Regional Community Visits
Between now and April 2005, I will visit most of the stateside communities.These visits will focus on meeting members of the Province, reporting on progress made, and discussing needs of the Province membership in the area of social justice. There will be hour regional presentation/discussions on ‘Advancing Justice - Opportunities and Changes’. The following is a tentative schedule of visits:

Featured P&J Information
In each issue of Family Online, I'll include an article or website. Send ideas to me at mmccabe@sm-usa.org

Featured website. There have been a number of requests for information and suggestions for spending with an eye to supporting companies which pay just wages. A place to begin is Co-op America at http://www.coopamerica.org. There also are numerous sites where holiday gifts can be purchased and at the same time directly support the people who make the products (1) http://www.serrv.org and (2) http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/ and (3) http://www.fairtradefederation.com/memret.html#stores

Featured article. In the week after the elections, Jim Wallis of Sojourners offers a terrific reflection at: http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=sojomail.display&issue=041103#3