Social Justice Topics

Causes of Homelessness Activity

This critical thinking activity looks at the factors that can lead to homelessness. Using lines and arrows, connect these different factors and circumstances to demonstrate how they may lead to...
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Quiz

Quiz: Homelessness: How much do you know?

This quiz on homelessness provides terrific questions to test your knowledge and perceptions. This quiz looks at some commonly misunderstood facts about homelessness and includes an answer...
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Quiz

Quiz: Halloween & Fair Trade Chocolate

A Teachable Moment - Halloween and Fair Trade Chocolate. Americans will spend $1.2 billion on chocolate for Halloween. Bring a little taste of justice to this holiday by looking at fair trade...
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Quiz

Poverty Quiz

This poverty quiz tests the participant's knowledge about poverty in the U.S. This print-ready quiz includes an answer key and explanations of current poverty facts and figures. Charts showing the...
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One Border One Body

The Liturgy is a place where we seek to transcend all borders, all division. The film, "One Border One Body" looks at the issue of immigration from a sacramental perspective. This film invites not...
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Habitat and Urbanization: Harmonious Cities

World Habitat Day is October 6th. This three-page resource looks at the facts and figures of urbanization today. This resource is designed to mark the UN celebration of World Habitat day and...
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Video

A Witness Speaks: Forgiveness after Genocide (Video 2)

Fr. Romain Rurangirwa survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994. He was a college student at the time. In the second of seven video segments, Fr. Romain responds to a student's question about forgiveness...
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The Great Lakes Water Compact

Signs of Hope: Federal legislation supporting the Great Lakes Water Compact recently passed the Senate by unanimous vote. The House must now review the bill and vote on it. This two-page resource...
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Prayer Service

Prayer Service for the Start of a New School Year

This two-page prayer service provides a print-ready prayer service which sets a tone and calls on God's blessing for the new year of learning ahead. Prayer service includes readings from scriptures,...
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Food Crisis Update 8-08

This three-page resource provides an update on the current state of the food crisis and expounds further on its components, causes and challenges to the global community. This resource includes a...
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Immigration and the Question of Security

Since 9/11, the use of fear to justify everything from the erosion of rights to the dehumanization of peoples coming to the U.S. has been dangerously effective.  This article looks at what...
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Biofuels Defined

Biofuels are attractive sources of alternative energy made from plant sources.  This two-page resources provides clear definitions of the types of biofuels currently available, provides a chart of...
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