Advocacy and Public Policy
One of Catholic Charities’ values is To Work for Justice. The agency achieves this component of its mission through our statewide advocacy efforts led by the Advocacy Department. Click through the links below to learn more about our agency’s advocacy and how you can join!
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Advocacy at a Glance
Advocacy & Public Policy Stories & Testimonials
Poverty is not a crime: How lies about a murder hurt us all
William J. McCarthy Jr. Executive Director When a Harford County man and his stepdaughter claimed a “panhandler” viciously stabbed Jacquelyn Smith to death at an East Baltimore intersection late one night last December, much of [...]
Weather nixes march, but not need for mental health and substance use disorder funding
(ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Feb. 19, 2019) - Plans to march in Annapolis Wednesday were foiled by a foul weather forecast, but for more than a million Marylanders, funding for mental health and substance use disorder [...]
100 work for justice in Annapolis
If you want to make a difference, you have to take a stand. Nearly 100 Catholic Charities colleagues and clients did just that on Friday, Feb. 1 when they advocated for Catholic Charities programs and [...]