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SOCIAL JUSTICE
General
- Friends Committee on National Legislation--a Quaker lobby in
the public interest. http://www.fcnl.org/
- Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico--a resource
for education, action and faith reflection, serving a broad ecumenical
network throughout the U.S. http://www.rtfcam.org/mission/mission.htm
- Centre for Social Justice--a Canadian advocacy organization
that seeks to strengthen the struggle for social justice. http://www.socialjustice.org/
- Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns--peace, social justice
and integrity of creation in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle
East. http://www.maryknoll.org/GLOBAL/global.htm
- KairosUSA--A national/international network of groups and individuals,
active on issues of anti-racism, economic justice, and self-determination,
while engaged in a process of theological/political reflection
http://www.kairosusa.com
- Office for Social Justice of Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis--Catholic
social documents, legislative issues, national and international issues,
educating for justice, social investing
http://www.osjspm.org
- Documents relating to Catholic Social Justice Teaching--Statements
relating to social justice by popes, church councils, national bishops'
conferences, and individual bishops
http://www.justpeace.org/docu.htm
- The Social Agenda--a collection of a papal statements arranged
thematically: the human person, the family, the social order, the role
of the state, etc http://www.thesocialagenda.com/
- Theology Library--43 social teaching documents form Rerum Novarum
(1891) on
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/
- Kairos Europa--a European decentralised network of justice,
peace and creation initiatives working in collaboration with churches,
social movements, trade unions and Non Governmental Organisations both
in and outside Europe, to build a more just and tolerant society. http://www.kairoseuropa.org/english/index.htm
- Just Peace--Statements relating to social justice by popes,
church councils, national bishops' conferences, and individual bishops.
http://www.justpeace.org/docu.htm
- Parish Without Borders--using the internet to interconnect
the resources and needs of Catholics in the US with Catholics communities
in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in the full spirit of Gospel teaching.
http://parish-without-borders.net
- The Institute for Peace and Justice--an independent, interfaith,
nonprofit organization, begun as a response to the realities of war,
racism and global economic injustice. We help people find "learn-able
and do-able" alternatives that incorporate justice and reconciliation
into an active quest for peace in their everyday lives. http://www.ipj-ppj.org
- The Catholic Worker Movement--home page for Catholic Worker
Roundtable, Dorothy Day Library on the Web, Catholic Worker Home Page
http://www.catholicworker.org
- World Forum for Alternatives--an international actin network
researching alterantives to the dominanct world order http://www.forum-alternatives.net/
- Woodstock Theological Center--an independent research institute
that addresses topics of social, economic, and political importance
from a theological and ethical perspective http://georgetown.edu/centers/woodstock
- Interfaith links to social justice organizations, U.S. and
international--social justice, environment, peace, human rights, religious
tolerance http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1764/relpol.html
- 8th Day Center for Justice--systemic change through research,
educational outreach, direct action, legislative action, coalition building
and networking http://www.claret.org/~8thday/
- The Australian Jesuits--links to religious and justice resources
http://werple.net.au/~jesuits/sjreljus.html
- Uniya--a Jesuit Social Justice Center in Australia involved
with refugees, asylum seekers, Aboriginal issues, social, economic and
mental health policies and East Timorese issues http://www.uniya.org/
- Social Action Offices of the Diocese of Cleveland--Catholic
Social Teaching, legislative alerts, campaign finance reform, Campaign
for Human Development http://www.catholic-action.org/
- The Center of Concern--works with international networks promoting
social analysis, theological reflection, policy analysis, research and
public education on issues of global development, peace and social justice
http://www.coc.org/
- Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center--a religious coalition
of women and men to educate, network and act
http://www.ijpc-cincinnati.com
- NETWORK--a national Catholic social justice lobby http://www.networklobby.org
- Macronet--a non-profit clearinghouse for progressives emphasizing
peace, justice, environmental, and health issues and solutions http://www.macronet.org/
- Jesuit Refugee Service--refugees and landmines http://www.jesref.org/
- Office of Social Development and World Peace--of the U.S. Catholic
Conference, works on issues of landmines, children, Third World debt,
Middle East, death penalty, food policy http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/index.htm
- Campaign for Human Development--the domestic anti-poverty,
social justice program of the U.S. Catholic bishops http://www.usccb.org/chd/index.htm
- Engaged Page--social justice and human rights from an "engaged
Buddhist" perspective http://www.engagedpage.com
- Jesuit Faith and Justice Apostolates--international social
justice centers and publications http://www.jesuit.org/resources/justice.html
- Franciscans International and Domicans for Justice and Peace at
the United Nations--Focus on human rights and refugees http://www.fiop.org/
- Quixote Center--a faith based social justice center working
with people who have few resources for their struggles http://www.quixote.org/
- Hill Connections--links contemplation and social justice; rooted
in Catholic and Servite values. http://hillconnections.org/
- Peace & Justice Support Network--of the Mennonite Church
USA. Resources, advocacy. http://peace.MennoLink.org/
Economic Justice
- Catholic Agency for Overseas Development--working in partnership
to tackle the causes of poverty regardless of race, religion or politics
(UK). http://www.cafod.org.uk/
- 50 Years Is Enough--U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice.
