Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

When Jesus called his disciples, he was looking to create a different kind of community. That concept resonates today, as we all confront new ways of living amid a pandemic, the threat of cataclysmic climate change, and social upheaval.

Religious of Jesus and Mary Sr. Rosemary Nicholson was working at Instituto Madre Asunta, a shelter for migrants across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, when migrant caravans arrived in San Diego in late 2018. "These were sacred moments," she said. "The resilience of faith that migrants have is profound."

When Sr. Ann Kendrick arrived in Apopka, Florida, 50 years ago, "It was a very segregated and racist reality," she said. She and the team of three other Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur saw their work there as figuring out "what the issues are, what the hopes and dreams are" of the people who lived there."

A faith-based campaign in Malawi aims to educate communities about the rights of people with albinism and to dispel myths that motivate attacks for their body parts, which are believed to bring good luck and wealth.

As the number of Haitian arrivals seeking a better life in the U.S. swelled, Catholic sisters, religious organizations, nonprofits and churches pursued a common goal: provide basic services and restore human dignity.

Horizons - When both a billionaire and a minimum wage worker have to rent an apartment for $3,000 a month, that's equality of opportunity, but it leaves the worker homeless. Equity says that is not enough.

After volunteering at migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border in the spring, sisters from the Congregation of St. Joseph spent the summer in conversation with their state representatives on immigration.

In a large slum just southwest of Lusaka, the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family operate the Cheshire Divine Providence Home amid COVID-19 hardships, housing more than 20 elderly homeless people and 30 orphans.