<p>The February JustSouth E-Newsletter focuses on the <span><span>relationship between Catholicism and capitalism</span></span>, unemployment rates among African Americans and Latinos in Gulf South states, and a look through the lens of Catholic social teaching at proposed immigration legislation in Mississippi.<br />
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See articles:</p>
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<li><a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/catholicism-and-capitalism">Catholicism and Capitalism</a> -- Kammer</li>
<li><a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/no-relief-sight">No Relief in Sight: Persistent High Unemployment for African Americans and Latinos in Gulf South States</a> -- Mikulich</li>
<li><a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/not-good-law-or-good-sense">Not Good Law or Good Sense: Proposed Mississippi Immigration Legislation Through the Lens of Catholic Social Teaching</a> -- Weishar</li>
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<p>February 29, 2012, Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ, addressed the 200-plus participants in Catholic Day at the Capitol gathered to oppose anti-immigration bills in the Mississippi legislature.&nbsp; Seven bills are pending in the Mississippi Senate and one bill in the House.&nbsp; The Dioceses of Jackson and Biloxi, sponsors of the event, asked JSRI staff to assist with preparation of the event as well.&nbsp; This included preparation of materials for the packets for participants, an article by Dr. Sue Weishar in the <em>Mississippi Catholic </em>on February 24, 2012, and analysis and strategy sessions about the pending bills.&nbsp; Fr. Kammer's remarks at the Wednesday session are <a href="../../../../../../../../mississippi-proposals-do-not-make-good-law-or-good-sense">here.</a></p>

<p>On February 12, 2012, Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ, addressed the Catholic Health Association Physician Leader Forum in Washington on <em>The Common Good and Health Care Reform.</em>&nbsp; His address included consideration of traditional concepts of the common good, an analysis of the factors from Catholic social thought that contribute to the reality of the common good in society, and key questions that should be considered in the ongoing work of health care reform in U.S. society. His address is found <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/common-good-and-health-care-reform">here</a>.<em> <br />
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<p>On January 17, 2012 JSRI, along with Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, sponsored a Catholic Dialogue on Immigration. See the Clarian Herald's report on the dialogue <a href="http://clarionherald.info/clarion/index.php/news/latest-news/155-breaking-news/891-dialogue-on-immigration-brings-understanding">here</a>.</p>

<p>In response to a request for input, on January 30, 2012 JSRI submitted two JustSouth Quarterly articles on detention to the U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights. The Special Rapporteur is preparing a report on the detention of migrants in irregular situations. The JustSouth Quarterly articles had to do with <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/MoreHumaneSystem-Spring2011jsq.pdf">best practices in alternatives to detention</a> (Spring 2011) and <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/MyExperienceinImmigrationDetention%20-%20Fall%202011%20jsq.pdf">reasons for detention</a> (Fall 2011).</p>

