External Links
Contact Info:
Education for
Justice
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA 18510
Phone:
(570) 941-4051
justice-education
@scranton.edu
Links on Food
Grist - The dish on organic, sustainable, local grub, plus tasty, healthy recipes
The Dynamics of Food Insufficiency - by Karen Hamrick
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
National Student Campaign against Hunger and Homelessness
Catholics confront global poverty - U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops & Catholic Relief Services
Other Links
Africa Faith and Justice Network
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities - Resources on Catholic Social Teaching and Current Issues
Caritas in Veritate - Encyclical of Benedict XVI
Catholic Legal Immigration Network - CLINIC is a Catholic corporation trying to change US laws regarding migration and illegal immigrants through publications and advocacy programs. (Immigration)
Border Angels - non-profit working to stop unnecessary deaths of migrants traveling through the Imperial Valley desert areas and the mountain areas surrounding San Diego County, as well as the areas located around the United States and
Mexican border. (Immigration)
Catholic Relief Services – includes information on Public Policy, Education, Health and Microfinance initiatives
Center of Concern – exploring & analyzing global issues and social structures from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching
College Students Track Sex Trafficking in San Francisco
Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice - A Pastoral Reflection on Lay Discipleship for Justice in a New Millennium
Justice for Immigrants - The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform. (Immigration)
The Institute on Migration, Culture, and Minisitry (Immigration)
The Justice Jesuit Higher Education Web Site - Nationally significant speakers and events, syllabi, research and publications of interest, noteworthy practices, reflections, assessment instruments, Ignatian spirituality resources, and calls for papers and dialogues. (Immigration)
Law Library of the Library of Congress - digital collection of congressional hearings on immigration and a good resource for tracing the development over time of immigration policy in the U.S. and on getting snapshots of American's sentiments about immigration over time. (Immigration)
The Love of Christ toward Migrants
National Coalition for the Homeless - Committed to creating the systemic and attitudinal changes necessary to prevent and end homelessness.
NETWORK - A national catholic social justice lobby
Oxfam International - Finding lasting solutions to poverty and injustice
PovertyUSA – features educational materials on poverty in the U.S., including the Poverty Tour, a multimedia presentation illustration the difficulty of living at the poverty line.
Social Equity Venture Fund - Unlocking the potential of enterprise-based solutions to poverty
Teaching Tolerance - September 2008 issue features essays by Barack Obama and John McCain about how the next generation can get involved in the political process and grow more civic-minded to make America better.
U.S. Catholic Bishops message to Obama about Immigration
