Shine the Light on perpetrators of human trafficking. Shine the Light on survivors and their hopes. Let’s all do our part to shine the light on survivors who have broken the chains of bondage. Let’s link together to end trafficking. The National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd is preparing to host…
Standing in solidarity with the people of Honduras was a matter of doing the right thing as far as Larry Couch was concerned. As Director of the Good Shepherd National Advocacy Center, he traveled to Honduras in February as part of a 50-member International Emergency Faith Delegation. This is his story. I was intrigued when…
The Green Door at the Good Shepherd Motherhouse in Angers, France, has been a symbol of the order’s apostolic ministries since the early 19th century. The Green Door was the portal for those who came to the Motherhouse, whether they were coming in or going out. Sisters, residents and Mission Partners all passed through the…
Every year Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) draws a large gathering of people who want to be a force for change for the betterment of all. In April more than 1,000 people of faith attended EAD to challenge what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called the giant triplets of chaos: racism, materialism and militarism. Throughout the…
Training youth for social justice advocacy is all in a day’s work for Good Shepherd National Advocacy Center (NAC). Director of NAC Larry Couch recently trained a group of students on techniques for meeting with legislators on Capitol Hill. The young men were from Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland. Earlier this year Larry trained a group of young…
Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico were this year’s location for SOA Watch. I arrived in Nogales, Arizona, early Friday afternoon on October 7. I went there for a protest march that School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) had organized. Fr. Roy Bourgeois, a laicized Roman Catholic priest, founded the human rights group in 1990 to…
