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 The Issue: The Sixth Year of War in Iraq We are in the sixth year of war in Iraq and there are no signs of diplomatic or political solutions to the conflict. The coming presidential race with distract attention away from Iraq and from the suffering of her people. Now, the focus of the North American Dominican Justice Promoters is to bring attention to the plight of Iraqis displaced by the war. Iraqis are being driven out of their homeland and into Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Their children need health care, education, their parents need jobs and there are almost none available. Learn more by reading the background material on the right sidebar. Ways to Keep the War in Iraq on the US Agenda  Pray
the Rosary March 19th Taking the lead
from the Master of the Order, Fr. Carlos
Azpiroz Costa, OP, Dominicans in the US will take his
recent invitation to renew praying with the rosary
as a way to mark the beginning of the sixth year of war in Iraq.
A special intention for the sorrowful mysteries has been prepared.
Use this Word
Document in your own communities. Wear
a button Dominicans have effectively raise awareness with
the 2002 I Have Family In Iraq campaign. This year, over
4 million Iraqis have been forced from their homes, displaced within
Iraq and into other countries: Syria, Lebanon, Turkey. Wear the button
to keep thieir plight. Order
the button HERE  Send
postcards The US State Department has pledged to admit 12,000
Iraqis into the US in 2008. Help us in a campaign to urge the State
Department to keep that goal and to urge the US Congress to insure
funding. Talk with your justice promoter about this campaign. Sign
and mail the postcards that
urge Congress to support the funding of this goal. Download
the postcard here (PDF) Instructions
for sending the postcards here. (Word)
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Dominicans Apply Pressure on Congress to Relieve Iraqi Refugee Crisis  Watch the video of Dominicans Iraq Advocacy Agnes Schneider, OP (Racine) reports in local media on effortsl to help Iraqi war refugees. VIDEO Background: Toni
Harris reflects on the recent delegation to Syria and Lebanon Advocacy
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