Welcome to the Jesuit Social Research Institute
Serving faith, promoting justice
The Jesuit Social Research Institute works to transform the Gulf South through action research, analysis, education, and advocacy on the core issues of poverty, race, and migration. The Institute is a collaboration of Loyola University New Orleans and the Society of Jesus rooted in the faith that does justice.
JSRI News and alerts
Contact Sen. Mary Landrieu and ask her to support a decrease in detention funding
This year U.S. taxpayers will spend over $2 billion on immigration detention. Please contact Sen. Landrieu and ask her to decrease detention funding by 1,200 beds and increase funds available for alternative to detention programs which cost less and are more effective.
April 2012 JustSouth E-news: Is there a Payday Shark in Your Bank Account?
The April 2012 JustSouth E-Newsletter looks at a new method of payday lending, the common good and election 2012, and immigration enforcement legislation that failed to pass in Mississippi.
JSRI Signs On to Letter Urging the Reduction of Spending on Immigration Detention
On March 23, JSRI and numerous other national, state, and local organizations signed off on a letter from the Detention Watch Network asking Senator Mary Landrieu and Representative Robert Aderholt of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security Appropriations to reduce spending on immigration detention.
Key Issues
USCCB/CRS Action Alert
Contact your Congress members and ask them to support global poverty relief GO »
“ At the beginning of a new century, the one issue which most challenges our human and Christian consciences is the poverty of countless millions of men and women. „
- Blessed Pope John Paul II on Poverty