Service Congregational Life

Those interested in justice issues may wish to check out these sites:

• Action by Churches Together (ACT) International - A global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide.
• Bread for the World offers resources on food and justice, as well as hunger basics. www.bread.org/howtohelp/index.html
• Canadian Lutheran World Relief www.clwr.org
• Canadian Foodgrains Bank www.foodgrainsbank.ca
• Canadian Association of Food Banks www.cafb-acba.ca
• Citizens for Public Justice - A nonprofit research, education and advocacy organization which responds to God's call for love, justice and stewardship in Canada's public life.
• Development and Peace - The international development agency of the Canadian Roman Catholic Church (similar to GHDA).
• ELCIC Stewardship of Creation - Church wide website for Creation Stewardship, the Greening of Congregations, Communities and the planet
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – World Hunger www.elca.org/hunger
• Evangelicals for Social Action
• Feeding Minds. Fighting Hunger. A site developed and maintained by youth whose goal is a world free from hunger. www.feedingminds.org
• Greening Suggestions for Congregations
• Housing Again - A site dedicated to putting affordable housing back on the public agenda.
• Hunger Theme Page is a set of links reviewed and selected by K-12 educators in BC, on a website called Community Learning Network, Open School BC. www.cln.org/themes/hunger.html
• KAIROS - The ELCIC is a member of KAIROS. Canadian churches working together for justice and peace; KAIROS. Faithful action for justice and peace.
• Online Voice of Sojourners Magazine
• Project Ploughshares - A public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives for stopping the spread of weapons of war, from nuclear arms to landmines.
• Make Poverty History - Committed to, in 14 words... more and better aid, trade, justice, cancel the debt, end child poverty in Canada.
• The Church Council on Justice and Corrections - CCJC is a national coalition of faith-based individuals and churches who act as a shining light for a more humane way of doing criminal justice.
• The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition - ISARC was born out of the hope that together a coalition of faith groups could contribute to new public policies based upon greater justice and dignity for Ontarians marginalised by poverty. ISARC is a provincial network of faith groups working together for greater social justice.
• The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance - A broad ecumenical network for international cooperation in advocacy on global trade and HIV and AIDS.
• The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund - The Canadian Anglican response for emergency relief, refugees, development, and justice (similar to GHDA).
• World Hunger Year (WHY) attacks the root causes of hunger and poverty by promoting effective and innovative community-based solutions that create self-reliance, economic justice and food security. The site offers answers to many questions relating to local situations of hunger. www.worldhungeryear.org
• United Nations World Food Program www.wfp.org
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization www.fao.org