Readings and Reflections for the Week of Nonviolence
Join IJPC in observing the Week of Nonviolence by learning about how some of the most urgent social justice issues of our time relate to nonviolence.Read More
Archive for the “Blog” Category
A Reflection on Systemic Change and Police Brutality from the Staff of IJPC
The mission and values of IJPC call us to think critically and with compassion about the systems of which we are part, and advocate for change and transformation when those systems are deemed to be unjust.Read More
Summer 2020 Newsletter
IJPC's Summer 2020 Newsletter includes updates on the resumption of the federal death penalty, the impacts of COVID-19 on human trafficking, fee changes for immigrants, the official save-the-date for our 2020 Annual Gathering, and a reflection from IJPC staff on systemic change and police brutality. Read More
Request a Virtual Presentation from IJPC!
Our human trafficking and immigration presentations have moved online! Organize a talk for your classroom, social group, faith community and more. Read More
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Seventy-five years ago today, around 150,000 people died when the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, approximately 75,000 people died when the U.S. dropped another nuclear bomb on Nagasaki. Read More
Supreme Court Restores DACA, Advocates Call for Permanent Path to Citizenship
On June 18, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 that the Trump Administration's termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) was “arbitrary and capricious;” resulting in the restoration of the DACA program which provides protections for more than 700,000 young immigrants.Read More
My COVID-19 Experience on the Inside of Marion Correctional Institution
Written by an MCI inmate in collaboration with Ohio ACLU.Read More