http://www.50years.org/
- Global Trade Watch--promotes government and corporate accountability
in the international commercial agreements shaping the current version
of globalization. http://www.tradewatch.org/
- Tobin Tax Initiative--Tobin Taxes are excise taxes on cross-border
currency transactions. http://www.ceedweb.org/iirp/
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility--ICCR and its
members press companies to be socially and environmentally responsible.
http://www.iccr.org/
- Jobs with Justice--a national campaign for workers' rights,
working through coalitions of labor, community, religious and constituency
organizations
http://www.jwj.org
- Ten Thousand Villages--stores which provide vital, fair income
to Third World artisans by marketing their handicrafts and telling their
stories in North America
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/
- The Catholic-Labor Network -- a place for those Catholics,
lay, religious and clergy, who are active in their churches and in unions
to learn about their Church's teachings as regards to labor issues,
pray for those who are working for economic justice and share information
about events and struggles that may be taking place in their area http://www.pernet.net/~sinclair/home.htm
- U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice--a coalition of 205
grassroots, faith-based, policy, women's, social- and economic-justice,
youth, solidarity, labor, and development organizations dedicated to
the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) http://www.50years.org
- National Coalition for the Homeless--an advocacy network committed
to ending homelessness http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
- SPAN--a social justice and human rights project that provides
resources and the presence of solidarity with communities struggling
against oppression in the praxis of liberation theology and non-violence
in Latin America http://www.lightlink.com/wrehberg/index1.htm
- Christian Aid--international development aid and education
by British and Irish churches http://www.christian-aid.org.uk
- Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF--religious
organizations, denominations, social justice and ecojustice groups working
to build a broad network for action on global economic justice http://www.religiouswg.org/index1.html
- A Letter on Neo-Liberalism in Latin America--by the Latin American
Provincials of the Society of Jesus, 1996 http://www.sedos.org/english/letter.htm
- Jubilee USA Network--Part of a worldwide movement to cancel
the crushing international debt of impoverished countries .
http://www.jubileeusa.org
- Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative--to strengthen the Churches'
capacity to work for social justice and ecological integrity and to
facilitate theological reflection, education and networking http://www.web.net/~jubilee
- Jubilee +--U.K. site providing up-to-date, accurate analyses,
news and data on international debt and finance; and generating and
airing new ideas and debates on debt and globalisation. http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/
Sweatshops
- Archdiocese of Newark--information about the archdiocesan "sweatshop
initiative," designed to ensure that Catholic school uniforms are
manufactured in compliance with fair labor standards. http://www.rcan.org/news/101697pr.htm
- Campaign for Labor Rights--grassroots mobilization of U.S.
supporters of workers struggling for decent working conditions worldwide.
http://summersault.com/~agj/clr/
- Equal Exchange--fair trade coffee retailers; includes information
about Interfaith Coffee Program. http://www.equalexchange.com
- Global Exchange--a non-profit research, education, and action
center dedicated to promoting people-to-people ties around the world.
