el pueblo, unido, jamás será vencido

 Ellen 6 months, 6 days ago.

Working at Su Casa, it is easy to get caught up in addressing the immediate needs of the people whom we work with. As Catholic Workers, though, we must also work to change the structures that cause the problems we and our guests face everyday. This spring, our community was able to participate in three political actions. Gina and Ellen joined Catholic Workers from around the Midwest at the Resistance Retreat to discuss immigration reform and participate in an action at the Federal Building calling for an end to the deaths in the desert and to the deportation raids that are dividing families. On May Day, the workers, guests, former guests and over 15,000 other Chicagoans marched through the city to demand civil rights for all workers, regardless of race or citizenship. Later that week, despite the threatening clouds, a large group walked through Back of the Yards to remember the victims of the violence in our neighborhood and demand and end to the shootings. In all three actions we celebrated our solidarity, acknowledged our responsibility as members of the human family and exercised our rights as citizens as we called on those in power to use their office to promote the rights of all people.