Lok Manch Archives - Canadian Jesuits International

A just future for all: Lok Manch and human rights in India

05 May 2021 by Jayanta Patra

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed alarming human rights violations in India. Social distancing and the downward spiral of the economy … Read more

Published in 2021 Spring and Summer, News, Newsletter article

Tagged under: COVID-19, human rights, international, Lok Manch

Fr Stanislaus Jebamalai SJ visits Canada

15 May 2020 by Victor Reyes

Fr Stanislaus Jebamalai SJ (Sannybhai), National Coordinator of Lok Manch in India, visited Canada in February for a series of … Read more

Published in 2020 Spring and Summer, Newsletter article, Youth for others

Tagged under: Canada in solidarity, empowering youth, India, leadership, Lok Manch, outreach, social justice, youth, Youth 4 Others, youth for others

Lok Manch: The power of collective action

06 January 2020 by Stanislaus Jebamalai SJ

Lok Manch community awareness meeting on basic rights. (Photo: Lok Manch)

Access to quality education, health and other basic services … Read more

Published in Newsletter article, Newsletter Cover Story

Tagged under: human rights, India, indigenous people, Lok Manch, social justice

Bridging Borders: Acting in love rooted in justice

16 January 2019 by Pieter Niemeyer

Pope Francis’s appeal “not to create walls but to build bridges” is at the heart of Canadian Jesuits International’s 2018 … Read more

Published in Article

Tagged under: India, internally displaced persons, Latin America, Lok Manch, Pan-Amazon, Syria

A people’s movement

16 January 2019 by Partha Pratim Ray

Lok Manch (People’s Forum) is an inclusive, secular, human-rights-driven agency that supports various social movements of marginalized people in India. … Read more

Published in Article, News

Tagged under: food security, human rights, India, Lok Manch, social justice

2018 Christmas Appeal

03 December 2018 by Craig Hincks

The prophet Isaiah tells us that the coming Messiah will be known by his “justice and righteousness.” This is the … Read more

Published in Appeals

Tagged under: Amazon, displaced persons, India, indigenous people, Lok Manch, South Sudan, Syria

Bridging Borders

09 November 2018 by Jenny Cafiso

Crossing borders with hope

As I write this, over 7,000 Honduran migrants including children have crossed the Guatemalan and Mexican … Read more

Published in News

Tagged under: Honduras, human rights, India, justice, Lok Manch, migrants, Pan-Amazon, Radio Progreso, Syria

Bridging Borders – Tell Ten!

18 September 2018 by Craig Hincks

Join CJI’s Tell Ten campaign called BRIDGING BORDERS this fall in the lead-up to Giving Tuesday on November 27!

You … Read more

Published in Uncategorized

Tagged under: Amazon, bridging borders, economic justice, education, Giving Tuesday, human rights, India, indigenous people, internally displaced persons, Latin America, Lok Manch, Syria, Tell Ten

Defending human rights

15 May 2018 by Xavier Jeyaraj SJ

Human rights are cultural concepts, evolving continually in response to socio-cultural and political changes. Since 1948, when the UN General … Read more