A Blue Community Update
September 14, 2021
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CSJ Blue Community

Paul Baines, CSJ Blue Communities Coordinator

At the end of 2017, the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph became a Blue Community so that we can protect water as a shared commons, sacred gift,
and human right. 
 
The Blue Communities Project encourages us to:
- Affirm the human right to clean water both locally and globally
- Limit the use of bottled water because water is not a commodity.
- Protect publicly owned and managed water services from being privatized.
- Re-connect to our watersheds with education, gratitude and action. 
 
Learn and connect with what we do by visiting our website: https://www.bluecommunitycsj.org/

Since it's still difficult to bring people together during these COVID times, the Save Our Water folks in Elora are asking for our help for their Stand With Us social media effort. They are one of the leading groups fighting Nestle's bottled water expansion in Ontario. 
 
from their website:
We are now launching our #StandWithUs campaign and we want you to join in! Tell us what water means to you and why you #StandWithUs in a short message on a chalkboard, whiteboard, sidewalk, or even a just sheet of paper (check out our examples). Next, have someone in your household take a photo of you with your message and put it up on your social media, tagging Save Our Water. We'll feature some of our favourites to help push this message and keep our momentum. #StandWithUs against new permits for water bottlers! 
 
You can see examples of this on their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/SaveOurWaterCanada/
 
Attached are 7 photos (taken from a Zoom meeting) that could be shared on your Congregation's Facebook page with the hashtag #StandWithUs 
 
this hashtag lets the Elora folks know we are thinking of them. adding @SaveOurWater.ca also tags the group and shares it with their audience too.
 
S. Bonnie Chesser

S. Cecily Hewitt


Jennifer Michel, Associate, The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie

Rita Pulice, Associate, The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie

Anne Kargas, Leadership, Sisters of St. Joseph In Canada


Loretta Manzara, CSJ, Executive Director, Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada

Paul Baines