<p>On October 13-14, 2011, the Jesuit Social Research Institute, Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, and five other organizations sponsored a conference entitled <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/imprisoned-forgotten-and-deported">Imprisoned, Forgotten, and Deported: Immigration Detention, Advocacy, and the Faith Community </a>at the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. The conference focused on immigration detention and presenting an in-depth look at the reality of detention in the United States, particularly in the South.</p>
<p>Video footage of the entire conference is available online through YouTube.&nbsp; Please click on the links below to access the footage of each conference session.<br />
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<strong>Thursday, October 13, 2011</strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6lJPchVo8">Program Introduction</a></p>
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<li>Philip J. Williams, Director, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida</li>
<li>Dean Maria Pab&oacute;n L&oacute;pez, Dean, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYxXaWzRJWU">Keynote Address: The Economics of Prison and Immigration Law</a></p>
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<li>Laura Sullivan, National Public Radio</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37InDqyjrSo">Panel One: The Realities of Immigrant Detention: Politics and Economics</a></p>
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<li>Aaron Schneider, Tulane University (moderator)</li>
<li>Dora Schriro, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections (panelist)</li>
<li>Bob Libal, Grassroots Leadership, Texas (panelist)</li>
<li>Alger Kendall, Jr, retired judge, Karnes County, Texas (panelist)</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZHnyqo1mc">Interview:&nbsp;Omar Hassan, former detainee</a></p>
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<li>Interviewed by Sue Weishar, Jesuit Social Research Institute, Loyola University New Orleans</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzhguIdSWlE">Panel Two: Race, Illegality, and Detention</a></p>
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<li>Manuel V&aacute;squez, University of Florida (moderator)</li>
<li>Tamara Nopper, Temple University (panelist)</li>
<li>Ted Quant, Twomey Center, Loyola University New Orleans (panelist)</li>
<li>Alex Mikulich, Jesuit Social Research Institute, Loyola University New Orleans (panelist)</li>
<li>Kenneth Nunn, University of Florida Law School (panelist)</li>
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<p><strong>Friday, October 14, 2011</strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbjTVURioZs">Keynote Address: A Liberationist Response to Immigrant Detention</a></p>
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<li>Miguel De La Torre, Iliff School of Theology, Denver</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHptnauDazQ">Panel Three: Religious Responses to Detention</a></p>
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<li>Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Emory University (moderator)</li>
<li>Anton Flores, Alterna, Atlanta (panelist)</li>
<li>Rev. David Fraccaro, Faith Action International House, NC (panelist)</li>
<li>Sister Jo Ann Persch, Sisters of Mercy, Chicago (panelist)</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIb2zwqugSY">Panel Four: Advocacy Strategies</a></p>
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<li>Sue Weishar, Jesuit Social Research Institute, Loyola University New Orleans (moderator)</li>
<li>Bill Quigley, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (panelist)</li>
<li>Jacinta Gonzales, New Orleans Workers&rsquo; Center for Racial Justice (panelist)</li>
<li>Hiroko Kusuda, Loyola University New Orleans Immigration Law Clinic (panelist)</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXP0jfegyfk">Keynote Panel: Changing the Conversation in the Public Square</a></p>
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<li>Timothy J. Steigenga, Florida Atlantic University (moderator)</li>
<li>Frank Sharry, America&rsquo;s Voice (panelist)</li>
<li>Donald Kerwin, Center for Migration Studies (panelist)</li>
<li>Andrea Black, Detention Watch Network (panelist)</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX3Cw9PEL1s">Closing Remarks</a></p>
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<li>Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ, Director, Jesuit Social Research Institute, Loyola University New Orleans</li>
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<p>On December 4, 2011, Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J. presented &quot;Building Justice in the Cities&quot; at the University of Notre Dame as part of their Center for Social Concerns' Building Justice in the World Justice Education Series. Fr. Kammer spoke on how poverty affects urban areas and how we begin to break the cycle of poverty to build justice in our cities.</p>
<p>View the video <a href="http://socialconcerns.nd.edu/mission/cst/Fr.FredKammer.shtml">here.</a></p>
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<p>The Winter 2011 JustSouth Quarterly addresses the faith community's response to Alabama's new anti-immigrant law [Arroyo and Weishar], Catholic social thought and &quot;the law&quot; [Kammer], the legacy of lynching in light of Eucharistic hope [Mikulich], and our fall conference on immigration detention [Kammer]. See complete text <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/Winter%202011-FINAL-jsq.pdf">here</a>.</p>

<p>On December 19, 2011, Alabama's two Catholic Bishops, leaders of the Methodist and Episcopal Churches, and the heads of Alabama's two major monasteries called upon Governor Bentley to lead the effort to repeal Alabama's new anti-immigrant law.&nbsp; See full text <a href="http://media.al.com/spotnews/other/Letter%20to%20Gov%20Bentley.pdf">here</a>.&nbsp; The letter also set out key principles for the treatment of immigrants in the state and for any state legislation dealing with immigrant families.</p>
<p>On December 17, 2011, 2,500 people conducted a rally at the Governor's mansion in Montgomery calling for repeal of the statute.&nbsp; The <a href="http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20111218/NEWS01/112180318/2-500-protesters-rally-repeal-immigration-law?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage">story</a> and <a href="http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DS&amp;Dato=20111217&amp;Kategori=COMMUNITIES010305&amp;Lopenr=112170802&amp;Ref=PH">photographs</a> of the rally are from the <em>Montgomery Advertiser.</em></p>

<p>The Half in Ten Campaign has developed a new interactive quiz on poverty available on line <a href="http://halfinten.org/issues/articles/how-much-do-you-really-know-about-poverty-2011/">here.</a>&nbsp; Share it with your friends.</p>