In our Spring 2018 Newsletter, learn about the state of executions in Ohio, about the nonviolent book study Engage that we did this winter and spring, a wrap up of the successful Ohio Nuns on the Bus tour we did, and to learn a bit more about some anti-human trafficking federal legislation that was recently signed! Read More
On Monday, April 16th, Cincinnati’s city council signed an ordinance which took the next step towards building an FC Cincinnati stadium in the West End. This news was first on the minds of over 100 people who gathered that same evening for the Rethinking Racism event, “Disappearing Communities of Color: A Panel Discussion”. The featured panelists included Dr. Carl Westmoreland, Mark Curnutte, and Yvette Simpson. Read More
Written by Lauren, IJPC Intern 25 years ago today, an eleven-day uprising began at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF). The days following the start of the uprising were filled […]Read More
Lauren is a junior social work major at Xavier University. For March, National Social Work Month, Lauren reflected about how her view of social work has changed and how IJPC is at its heart, a social work organization. Read More
On Thursday, March 1 at 11:00 a.m., 30 community members gathered alongside DACA recipients and the president of Xavier University to call on our local members of Congress to support […]Read More
Sr. Tracy Kemme, Sr. Andrea Koverman, and Sr. Jean Miller left Cincinnati on their way to DC yesterday for the Catholic Day of Action with Dreamers organized by PICO, Faith in Public Life and others. These sisters will risk arrest as they participate in nonviolent civil disobedience after a press conference starting at 10:30. We asked for our friends to share their reasons for participating in this day of action and risking arrest. Read More
In the wake of yet another mass shooting at a United States school, the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center joins the surviving students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and people across the world to demand a legislative solution to gun control. In the week that has passed, another chapter has been added to the voluminous book of mass shootings in the U.S.. The latest community of victims in Parkland joins those in Columbine, Vegas, Sutherland Springs, Aurora, Mother Emanuel, Sandy Hook, and Marshall County, just to name the most familiar.Read More
