti Task Force works in solidarity with the struggles and growing pains of Pax Christi Haiti and other grassroots organizations. Most recently, members were in Haiti as election monitors for the 2000 presidential elections.
Haiti Task Force Members (Those with e-mail addresses)
Adele DellaValle-Rauth, Chair: DelRauth@aol.com
Jean Role Jean Louis: paxchristihaiti@yahoo.fr
Ray Laport: jevousaime@webtv.com
Anita von Wellsheim, RSCJ: avonwellsheim@earthlink.net
Mike Levy: mlhaiti@cornernet.com
Bob DellaValle-Rauth, Consultant: DelRauth@aol.com
Area Resource Representatives (Those with e-mail addresses)
Beth Cioffoletti, Southeast: 4thr@gate.net
Ronel L. Delva, Southeast: delvaronel@hotmail.com
Mary Ann Holtz & Walt Davin, Southeast: walt231@iol14.com
Barbara Jennings, SSJ, Central U.S.: bjjennings@kc.net
Judith A. Kelly, Metro DC: judithkell@aol.com
Antonia Malone, Mid-Atlantic: toniepax@aol.com
Anne McCarthy, OSB, Northeast:mccarthy002@gannon.edu
Joe Zelenka, East Central U.S.: jze@indy.net
Vivian Tortora: vtortora@capecod.net
Pax Christi International Human Rights Commission: (This link will take you to the Pax Christi International web site.)
Global Restoration
1. Our Covenant with Sister Water - by Shell Balek, OSF
2. Suggested Resources for the Study of the Theology of Ecology
3. Unifying Focus - Environmental Justice
4. The Toxic Legacy of the U.S. Military
5. United Nations Declares 2003 The Year of Freshwater
6. May Day for the New Millennium: Joy and Struggle
7. 'Water for Life - Spirit of Justice': Statement by Franciscans International on Water Quality
