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Of Note Archives 2017

Press Releases and Statements

  • Statement: No Room for Infant Jesus in the New Tax Code (December 21, 2017)
  • Statement on Pres. Trump's Fake Tweets Against Muslims (Nov 30, 2017)
  • Release: Trump Kicks Haitians out the Door (Nov 28, 2017)
  • Letter to Congress Urging Passage of a Clean DREAM Act (Nov 1, 2017)
  • Statement to Pass Clean Dream Act/No to Trump's Poison Pills (Oct 10, 2017)
  • Release: Las Vegas Shooting (Oct 2, 2017)
  • Joint Faith Letter to Congress Opposing Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill (Oct 2, 2017)
  • Statement to Senate Finance Committee Hearing Opposing Cassidy-Graham's ACA Repeal (Sept 25, 2017)
  • Release: No to Cassidy-Graham; Preserve ACA (Sept 19, 2017)
  • Release: A Paltry Response by the Trump Administration to the World’s Refugees (Sept 14, 2017)
  • Joint Interfaith Release: Faith Leaders Call on Congress to Pass Faithful Budget (Sept 13, 2017)
  • Interfaith Letter to Congress for CHIP Appropriations (Sept 6, 2017)
  • Statement Regretting DACA Withdrawal (Sept 5, 2017)
  • Statement Opposing Expected Plan to End DACA (Aug 25, 2017)
  • Joint Letter to President Trump to Keep the DACA Program Intact (Aug 2017)
  • Joint Catholic Statement on Charlottesville (Aug 16, 2017)
  • Release: NAC Statement on Charlottesville and White Supremacy (Aug 14, 2017)
  • Joint Letter to Congress Opposing RAISE Act Reducing Immigration (Aug 9, 2017)
  • Release: Refugees & Immigrants are Gifts not Burdens (Aug 7, 2017)
  • Joint Letter to Congress Opposing Johnson Amendment - Churches Aren't Political Tools (July 12, 2017)
  • Statement Opposing Davis-Oliver Act - Don't Criminalize Work of the Sisters (May 18, 2017)
  • Joint Faith Reflection on Federal Budget as Moral Document (May 15, 2017)
  • NAC Supports Senators' Letter to OMB to Keep Collecting Compensation Data (May 1, 2017)
  • Joint Letter to Congress Opposing Militarization of the Border (Apr 21, 2017)
  • Interfaith Release: 40 Faith Organizations Send Message to Healthcare Markup Committees (Mar 7, 2017)
  • Interfaith Letter to Healthcare Markup Committees Calling for 10 Priorities in Healthcare (Mar 7, 2017)
  • Release: Mr. President - Be Not Afraid (Mar 6, 2017)
  • Letter to President Trump Opposing Second Attempt at Travel Ban (Mar 6, 2017)
  • Release: Catholic Organizations Deeply Troubled by Actions Against Immigrants (Feb 24, 2017)
  • Joint Letter to Secretary Kelly Expressing Deep Concern on Immigration Actions (Feb 24, 2017)
  • Release: Sisters Write President Trump Opposing Ban and Wall (Feb 16, 2017)
  • Letter to President Trump Opposing Refugee Ban and Border Wall (Feb 8, 2017)
  • Interfaith Letter to President Trump Supporting Muslim Refugees (Jan 25, 2017)
  • Release: Questions Remain to be Answered by Sen. Sessions Regarding DACA (Jan 12, 2017)
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News Reports

  • Forbes Article: Religious Leaders, Celebrities Call For Net Neutrality Ahead Of Nationwide Protests (Dec 6, 2017)
  • Catholic News Service Article in Catholic Courier: 2400 Faith Leaders Ask Senate to Nix Tax Cut Legislation (Dec 1, 2017)
  • National Catholic Reporter Article: Catholic poverty advocates fear children's insurance program could be cancelled (Sept 21, 2017)
  • ThinkProgress Article: Faith groups overwhelmingly condemn Trump’s decision to phase out DACA (Sept 5, 2017)
  • National Catholic Reporter Article: Ministers Mark Anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (Aug 29, 2017)
  • Catholic News Service Article in Catholic Philly: Migrant Youth Mark Milestone as Uncertain Future Looms in September (Aug 21, 2017)
  • National Catholic Reporter Column: Trump Made Excuses for Neo-Nazis but We Cannot (Aug 18, 2017)
  • Huffington Post: Religious Leaders Fiercely Criticize Senate Health Care Bill (Jun 22, 2017)
  • Catholic News Service Article: Catholic Leaders Find Proposed Federal Budget Largely Fails the Moral Test (May 26, 2017)
  • Global Sisters Report: I Carried a Cross in Solidarity, Sorrow and Thankfulness (Apr 21, 2017)
  • Crux Article: Reaction to Refugee Ban by Religious Ranges from Concern to Opposition (Mar 7, 2017)

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