Regional Calls May 2020
Hear from CTA staff regarding the 2020 National Campaign, learn about projects in your area from local CTA chapter leaders, and meet, connect, and share resources with your fellow members across the states.
National Campaign Update and Virtual Convergence
We can still act for change in our church. In fact, it’s more urgent now than ever before. We hope you will join us on Saturday, June 6th for our first-ever Virtual Convergence!
Denounce Dolan-Trump Alliance: Phone Zap Report and Scripts
80 different people joined the zap call, we collected contact information for 75 bishops across the country, and we made about 139 calls/emails total (and still counting)!
Denounce Catholic Alliance with Donald Trump
Call To Action’s Vision Council was outraged to hear about the recent phone call that Catholic bishops and leaders had with high-profile members of the Trump administration.
Introducing Re/Generation 2020 Part 4: Tacoma
The final batch of our 2020 Re/Generators are a team based in Tacoma, WA.
Introducing Re/Generation 2020 Part 3
Today we introduce five more members of the 2020 Re/Generation cohort! These young adults are scattered across the country, from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to Washington, D.C. to Portland, OR.
Introducing Re/Generation 2020 Part 2
As artists, organizers, scholars, pastoral caregivers, and more, these young adults are already using their gifts to transform the church.
National Catholic Reporter features CTA on pandemic, immigration
“Call To Action/USA held a regional meeting in the Rio Grande Valley last November, where about 50 Catholics gathered to learn about the migrant experience first-hand.”
Introducing Re/Generation 2020 Part 1: Chicago
We were thrilled to be able to accept over twenty young people into the program! The six Re/Generators below make up two teams that are based in Chicago, IL.
CTA in the Time of Coronavirus: An Appeal
“We in CTA must not only envision the future, but help each other survive now. And that will lead us to a future that endures.” – CTA’s delfín bautista
Lent in the Time of Coronavirus: A Conversation
Join us for an open discussion on Lent, COVID-19, capitalism, grief, church reform, and more.
Catholic Women Strike
Strike from Church participation, attendance, and financial contributions throughout the month of May.
International Women's Day and the Church
International Women’s Day should not be commodified, drained of its radical substance.
Teenagers Take Direct Action at Kennedy Catholic High School
Young people responded, as they have in arenas around the country to all sorts of injustice over the past few years.
Strategy 3: Direct Action
Direct Action broadly describes the use of disruptive public protest to achieve a movement’s demands.
Strategy 2: Lobbying
We are not here to sever our relationship with the Roman Catholic Church: we are here to change it.
Strategy 1: Education
The National Campaign will coordinate a network of educational events which reflect the local interests, needs, and experiences of the communities that organize them.
2020 National Campaign
The National Campaign is balanced between creating something new while building on what we’ve already done.
Apply to 2020's Re/Generation cohort
This year, Re/Generation is integrated with Call To Action’s 2020 National Campaign coordinating the activities of progressive Catholics across strategies, organizations, and generations.
Year-end appeal: Community
At CTA, we believe it is our challenging and urgent task to build a community that includes progressive Catholics of every age, who are at any stage of the faith journey.