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
As ICE threats loom, Esperanza Center offers info on rights for immigrants
On Monday, June 18, the president tweeted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would soon begin a massive removal operation that would result in the deportation of “millions of illegal aliens.” Immigration enforcement officials have publicly [...]
Escaping danger and finding safety at Sarah’s House
Reginald Johnson and family For a year and a half, Reginald Johnson fought the idea of turning to Sarah’s House, Anne Arundel County’s only family shelter, to help him and his four children [...]
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 [...]