Author: jgreenberg5

Fr. Barwendé Sané sends this message to all supporters of the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Throughout the past weeks, Fr. Sané has trained 130 civic leaders, in multiple small-group workshops, so that they… Continue Reading →

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.  Earlier today, the IPCC published an important report regarding the latest assessment from global scientists on the physical science of climate… Continue Reading →

Barwendé Médard Sané, SJ, a Jesuit Priest from Burkina Faso, is the Jesuit Graduate Fellow of the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice (INSJ).  This summer Fr. Sané has launched a major international project on behalf of INSJ.  He… Continue Reading →

Barwendé Médard Sané, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, July 2021 The USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice is proud to announce our first international initiative.  Fr. Barwendé Médard Sané, the institute’s first Jesuit Graduate Fellow, has developed a teaching and training… Continue Reading →

  Today, the birthday anniversary of Nelson Mandela.  Millions who loved him affectionately called him Madiba. Today the whole world celebrates Nelson Mandela International Day.  We remember Madiba and honor him. How can we honor him properly? By following in his… Continue Reading →

  June 19, 2021 Reflections on Juneteenth Jonathan D. Greenberg Today we celebrate the emancipation of Black Americans who had been enslaved as chattel, their humanity brutally denied. Juneteenth has been celebrated as Jubilee Day, or Freedom Day, or Emancipation… Continue Reading →

Founded in 1941 to support the fight against fascism in Europe, Freedom House has promoted democracy, human rights, and rule of law globally throughout the intervening decades. (Freedom House) In December 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of… Continue Reading →

Today on International Women’s Day we honor and recognize the struggle of women across the world to realize the rights guaranteed to all human beings under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.