Participants received an overview of human trafficking (both sex and labor) in the U.S. and overseas. Two panels focused separately on sex trafficking and labor trafficking and will include survivors of trafficking, policy experts and advocates.  Participants also heard from Members of Congress and learn what they - as people of faith and the general public - can do in their districts to most effectively lobby on important issues, like human trafficking.

Our 2018 bi-partisan congressional co-sponsors were:
  • Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO)
  • Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Our speakers included:
Interfaith Toolkit for a Faithful Budget
Congress is preparing for critical budget decisions this winter; budget decisions that have to pass both the House and the Senate. Members of Congress need to hear from concerned constituents in order to stand strong against cuts to crucial programs.

This toolkit, developed by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, will tell you the why and the how. (To learn more about our 2017 Faithful Budget, visit our Faithful Budget Page.)
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Link to Save the Date for 2020 Interfaith4Asylum Launch ( Vigils Jan 29 2020)

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    Paid Family & Medical Leave

    Paid family and medical leave would enable workers to earn time off to tend to a sick family member, take care of a new baby or newly adopted child or to take time to recuperate themselves.

    Do you have a story to tell supporting paid family and medical leave? Personal stories help explain this need to Members of Congress. Help us pass this bill into law.

Stop Human Trafficking

Interfaith Toolkit on Human Trafficking
The Washington Inter-Religious Staff Community, of which NAC is a member, has put together an Interfaith Toolkit on Human Trafficking to educate individuals and members of parishes and organizations and then to help them mobilize and put an end to human trafficking.

The toolkit contains basic information about trafficking, as well as specific information on the connection between consumerism and trafficking, which is the theme of the 2017 toolkit.

We encourage communities to focus on the way in which consumerism and lack of accountability in business supply chains result in millions of people being trafficked or enslaved. The toolkit also contains faith-based resources and contains ideas for local faith communities to take action against human trafficking.

We hope this toolkit will help local faith communities across the country raise awareness, promote dialogue, and take moral action against the scourge of modern-day slavery.

2019 HTC Flyer and Meme

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​2019 Flyer

NAC Strategic Plan

2019-2023 Strategic Plan Shareable Page
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Human Trafficking comprises the fastest growing criminal industry in the world.

Get this toolkit to educate individuals and members of parishes and organizations and then to help them mobilize and put an end to human trafficking.
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Links 4 Action Alerts that are not on NAC site

Wendy's Boycott Flyer 2019 (English)
Wendy's Boycott Flyer 2019 (Spanish)

Vote in 2016 & Engage Elected Officials

Prepare for the elections and read our 2016 Voting Guide:
  • The essential truth of the Gospel
  • The beauty of Pope Francis’s vision
  • The social mission of Catholic Church

Learn how to personally advocate for change and garner other advocacy resources.

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See our inside page for statements, releases, and more supporting our Muslim brothers and sisters here in America and those fleeing persecution, war and economic injustice.
Tell your Member of Congress to support HR 5207 forbidding a ban on refugees or immigrants because of their faith.

Paid Family & Medical Leave

You’ve been sick. Did you stay home?  Was your job at risk?  Who took care of your sick little kindergardener with fever?  You?  Was your job at risk?

Paid family and medical leave enables workers to earn time off to tend to a sick family member, take care of a new baby or newly adopted child or to take time to recuperate themselves.  We all need a fair shake.

Read more on our Poverty Page. 

Do you have a story to tell supporting paid family and medical leave? We would love to hear from you.  Please visit our Outreach Page to share your story.
"These past seven months have seen migrants, refugees and immigrants take hit after hit after hit. The state of affairs with regard to our immigration policy is abysmal.  Here and abroad, it has unnecessarily put communities at risk and people’s lives in danger, and it has put America’s future in question.

"Somehow we have forgotten that immigrants are people who may have needs but they also have gifts to offer.  When we think of immigrants as commodities we lose sight of their humanity and run the risk of losing our own humanity."
~ Larry Couch