Works on Fair Trade, World Bank and IMF, Speaker Tours, Alternatives.
http://www.globalexchange.org
- National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice--people of
faith who work to improve wages, benefits and conditions for workers,
especially low-wage workers http://www.nicwj.org/
- National Labor Committee--reports, educational resources, and
action items on working conditions worldwide. http://www.nlcnet.org
- New York State Labor-Religion Coalition--Catholic and public
schools join to ensure that school apparel is sweat-free by 2001. http://www.labor-religion.org/sweatfreetop.html
- Educating for Justice--EFJ's Stop Nike Sweatshops Campaign
gives multimedia presentations at schools and parishes, and will release
a feature film titled SWEAT in 2005. http://www.educatingforjustice.org/stopnikesweatshops.htm
- Union Label--information on current AFL-CIO-endorsed boycotts.
http://www.unionlabel.org/donotbuy/boycott.htm#Food
- United Students Against Sweatshops--university students working
to ensure that school apparel is not manufactured under sweatshop conditions.
http://home.sprintmail.com/~jeffnkari/USAS/
Peace
- Nevada Desert Experience-- celebrates the power of God's creation,
analyzes the tragedy of the nuclear weapons industry, and calls for
ending the destruction and repairing the damage. http://www.NevadaDesertExperience.org/
- Voices in the Wilderness--a campaign to end the economic sanctions
against the people of Iraq. http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/
- War Resisters League --Advocates Gandhian nonviolence to create
a democratic society free of war, racism, sexism and human exploitation.
Programs in disarmament and youth action against militarism.
http://www.nonviolence.org/wrl
- Pax Christi USA--a Catholic peace movement for prayer, study
and action http://www.paxchristiusa.org/
- Witness for Peace--a faith-based organization dedicated to
nonviolence, focusing on U.S. involvement in Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www.witnessforpeace.org
- The NonViolence Web--guide to the contemporary peace movement
http://www.nonviolence.org/
- SOA Watch--aims to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas
which trains Latin American military, many of whom are involved in human
rights abuses http://www.soaw.org/
- Project Ploughshares--Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies,
Waterloo, Canada http://www.ploughshares.ca
- The Conventional Arms Trade Transfer Project--a project of
the Council for a Livable World Education Fund http://www.clw.org/
- Demilitarization for Democracy--a research and advocacy center
that works to change U.S. policy towards the developing world towards
one of demilitarization http://www.clw.org/pub/clw/cat/catmain.html
- SIPAZ: International Service for Peace -- international solidarity
with indigenous people in Chiapas, Mexico (in Spanish & English) http://www.nonviolence.org/sipaz/
- Theology of Peace Project - a component of the Foundation for
Self-Sufficiency's work in partnership and solidarity with low-income
communities in Central America to achieve environmental sustainability,
economic self-sufficiency, social justice, and peace. http://fssca.net/peace/index.html
- Catholic Just War--Catholics concerned about the 2003 war on
Iraq who believe it accords with the just war doctrine
http://www.CatholicJustWar.com/
- Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service--offers retreats, classes,
workshops and trainings in the spirituality and practice of transformative
nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org
Human Rights
- Human Rights for All--the campaign to make the United Nations'
far-reaching human rights code, adopted in 1948, a law that can be enforced
in the United States. http://www.geocities.com/jackbackman/HumanRightsNow.html
- National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus Statement on Racism--A
Sankofa Observance of the 500th Anniversary of the First Enslaved African
to Enter the Western Hemisphere (1501-2001). http://www.bcimall.org/nbccc/sankofa500/index.htm
- Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories--B'Tselem
endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers
about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the
phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create
a human rights culture in Israel. http://www.btselem.org
- Religious Organizing Aganst the Death Penalty Project--created
to galvanize and empower the religious community in the
United States to work against capital punishment. http://www.deathpenaltyreligious.org
- The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition--an organization
of survivors of torture. http://www.tassc.org
- The Moratorium Campaign--dedicated to obtaining a moratorium
on the death penalty. http://www.moratorium2000.org
