Maria Benevento

Maria Benevento is a graduate student at the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is a graduate of Creighton University, where she majored in theology and American studies and minored in justice and peace studies and Spanish. She spent two years as a full-time staff person at the Oakland Catholic Worker, a transitional shelter for Latin American immigrants and asylum seekers, before working at NCR as a Bertelsen editorial intern from 2017 to 2018.

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Justice Action Bulletin: Activists protest Saudi war on Yemen; Students protest gun violence

Virginia Sloyan, 'heart and soul' of the Liturgical Conference, dies at 87

Justice Action Bulletin: Pax Christi Way of the Cross walk; Immigration demonstrations scheduled

Kansas Missouri Dream Alliance marches to support immigrants

Justice Action Bulletin: Restoring Voting Rights Act; paying off activism fines

Justice Action Bulletin: Homeless camp settlement; Working People's Day of Action

Archbishop Scicluna's Chile investigation sidelined by illness

Justice Action Bulletin: Jesuit valentines; other Ash Wednesday actions for peace

Immigration advocates hold on to hope after Senate DACA failure

New rule would force immigrants to go without benefits or risk their stay in US

Immigration reform is not just about 'Dreamers,' advocates say

Justice Action Bulletin: Santa Ana River homeless camp; Poor People's Campaign

Justice and peace directors work for transformation

Justice Action Bulletin: Anti-trafficking webinar; homeless persons lawsuit; DACA fast

US extends Syria's temporary protected status, but does not redesignate country

City Connects program addresses all factors that affect student success

Advocates welcome investigation into abuse cover-up claims in Chile

Justice Action Bulletin: Marking the travel ban; Dreamers poised to contribute more

Chilean survivor of clergy sex abuse denies he is lying

Justice Action Bulletin: Immigration issues; pipeline protest with the Ojibwe

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