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    Friday
    Mar302012

    Seven Partnerships for a One Earth Economy

    We like partnering! And here are seven JEM is doing to advance economic practices that fit on one planet. Think a about these and then leave a comment below on which partnerships you are in that do the same.

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    Wednesday
    Mar212012

    Jesus, Lent, and Liberation in Latin America

    In this Lenten season, the question of violence supported or even fostered by religion has been with me in a particular way. Not only because it has to do with Jesus’ last week in Jerusalem; it also has to do with many of our Latin American countries (even in my native Argentina as there is violence everywhere!). My short visit to Chiapas allowed me to look at yet another reality of our continent, in which native peoples seek ways to claim their rights vis-à-vis the State, yet they do not come together to do so. As we often say, “Divide and Conquer.”

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    Thursday
    Sep292011

    A Brief (Contextual) History of JEM from Chiapas

    I really can't do justice to JEM's history without going even further back beyond the decade or so that we have been an official organization. What brought JEM into being in 1999 had much to do with what was going on in Central America during the 80's and then in Chiapas during the 90's. US foreign policy was firmly in the anti-communist camp warning of a "domino effect" after one country had already turned "communist."

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    Tuesday
    Jan252011

    Samuel Ruiz

    This Monday Samuel Ruiz died. He was an extraordinary man, one of these men who have hope in another world, a possible, more just world. A good man, warmhearted. I met him in San Cristobal de las Casas during his last year before retirement. The Autonomous University of Barcelona awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1997…that his memory continue to feed hope! (Victor Hernandez)

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    Saturday
    May012010

    Metanoia Newsletter, May 2010

    Download the May 2010 newsletter here. PDF format.

    Features:

    • A Perspective from South of the Border
    • Immersion trips to Chiapas, MX
    • Darel Grothaus on living the jubilee
    • Debt cancellation as part of the 2020 Initiative
    • Debt canceled for Haiti in the wake of the earthquake
    Monday
    Mar012010

    Metanoia Newsletter, March 2010

    Download the March 2010 newsletter here. PDF format.

    Features:

    • A Jubilee Economy and Howard Zinn
    • Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination conference agenda
    • On changing banks
    • Earth Day: Honoring Mother Earth and Father Sky
    • Chiapas trip notice for August 2010
    • 2020 Initiative updates
    Tuesday
    Sep012009

    Metanoia Newsletter, September 2009

    Download the September 2009 newsletter here. PDF format.

    Features:

    • The 2020 Initiative
    • A decade of Eye Opening Adventures in Chiapas, MX
    • Economics of Christmas in the 2020 Initiative