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J&A Annual Spring Workshop on Hunger and Public Policy with Bread for the World  See Details Here |
Justice and Advocacy Resource Links
Education
- Good Schools Pennsylvania
www.goodschoolspa.org
promotes equitable funding for Pennsylvania public schools
Food/Hunger
- J&A Annual Spring Workshop on Food, Hunger, and Public Policy with Bread for the World. The program announcement includes links to other resources.
bread.ppjr.org - Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center
www.pahunger.org
Monitors food, nutrition, and public policy issues in Pennsylvania. - Bread for the World
www.bread.org
Public policy advocacy on national/international issues that affect hungry people. - Oxfam America
www.oxfamamerica.org
International relief and development agency, but also provides excellent resources on public policy issues related to food and hunger. - Farm Bill resources
Extensive resources on U.S. agricultural policy and the Farm Bill. - Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
www.frac.org
Monitors U.S. public policies related to hunger, nutrition, and poverty. - Mazon “A Jewish Response to Hunger”
www.mazon.org - LCCC Talking Points on Hunger (MSWord)
Youth at Risk
Environment
- Pennsylvania Sierra Club
- Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival – Kempton, PA (Sept. 16-18, 2011)
- Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association
- National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs
- Web of Creation – “Ecology Resources to Transform Faith Communities and Society”
Poverty
- Coalition On Human Needs
www.halfinten.org
Half in Ten: From Poverty to Prosperity, a campaign chaired by Senator John Edwards and coordinated by four organizations: Center for American Progress Action Fund, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, ACORN, and the Coalition on Human Needs.
Racism & Violence
- Resources – Responding to Racism in Church and Community
More resources (winter 2021) - Resources – Responding to Racism
More resources (fall 2020). - Responding to Racism in the Church during COVID – Resources
Links to many faith-based anti-racism resources (summer 2020). - More Resources on Racism and the Church
Links to faith-based webinars, new books, and author interviews (Summer 2020). - Damascus Road
National faith-based anti-racism training program, based in Akron, PA. - Healing the Wounds of Racism
Faith-based anti-racism training program in eastern Pennsylvania. - United Church of Christ (UCC)
Sacred-Conversation: Let’s Talk About Race
www.ucc.org/sacred-conversation
Resources for church congregations on Race and Racism.
Minimum Wage / Living Wage
- Living Wage Campaign
Let Justice Roll — promoting fair wages for workers. - United for a Fair Economy
Education and advocacy for economic policies that challenge the increasing concentration of wealth in the U.S.
Gambling and its Effects
- United Methodist Advocacy in Pennsylvania – abstain from gambling; repeal legalized gambling