Social Justice Topics

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Creative Voice

The Center for Our Concern: Reflections on 45 Years of Research, Education, and Advocacy

Center of Concern’s president, Lester A. Myers, reflects on the three moments of recollection, gratitude, and hope that provide a glimpse of the changing signs of the times that have touched the...
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Reflection

Freedom Riders

This resource is based on the American Experience and PBS documentary Freedom Riders, which tells the story of a courageous band of civil rights activists who in 1961 creatively challenged...
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Prayer Service

Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Leaders and Peacemakers

This prayer service honors the Asian Americans who, over the past century, have been activists, artists, heroes, and persons for others.
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Film Discussion Guide

Sentenced Home

This documentary follows the journey of three young Cambodian-American refugees who find themselves entangled in a web built from a tragic past and an uncertain future. Included in this resource are:...
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Creative Voice

Killer Drones: Immoral, Racist, and Unjust

Creative Voice Marjorie Cohn shares an essay on the immorality of drone warfare and offers reflection questions and a prayer for an end to the use of drones.
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Video

God’s Mercy Has Entered the Heart: Pope Francis’s Homily in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

This reflection is based on the words of Pope Francis’s Homily in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico on February 17, 2016. The message of his homily was how mercy can transform our lives and the lives of those...
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Reflection

Pope Francis: Message to the Youth of the World

Pope Francis’s Message for the Jubilee of Mercy for Young Boys and Girls is a vibrant message for the young generations of our world to stand in solidarity, joy, and hope. Discussion questions and...
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Reflection

Reflection: The Marrakesh Declaration

In light of the increasing violence in the Muslim World, the Marrakesh Declaration was written to promote peace among all people, regardless of their religion. This reflection outlines the basic...
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Prayer Service

Charlene Teters: We Are Not Your Mascots

Charlene Teters is an activist from the Spokane Nation who has defended the human dignity of Native peoples and led nonviolent resistance to oppose the use of Native American symbols as mascots in...
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Litany

Care of Our Common Home

This litany touches on many issues that affect all of us in our common home and invites each of us to act on behalf of the poorest in our global society.
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Bulletin Insert: Care for Our Common Home

This bulletin insert/handout includes quotes from encyclicals on the environment, ways to celebrate Earth Day, reflection questions, and Pope Francis’s Christian Prayer in Union with...
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Film Discussion Guide

Good Kill

The film Good Kill tells the story of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot turned drone pilot and the effect this has on his own life, his family dynamic, and the new practices of modern day warfare.