For 2012 calendar listings of peace & justice events in Cincinnati and around the globe visit: 2012 Calendar of Event

Published by the Comboni Press Network, listing justice & peace-related events around the globe (and in Cincinnati!) Vol. 15, No. 12. 2011 is the U.N. International Year of Forests: Forests for People. Various organizations have initiatives including the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Contact: www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/. January 2012 INTERNATIONAL January 24, 2012: Partnership for Global Justice Leadership Teams Seminar and Reception is especially for team members and most informative! Held in New York City near the United Nations, this event will allow you direct access to the U.N./NGO organizations that share your concerns and interests and keep you inform of current global issues. The agenda for the reception consists of an Overview of the U.N. System; Presentation and discussion on the Millennium Development Goals; Dialogue with an Ambassador to the U.N.; Presentations concerning related topics such as Human Rights, Trafficking, and the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, followed by a luncheon. To check your eligibility, contact the Partnership Office at partnershipforglobaljustice@gmail.com. CINCINNATI January 18, 2012: Execution Date for Charles Lorraine by the State of Ohio. Learn about the anti-death penalty activities, by contacting Sr. Alice at alice@ijpc-cincinnati.org. January 21, 2012: 2012 Salesian Guild for Catholic Communicators: Annual Dinner & Award Night will be held at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains on Plum Street, downtown. The guest speaker will be Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP, director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies in Culver City, CA. You may recognize Sr. Rose as the ultimate Catholic movie maven who reviews films for St. Anthony Messenger, blogs at http://sisterrose.wordpress.com and is an author. This gathering begins at 4:30 pm with the Vigil Mass along with the regular congregation. A reception at 5:30 pm follows in the undercroft, with welcome and dinner at 6 pm. Susan Grogan Faller of Frost Brown Todd LLC will give an update on media law at 6:40 pm. At 7 pm, the distinguished Communicator of the Year award will be given, followed by the talk by Sr. Rose. Email Dan Andriacco at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati for more information at dandriacco@CatholicCincinnati.org or call (513) 421-3131 x 6618. February 2012 INTERNATIONAL UNITED NATIONS: See www.un.org/observances/days.shtml#february. February 1-10, 2012: Commission on Social Development, 50 th Session ( New York). The priority theme this year is poverty eradication. Visit http://social.un.org. February 27-March 9, 2012: Commission on the Status of Women, 56 th Session ( New York). The event will include a high level roundtable, interactive dialogues and panels and parallel events. The priority theme will be the empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges. The review theme will be financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women. Learn more at www.unwomen.org/how-we-work/csw. CINCINNATI February 15, 2012: Cincinnati Area Bread for the World Meeting begins at 6:30 pm at St. Ursula Academy, 1339 E. McMillan in Walnut Hills. Events, and runs until 8 pm. Stay up on the latest issues pertaining to hunger and poverty by getting involved in the chapter and attending the worthwhile meetings. For more information, contact: Sr. Elizabeth Schaad at EASchaad@mndhs.org. February 22, 2012: Execution Date for Michael Webb by the State of Ohio. Learn about the anti-death penalty activities, by contacting Sr. Alice at alice@ijpc-cincinnati.org. March 2012 INTERNATIONAL March 16-31, 2012: Tanzania Encounter, sponsored by Friends Across Borders, a program of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners, is an immersion trip that will include visits with Maryknoll Lay missioners at their ministries. Also, a safari in the Serengeti. Sign up now! The deadline is January 16; group size 10-15. The total ground cost is $1950 + $200 non-refundable registration. Fees cover lodging, meals, transportation and more. To request an application, visit www.friendsacrossborders.org or call (914) 762-6364, ext. 207. NATIONAL March 15-17, 2012: 7 th National Symposium on Catholicism and Homosexuality, sponsored by New Ways Ministry, will be held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Speakers include Richard Rodriguez, Patricia Beattie Jung, Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and more. Contact: (301) 277-5674 or e-mail info@NewWaysMinistry.org / Web site: www.NewWaysMinistry.org. March 23-26, 2012: Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice: Is This the Fast I Seek? (Isaiah 58) Economy, Livelihood and Our National Priorities will be held in the Washington, D.C. area. In this era of economic and political urgency, as critical decisions are being made about U.S. federal budget priorities and as national elections are fast approaching, join other Christian disciples in seeking a global economy and a national budget that breaks the yokes of injustice, poverty, hunger and unemployment – heeding Isaiah’s call to become “repairers of the breach and restorers of streets to live in.” Experts will lead sessions. Watch www.AdvocacyDays.org for more details. April 2012 INTERNATIONAL UNITED NATIONS: See www.un.org/observances/days.shtml#april. April 23-27, 2012: Commission on Population and Development, 45th Session (New York). The priority theme this year is Adolescents