{"id":679,"date":"2010-04-11T14:49:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T21:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=679"},"modified":"2010-04-25T08:35:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-25T15:35:21","slug":"let-crs-help-your-students-confront-global-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/let-crs-help-your-students-confront-global-poverty","title":{"rendered":"Let CRS Help Your Students Confront Global Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/crslarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-687\" title=\"CRS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/crslarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>Catholic Relief Services is on the forefront of using new media to evangelize and mobilize Catholics to live out the corporal works of mercy. Each month <a href=\"http:\/\/crs.org\/\">CRS<\/a> conducts a free webcast to highlight a different aspect of its mission to &#8220;alleviate suffering and provide assistance to people in need&#8230;without regard to race, religion or nationality.&#8221; This month&#8217;s webcast takes place at 2 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, April 14, and is intended to help participants understand the Church&#8217;s approach to extracting natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/actioncenter.crs.org\/site\/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&amp;SURVEY_ID=3280\">registration page<\/a>, the webcast will provide the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>An on-the-ground view from a CRS staff person working with people affected by the extraction of natural resources;<\/li>\n<li>An overview of CRS\u2019 response and support for the people who live there;<\/li>\n<li>USCCB and CRS\u2019 policy recommendations for how U.S. policymakers can make a difference on these issues based on Catholic social teaching and our experience;<\/li>\n<li>Ideas on how Catholics in the U.S., through the Catholics Confront Global Poverty initiative, can support greater transparency; in natural resources extraction in the developing world;<\/li>\n<li>An opportunity to ask the presenters questions about these issues and engage them in dialogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I attended the February webcast and found it so informative and interesting that I&#8217;ve already registered for this month&#8217;s presentation.\u00a0 Since it takes place in the middle of the day, I plan on projecting the conference live for my eighth grade Religion class so we can observe it together and discuss it afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The webcast is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/sdwp\/globalpoverty\/ccgp_index.shtml\">Catholics Confront Global Poverty<\/a> initiative, a joint effort of Catholic Relief Services and the USCCB.\u00a0 The following video explains the effort:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VZW3hl8wiME&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an important endeavor, and one that our Catholic youth need to be a part of. Attending the webcast is easy: simply register for free, then follow the directions you receive via email.\u00a0 I hope to see you there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic Relief Services is on the forefront of using new media to evangelize and mobilize Catholics to live out the corporal works of mercy. Each month CRS conducts a free webcast to highlight a different aspect of its mission to &#8220;alleviate suffering and provide assistance to people in need&#8230;without regard to race, religion or nationality.&#8221; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/let-crs-help-your-students-confront-global-poverty\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Let CRS Help Your Students Confront Global Poverty&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,39],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catechesis","category-feature","tag-social-justice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-aX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2941,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/101-essential-resources-for-catholic-educators","url_meta":{"origin":679,"position":0},"title":"101 Essential Resources for Catholic Educators","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"January 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Catholic Schools Week! 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