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During these important days for the United States in the midst of a presidential election, Julia Demaree, the former director of Emmaus Harlem and a member of Emmaus H.O.M.E. (Homeworkers Organized for More Employment) shares her feelings about her country. She writes to us from Maine, where she works in the handicraft workshops at Emmaus H.O.M.E.
In light of the climate emergency, UNESCO is spotlighting a range of innovative and duplicable citizens’ projects on its Green citizens 2020 platform. These projects all have a specific, local impact on the population in the area of sustainable development and ecology. Emmaus International has been contacted to participate in this project by sharing its Solidarity for Water on Nokoué (PCSEN) project on this collaborative platform. This project was initiated in 2006 in Benin at the request of a fishermen’s association on Lake Nokoué.
“From every corner of the country, we march for equality”: Answering the call from some twenty collectives of undocumented migrants, along with Marche des Solidarités and Etats Généraux des Migrations, and with support from over 200 different organisations, undocumented migrants have organised various marches in France since 19 September, which all met in Paris for a large protest march towards the Elysée Palace on Saturday 17 October.