- Catholics Against Capital Punishment--a national advocacy organization
working for the abolition of the death penalty in the U.S. http://www.igc.org/cacp/
- Human Rights Internet--leader in the exchange of information
within the worldwide human rights community http://www.hri.ca/
- Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty--works
to end the death penalty in the U.S. through aggressive campaigns http://www.cuadp.org
- Colombia Support Network--peace and justice for Colombia http://www.columbiasupport.net/
- Amnesty International--support for political prisoners, campaign
news, text of Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.amnesty.org
- Middle East Research and Information Project--provides news
and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream
news sources http://www.merip.org/
- Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolome de Las Casas--a non-government
organization for human rights of the Diocese of San Cristobal (in Spanish)
http://www.laneta.apc.org/cdhbcasas/index.htm
- Human Rights Watch--dedicated to protecting the human rights
of people around the world http://www.hrw.org/
- Asian Human Rights Commission--an independent non-governmental
body which seeks to promote greater awareness and realization of human
rights in the Asian region http://www.ahrchk.net/
- Death Penalty Information Center--information, curriculum materials.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
- Religious Perspective on Human Rights--Weekly newsletter issued
by buddhist, Muslim, Catholic and Christian groups on human rights initiated
by the Asian Human Rights Center http://www.ahrchk.net/rghr/index.php
- Franciscans International and Dominicans for Justice and Peace--based
at the United Nations http://www.fiop.org/
Environment/Earth
Politics and Culture
- The Interfaith Alliance--a nonpartisan, interfaith organization
committed to providing people of faith with an alternative voice to
that of the radical religious right http://www.interfaithalliance.org
- Web Active--a weekly Web publication of activism and progressive
politics http://www.webactive.com/
Ethics
- Catholic Social Thought--resources on: the nature of christian
ethics, birth control, conscience & dissent, abortion, reproductive
technologies, euthanasia, social & economic justice, women in the
church, capital punishment, and war & peace http://www.saintmarys.edu/~incandel/cst.html
- Issues in Christian Ethics--introduction to ethics, sexuality
and the Christian tradition, war and violence, genetics and ethics,
etc http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/~yuri/ethics/index.html
- Ethical Links--a jumping off point to resources on the Web
dealing with ethics http://www.scu.edu/Ethics/links/
Volunteer Service
- Catholic Network of Volunteer Service--connecting full-time
volunteers with Christian member programs. http://www.cnvs.org/
- Catholic Worker Roundtable--over 125 Catholic Worker communities
are committed to non-violence, voluntary poverty, and hospitality for
the homeless. A movement founded by Dorothy Day, CWs protest injustice,
war, racism and violence http://www.catholicworker.org/roundtable/index.cfm
- Casa Juan Diego--Houston Catholic Worker http://www.cjd.org/
- Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of St Paul/Minneapolis--a
multi-program social service agency with a volunteer corps http://www.ccspm.org/
- Ministry Connect--Site aims to assist all persons interested
in providing, finding, and encouraging meaningful work in the serive
of others. Sponsored by 14 Congregations of Catholic Sisters.
http://www.ministryconnect.org/
Franciscan Volunteer Ministry --Provides a setting for volunteers
to grow in faith, love and hope by serving the poor and working for
social justice. We offer volunteers a year long opportunity to serve
the poor in Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Wilmington, DE.
http://www.fvm89.org
- Marianist Voluntary Service Communities
MVSC is a lay volunteer program sponsored by the society of Mary (Marianists).
MVSC is open to mature Christians, over age twenty, who are interested
in service, exploring simple lifestyle and Christian community and developing
a social awareness of justice issues.
http://www.udayton.edu/~mvsc
- Volunteer Missionary Movement--Founded in 1969 by Edwina Gateley.
More than 1000 women and men have worked in Africa, Papua New Guinea,
Central America and the USA. VMM remains the only independent, lay,
international mission organization rooted in the Catholic tradition.
http://www.vmmusa.org
- Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful--a Catholic community
dedicated to serving Christ by serving the poor http://www.maryknoll.org/MARYKNOLL/MMAF/welcom_mf.htm
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