Issue Papers

New!!  Human Trafficking in Minnesota: A Violation of Human Dignity, our issue paper on human trafficking in Minnesota.

Below is a list of official issue papers of the JRLC, each approved by the boards of directors of:

• Minnesota Catholic Conference
• Minnesota Council of Churches
• Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
• Islamic Center of Minnesota (approval given to papers published after 2003)

(PDF files are easily opened and read by the Adobe Reader application available at the Adobe Reader download website.)

American Indian Concerns (compilation)  (PDF)
Child Care Assistance   (PDF)
Corporate Responsibility   (PDF)
Criminal Justice  (PDF)
Death Penalty  (PDF)
Disability Issues (compilation)  (PDF)
Ecology (compilation)  (PDF)
Energy Assistance and Conservation  (PDF)
Felon Voting Rights  (PDF)
Gambling  (PDF)
Good Government (compilation)  (PDF)
Gun Control (compilation)  (PDF)
Health Care and Justice in Minnesota (PDF)
Housing  (PDF)
Human Rights-Sexual Orientation  (PDF)
Human Trafficking in Minnesota: A Violation of Human Dignity (PDF)
Hunger  (PDF)
Impartial Judiciary  (PDF)
Juvenile Justice (compilation)  (PDF)
Metropolitan Development  (PDF)
Minimum Wage  (PDF)
Poverty, No Poor Among You  (PDF)
Public Assistance (compilation)   (PDF)
Rural Life  (PDF)
Taxation  (PDF)
Term Limits  (PDF)
Tobacco (PDF)
Women and Children (compilation)  (PDF)