and Youth. Visit http://un.org/esa/population/cpd/ngopart_45.htm. NATIONAL April, 2012: Days of Action by the School of the Americas Watch, Washington, D.C. April 14, 2012: 40th Anniversary Celebration for NETWORK at Trinity College in Washington, D.C will include speakers, awards and food. They’ll explore what it means to be a faith-filled justice activist today. To make sure you receive a personal invitation, email: sniedringhaus@networklobby.org. Watch the 40th anniversary news at www.networklobby.org/about-us/history. May 2012 INTERNATIONAL UNITED NATIONS: See www.un.org/observances/days.shtml#may. May 7-18, 2012: Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. June 2012 INTERNATIONAL June 11-25, 2012: South Vietnam Immersion Trip, is being organized by leaders and members of the Vietnamese Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Dr Mike Gable, Mission Office, Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The purposes are to build solidarity, friendships, spiritual support and understanding among local Vietnamese Lavang and other Vietnamese parishes with parishes of other cultures in the Cincinnati archdiocese and many others. Potential travelers would include pastors, parish staff members, parish leaders, social justice and mission commission members, teachers, youth group leaders. $1550-$1800 airfare; $1,000-$1,200 local transportation, food, lodging ($100 daily). Probably visiting sites and experiences in South Vietnam include Saigon, Vung Tau, Da Lat, Nha Trang, Kontum/Pleiku; dialogue, mass and reflection with potential twinning partners; visit to Care2Share charity projects with schools, orphanages and scenic tour sites and relaxation. Trip information nights coming up, then 3-4 orientation and follow-up meetings, tba. Contact: mgable@catholiccincinnati.org; (513) 421-3131, ext. 2630. UNITED NATIONS June 4-6, 2012: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) (Rio + 20) is scheduled in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This will mark the 20 th anniversary of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio, and the 10 th Anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference will include Heads of State and Government to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development. It will look at new and emerging challenges. Visit www.uncsd2012.org/rio20. March 2012 National March 23-26, 2012: Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice: Is This the Fast I Seek? (Isaiah 58) Economy, Livelihood and Our National Priorities will be held in the Washington, D.C. area. In this era of economic and political urgency, as critical decisions are being made about U.S. federal budget priorities and as national elections are fast approaching, join other Christian disciples in seeking a global economy and a national budget that breaks the yokes of injustice, poverty, hunger and unemployment – heeding Isaiah’s call to become “repairers of the breach and restorers of streets to live in.” Experts will lead sessions. Watch www.AdvocacyDays.org for more details. April 2012 National April, 2012: Days of Action by the School of the Americas Watch, Washington, D.C. June 2012 International June 11-25, 2012: South Vietnam Immersion Trip, is being organized by leaders and members of the Vietnamese Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Dr Mike Gable, Mission Office, Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The purposes are to build solidarity, friendships, spiritual support and understanding among local Vietnamese Lavang and other Vietnamese parishes with parishes of other cultures in the Cincinnati archdiocese and many others. Potential travelers would include pastors, parish staff members, parish leaders, social justice and mission commission members, teachers, youth group leaders. $1550-$1800 airfare; $1,000-$1,200 local transportation, food, lodging ($100 daily). Probably visiting sites and experiences in South Vietnam include Saigon, Vung Tau, Da Lat, Nha Trang, Kontum/Pleiku; dialogue, mass and reflection with potential twinning partners; visit to Care2Share charity projects with schools, orphanages and scenic tour sites and relaxation. Trip information nights coming up, then 3-4 orientation and follow-up meetings, tba. Contact: mgable@catholiccincinnati.org ; (513) 421-3131, ext. 2630. United Nations June 4-6, 2012: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) (Rio + 20) is scheduled in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This will mark the 20 th anniversary of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio, and the 10 th Anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference will include Heads of State and Government to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development. It will look at new and emerging challenges. Visit www.uncsd2012.org/rio20. July 2012 National July 20-22, 2012: Pax Christi USA National Conference 2012 celebrates the 40 th anniversary of Pax Christi USA at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. More information available soon at www.paxchristiusa.org March 2013 March 1-3, 2013: 30 th Anniversary of the Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) Conference will take place at Notre Dame University in Notre Dame, Indiana. Details later!!!! Visit www.afjn.org . The Calendar is published by the Comboni Press Network on the 1st of each month. Please submit calendar dates to Cindy Browne at Comboni Press Network, 1318 Nagel Road, Cincinnati, OH 45255, (513) 871-1715/ Fax: (513) 474-0382/E-mail: combonipn@combonimissionaries.org , or ideagirl16@zoomtown.com , by the 25 th of each month.