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The “Vote Our Future” Tour Concludes in San Francisco
The weather in San Francisco was as warm and welcoming as the justice leaders who greeted our Bus Staff, Sisters, partners, riders, and NETWORK teammates on our first stop in the city. Hosted by Mission Action at St. Mary & St. Martha Lutheran Church—formerly known as Dolores Street Community Services—Jackeline Rodriguez and her dedicated team…
With Friends Like These…
I was pleased to be able to participate in NETWORK’s 2024 Nuns on the Bus & Friends “Vote Our Future” tour. Obviously, I am not a nun, but I was honored to be among the “friends” as the bus traveled the country lifting important issues and stressing the importance of participating in the electoral process.…
St. Francis Center Does the Extraordinary
The Nuns on the Bus & Friends “Vote Our Future” tour has featured many examples of ordinary people doing the extraordinary. One example is the St. Francis Center in Redwood City, California. St. Francis Center embodies a holistic approach to their work. They have food and clothing ministry programs, emphasizing dignity for all their…
The Sacred Path of Justice
Yesterday I got a chance to encounter the sacred reality of following the path laid down by those who went before us: visiting La Paz, the site where César and Helen Chávez, with many other ancestors, lived and worked as they worked to guarantee basic human rights for farm workers in California. I’ve lived in…
The Blessing of the Nuns on the Bus & Friends
I’m not someone who throws around words like “blessing” very much. But I don’t know what else to call the Nuns on the Bus & Friends “Vote Our Future” tour but a blessing for me. For a brief, wonderful moment, I got to put aside the daily grind of Zoom meetings, doom-scrolling on Twitter, and…
Together, We Can Feed Everyone
The Nuns on the Bus & Friends spent an informative and inspiring morning in Las Vegas at Three Square Food Bank, the only food distribution center in southern Nevada. The scope and scale of this operation is incredible, equating a $14.1 million economic impact last year! Staff and volunteers are committed to eliminating the suffering…
Our Shared, Sacred Responsibilities
The “Vote Our Future” town hall in Las Vegas filled the Cambridge Community Center with the care, candor, and conversation that have become, for me, the hallmark of our Nuns on the Bus & Friends pilgrimage. Bus riders shared about each of the six freedoms animating NETWORK’s advocacy this year, focusing on policies that move…
Sojourner Truth House Shows What We All Need To Thrive
Sojourner Truth House in Gary, Indiana is an excellent example of why we have Nuns on the Bus & Friends. The women of Sojourner Truth House are living out the values of the six freedoms of the “Vote Our Future” tour. They showed us both the need to protect these freedoms and the rewards when…
Sweet Encounters in Phoenix
A community event at an ice cream shop, La Flor de Michoacan in Phoenix, followed our intense morning with the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales. Yes, it was 3 p.m. and 100°, and we couldn’t wait to enjoy the ice cream. But the stop was about much more than a sweet treat. Laura, the owner,…
A Pilgrimage of the Heart to Nogales, Arizona
We arose early—along with the rising sun—to greet the day before us! This morning’s site visit, which was followed by a press conference at Nasir Karam Park, was a reverent pilgrimage, a sacred journey in which the Nuns on the Bus & Friends spent time with those who minister at the border in Nogales, Arizona,…