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Justice Solutions tour blog - Baltimore and Washington DC
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ Executive Director of Advocacy and Strategic Communications CATHERINE NEVILLE writes about the importance of advocacy in striving for humane youth justice systems....
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World Refugee Day a chance to share national compassion
This World Refugee Day, ANDY HAMILTON SJ invites us to reflect on how we respond to people who are fleeing persecution....
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Engaging vulnerable groups in employment
Helping people find and keep jobs means overcoming prejudice with on-the-job training and mentoring, argues GLENN JESSOP, Jesuit Social Services' General Manager of Policy and Advocacy....
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Justice Solutions tour blog - Missouri
In the first of our series of blogs throughout our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ Executive Director of Advocacy and Strategic Communications CATHERINE NEVILLE writes about her experiences exploring Missouri’s innovative youth detention model....
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World Environment Day: if we exploit the environment, we damage ourselves
On World Environment Day, ANDY HAMILTON SJ urges us to remember we are part of the environment....
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Standing apart: the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Youth
Policy team volunteer DARCY TILBROOK urges equal opportunities for Aboriginal Australians in this blog for Sorry Day (26 May). The blog was adapted from a speech he gave at the 2016-17 Rotary Australia Four Way Test Speaking Competition....
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Sorry Day calls for cultural recognition and respect of Indigenous Australians
Rising Indigenous incarceration rates suggest the promises made in Kevin Rudd's Apology to Indigenous Australians haven't been met, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ....
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Upholding the rights of children and young people in youth justice
Policy team volunteer JEMIMA HOFFMAN writes about the denial of rights of children and young people in the youth justice system, drawing on the work of experts who participated in our recent National Justice Symposium....