This Earth Day we invite you to join the Ignatian Family as we explore the connections between environmental, economic, and racial justice. 

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Pope Francis reminds us that everything is interconnected. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the interconnections between justice issues and has made clear that the only path forward is one of interdependence. Today as we celebrate Earth Day and the many gifts of creation, you are invited to unite with a global community of Catholics in the Interconnected: 21-Day Catholic Environmental Justice Challenge ([link removed]) .

Starting tomorrow, this email-based campaign is an opportunity to explore the connections between environmental, racial, and economic justice in the period between Earth Day and Laudato Si Week. We hope that you will join us as we learn, pray, and take action for a more just world.

JOIN the 21-Day Catholic Environmental Justice Challenge! ([link removed])
Additional opportunities to learn and engage this week include:
* Join the celebration of Gonzaga University launching its new Climate Center ([link removed]) today.
* Learn how Brophy College Prep's Native American Club ([link removed]) used running as a means to advocate for the protection of Oak Flat, a site sacred to the San Carlos Apache and many other tribes.
* Hear from Sharon Lavigne ([link removed]) , leader of the movement against Formosa Plastics, about the current environmental justice struggle in her community of St. James Parish, Louisiana.

Find more information on these issues and events below, and visit ISN's Earth Day 2021 Activities and Resources ([link removed]) page to learn about additional events from across the network.

Peace,
Christopher G. Kerr
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Ignatian Solidarity Network
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Interconnected: 21-Day Environmental Justice Challenge ([link removed])
April 23-May16

Walk with members of the global Catholic Church from Earth Day to Laudato Si' Week as we learn, pray, and take action for environmental justice.
Join the Challenge! ([link removed])


** News and Upcoming Events
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Gonzaga University Climate Center Launch ([link removed])
April 22 | 6:30pm ET/ 3:30pm PT
Gonzaga University will officially launch the new Gonzaga Center for Climate, Society, and the Environment ([link removed]) . Guest speakers include Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, Keya Chatterjee, executive director of US Climate Action Network, and Jay Inslee, Washington state governor.

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Fighting Environmental Racism in Louisiana ([link removed])
April 22 | 12pm ET/ 9am PT
Join the Sisters of Saint Joseph U.S. Federation in conversation with Sharon Lavigne, leader of Rise St. James, a group fighting against plastics pollution and environmental racism in Louisiana. Read a report on Formosa Plastics by the Jesuit Social Research Institute here ([link removed]) .

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Miracles at Oak Flat: Brophy College Prep's Native American Club's Run for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice ([link removed])
Known as Chíchʼil Biłdagoteel to the Apache, Oak Flat is believed to be the place where the Creator touched the world and brought all life forth. Learn how the Native American Club at Brophy is taking action to protect this sacred land from copper mining.

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