Social Justice

'Today We Have The Power': A Spiritually Radical Documentary

Chris Fici | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Activism, David Korten, Free Trade, Seattle, Anarchy, Documentaries, Occupy Faith, Buddhism, Seattle Wto Protests, Battle of Seattle, Religion News
Chris Fici

In his debut documentary feature, filmmaker Christopher Timm deftly presents a vital meditation on the bridge between spirituality and social justice, through the prism of the seminal demonstrations at the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Seattle.

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Inclusive Jesus (and Others at Wild Goose) Now on the West Coast Too

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Paul Fromberg, Women's Rights, Social Justice, Over the Rhine, T-Bone Burnett, Restoring Eden, Peggy & Tony Campolo, Beer, Jim Forbes, Lynne Hybels, Christian Peacemaker Teams, Religious Right, Laughter, William Barber, Inter-Varsity Press, Music, Family Frank Schaeffer, Michelle Shocked, Religion, Gabriel Salguero, Gay Rights, Jim Wallis, Phyllis Tickle, Brian McLaren, Vincent Harding, Inclusive Faith, Spirituality, Religion News
Frank Schaeffer

I'm still hungry for the community faith can provide when its not busy judging others. I want to share that good news. And Wild Goose Festival is the place I've discovered that shares that vision.

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Thou Shalt Not Live By Street Food Alone

Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Dominican Republic, Social Justice, Child Hunger, Jesus, Helping the Poor, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Gospel of Matthew, Christianity, Poverty, Christian Social Justice, Religion News
Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr.

Just like Jesus, you and I know what it's like to be tempted. We know what it's like to have a hunger for something we want, something that others might say we need, but that we know will serve only to distract or derail us.

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What It's Like To Be A Sex Worker In Love

Kitty Stryker | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Social Justice, Queer, Relationships, Sex Workers, Sex, Sex Work, Love, Communication, Gay Voices News
Kitty Stryker

The media says that if you are a person in the sex industry, even one who consensually entered sex work, you will always have to make a choice between love and work. Sex workers, you see, cannot afford to love. I say that's crap.

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The Superhero Summit: G8 Leaders’ Chance To Change The World For Good

Richard Stearns | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: G8, G-8 Summit, Hunger, Social Justice, Poverty, World Vision, G-8, Global Poverty, Christian Social Justice, Religion News
Richard Stearns

Will the G8 leaders at Camp David be able to overcome their own internal disputes and the ongoing challenges of the global economy in order to partner with African governments to save the 1 billion people in the world suffering from hunger?

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A New Symbol for New Times

John Jackson | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Symbolism, Social Justice, Nonviolence, Ant-War, Arab Spring, Burma, Activism, Indignados, Resistance, Occupy Wall Street, Peace, Impact News
John Jackson

The aim of a symbol is to communicate as immediately and directly as possible the core of what you represent. Which brings us to an important question: Is it time to consider a new symbol for a new era?

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The Only Mommy War Worth Waging

Kristen Howerton | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Foster Children, Social Justice, Mother's Day, Mommy Wars, Motherhood, Global Motherhood, Foster Care, Mothers, Adoption, Parents News
Kristen Howerton

Let's stop quibbling about what competent mothers are choosing for their kids, and step it up for the kids that don't have one

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An Unorthodox Cure For Insomnia

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Social Justice, Torah Wisdom, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, Torah, Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld

I know so many people who have all the pillows they need and yet have trouble sleeping at night; they walk through their lives sleep deprived. What many don't realize is that the Torah already told them why they can't sleep.

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My Pete Seeger Spring: A Visit to Say Thanks

Raffi Cavoukian | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Pete Seeger, Social Justice, Folk Music, Pete Seeger Clearwater, Entertainment News
Raffi Cavoukian

I told Pete I'd come to say thank you for all that he had given me over the years. For the way his songs had stirred me and got me singing them. For the example of courage in his life that inspired me and filled me with awe.

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My Neighbor's Faith: The Value of a Peso

Miguel De La Torre, Ph.D. | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Interfaith, Christian Missionaries, Social Justice, Poverty, Charity, Christian Theology, Christianity, Global Poverty, My Neighbor's Faith, Christian Social Justice, Religion News
Miguel De La Torre, Ph.D.

When those who have so little do their faith by providing for those who have even less; those of us privileged by class should be profoundly humbled. It is the privileged who see the oppressed and do nothing that are the ones that do not know God.

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Cyclofemme: A Global Day of Women's Cycling

Shannon Galpin | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Social Justice, Susan B. Anthony, Girlbikelove, Cycling, Cyclofemme, Mother's Day, Impact News
Shannon Galpin

The bike provides cheap transportation for children to access schools and medical clinics in remote regions, they serve as rural ambulances, and provide safe vehicles to women. Never has a such a simple social issue solution also embodied such freedom and joy.

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The Power of WE

Paul Boden | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Affordable Housing, Western Regional Advocacy Project, Social Services, Social Justice, Democrats, Public Housing, Civil Rights, Housing Crisis, Privatization, Homelessness, Policing, Homeless, Housing, Police, Community Organizing, Jail, Republicans, Business Improvement Districts, Federal Government, Public Goods, Corporate Control, Politics News
Paul Boden

Why wouldn't our government want the people being governed to be educated, healthy, well-housed and able to freely be in nature? Is it wrong to think that government should want these things for all people?

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A Beautiful Night, a Legacy, and Two Women Who Stand for Community

Tiffany Crawford | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Macfarlane Partners, Thaderine Macfarlane, Kathy Thornton-Bias, Civil Rights, Retail Division MoMA, Julian Bond Gala, Julian Bond, University of Virginia, Culture News
Tiffany Crawford

What I respect most about Professor Bond is his belief in human rights in the broadest sense -- not just the rights of African Americans, but the rights of all Americans, black or white, straight or gay, young or old.

