Virtual Programming
Like many organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic compelled us to turn to virtual programming. Since 2020, Call To Action has hosted engaging, dynamic speakers on the issues of anti-Black racism, Indigenous organizing, LGBTQIA+ rights, immigration reform, reproductive justice, and more. Scroll down to view recordings and clips of our recent offerings.
2019 West Coast Regional Conference: Keynote 3
Ched Meyers speaks about how climate change is generating a matrix of interrelated social and ecological crises which impact marginalized communities first and worst.
2019 West Coast Regional Conference: Keynote 2
Sr. Irma Dillard explores the role of race and racism and the effects of slaveholding in our church today.
2019 West Coast Regional Conference: Keynote 1
Listen to the 2019 West Coast Regional Conference’s first keynote speaker, Roy Bourgeois, explain why the Catholic Church must ordain women or fade into irrelevance.
Webinar 1/3: members at their local statehouse
Join members of the Metro and Upstate New York Call To Action chapters for a conversation about their efforts at the New York State Legislature to lobby for stronger protections for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
2018 National Conference: Keynote 3
International activist and worldwide symbol for the rights of the undocumented, Elvira Arellano, speaks about her work fighting for the rights of migrants and their families.
2018 National Conference: Closing Liturgy
Closing liturgy featuring Maria Ibarra-Frayre, homilist.
2018 National Conference: Keynote 2
National Catholic Reporter, Heidi Schumlpf, offers some tips and holds up some role models from both secular and church resistance movements who continue to push for change.
2016 Conference Live-streaming
Call To Action is pleased to offer live-streaming of the 2016 conference keynote presentations: Richard Rohr, OFM (In the Beginning is the Relationship), Kaya Oakes (Finding Faith: Young Adults' Journey) and Dr. Greer G. Gordon (Compassionate Catalysts: Being Christ in the World)
SOA Watch: Convergence at the Border
Hundreds of activists gathered at the US/Mexico border to bring attention to the dire situation of immigration in the country, including the use of privately run detention centers and the inhumane treatment of migrants. “We don’t cross the border, the border crosses us!”
Inspiring Young Adults and Theologians react to “Radical Grace”
This August, Call To Action sent two representatives to the Asian Youth Academy and Asian Theological Forum in Surat Thani, Thailand. Participants viewed the film Radical Grace, about three inspiring women religious in the US. Dr. Paul Hwang of the Woori Theology Institute in South Korea organized the conference, which brings young adult lay leaders and theologians together from all over Asia.
40th Anniversary Mass in Rochester, NY
Mary Ramerman of the Spiritus Christi community in Rochester, NY helps Call To Action celebrate 40 years of faith and community.
A Conversation with Sr. Helen Prejean
“Action itself is liberating. We don’t have a blueprint of all the steps, but life emerges, life unfolds, it’s the way the universe works. And that’s the spirit in our hearts.” –Sr. Helen Prejean
Sr. Helen’s Cape Cod Address
Sr. Helen Prejean spoke to the Fellowship of Reconciliation Cape Cod chapter along with Call To Action Cape Cod on May 23, 2016. Sr. Helen is a leading anti-death penalty advocate and is best known for her book, Dead Man Walking.
CTA Nebraska 20th Anniversary Conference: Keynote Excerpts
“I have been ordained by the spirit of God to celebrate the liturgy of life. I am telling you that now because that has been a metaphor that has defined me and given me permission to stay in the space I’m in and let me evolve as spirit leads me in this framework.”