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Going Back to Cali: Story of an At-Risk Youth Turned Advocate

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Black Community, At-Risk Youth, Social Justice, Education, Poverty, Dropout Prevention, High School Dropouts, Gangs, Family, Sunday Magazine, Black Voices News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

As a teenager, I left California in order to escape a life of crime, death, or seemingly inevitable imprisonment. I recently returned to help a church raise money for their programs that keep kids in school and decrease the dropout rate through the Student SWAG program.

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Trayvon -- Killed by an Idea

Zetta Elliott | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Social Justice, George Zimmerman, Publishing Industry, Anders Breivik, Trayvon Martin, Racism, Children's Literature, Multiculturalism, Black Voices News
Zetta Elliott

In 2009, a year after the publication of my first picture book, Bird, I wrote an open letter to the children's publishing industry. I appealed to the ...

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The Pax Christi Agenda

Rosemarie Pace | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Catholic Church, Catholic Social Teaching, Social Justice, Peace, Pax Christi, Peacemaking, Catholic Peace Movement, Religion News
Rosemarie Pace

There's an awful lot of misunderstanding and misrepresentation of Pax Christi out there that begs to be informed. Consequently, I offer this description of the Pax Christi "agenda" for all who might be curious.

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Israel's Founding Pledge

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Israel Independence Day, Women's Empowerment, Women's Equality, Women's Rights, Social Justice, Israel, Agunot, World News
Nancy K. Kaufman

As Israel celebrates its 64th birthday, many pro-Israel women cannot help but wonder what its founders would say about the uproar over the increasing examples of gender segregation on buses and in certain public spaces.

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UPDATED: Georgetown Faculty Challenge Rep. Paul Ryan On Catholic Teaching And Budget

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Georgetown Paul Ryan, Georgetown Faculty, Video, Social Justice, Catholicism, Paul Ryan Budget Proposal, Georgetown University, Whittington Lecture, Catholic Social Teaching, Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan Budget, Religion News

UPDATE: 4/24, 4:00pm: Rep. Paul Ryan's spokesman, Kevin Seifert, sent this email in response to an inquiry about the Georgetown Faculty Letter from Th...

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Black Males and the Nature of Suspicion: Uncovering What Really Killed Trayvon Martin

Roderick Carey | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Criminal Justice, U.S. CULTURE, Education, Trayvon Martin, Social Justice, Black Voices, Black Males, Social Activism, Suspicion, Black Voices News
Roderick Carey

What killed Trayvon is more important to discuss, than whom. While justice will hopefully take care of the who, it is up to us as a collective to problematize the what. In some regards, grappling with the problems on an individual is a far easier task than delving deeply into the societal ills informing individual mindsets and actions.

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Education and The Colonial Frontier: The Right Place for a Native American Man?

Lance A. Twitchell | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Alaska Natives, Social Justice, Social Change, Violence Against Women, Native Americans, Men, Higher Education, Alaska, Video Games, College News
Lance A. Twitchell

The classroom must become a different place if we are going to move away from mono-linguistic and mono-cultural mechanisms that destroy indigenous cultures and languages.

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Fed Up With Housing Policy

Paul Boden | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Section 8, Congress, Social Justice, Poverty, Public Housing, Budget Cuts, Budget, President Obama, Progressives, Western Regional Advocacy Project, Housing Crisis, Affordable Housing, Foreclosure Crisis, Human Rights, Homelessness, Federal Budget Deficit, Community Organizing, Social Movements, Housing and Urban Development, Section 8 Housing Vouchers, Politics News
Paul Boden

We can't put our hope in politicians and organizations that attempt to smooth out the edges of terrible legislation while people lose their homes and programs are gutted. In communities across the country, groups are joining hands to build a movement for the human right to housing.

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WATCH: Faith in Action DC: Rabbi Bruce Lustig of Washington Hebrew Congregation

Jack Gordon | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Bruce Lustig, Judaism, Faith in Action Dc, Torah, Interfaith, Passover, Peace, Video, Religion News
Jack Gordon

Rabbi Bruce Lustig shares a lesson from the Passover story regarding the imperative to work for social justice for all God's children, and how young people in his community at his congregation are taking this to the next level.

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Occupy Faith: Prophets Over Profits

Gavriel Brown | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Christianity, Palm Sunday, Passover, Occupy Faith, #Occupywallstreet, Lent, Judaism, Social Justice, Occupy Wall Street, Jewish Social Justice, Interfaith, Religion News
Gavriel Brown

Soon, we will recount the story of the Exodus, but today we recounted the greed that spiraled our nation into debt, our coasts into environmental disasters and our working poor into unaffordable health care.

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Slouching Toward Freedom

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Armchair Activism, Homelessness, Passover Seder, Cyberbullying, Judaism, Bully, Kony 2012, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Jewish Social Justice, Passover, Hunger, Poverty, Religion News
Rabbi Will Berkovitz

It will take more than armchair activism, eating a piece of matzah or simply retelling a story. As we enjoy the bread of freedom, we need to realize in school hallways, on streets and in jungles the world over many are forced to eat the bread of affliction, if they eat at all.

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I Ain't No Broken Window

Paul Boden | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Western Regional Advocacy Project, Human Rights, Homelessness, Business, Broken Windows Theory, Civil Rights, James Q Wilson, Ugly Laws, Social Justice, Anti-Okie Laws, Private Security, Civility, Sundown Towns, Jim Crow, Organizing, Privatization, Quality of Life, Business Improvement Districts, Politics News
Paul Boden

These are the civilized people; they are consumers. They are us. The people these laws are enforced against are not us. They are them.

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