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Catholic and Interdenominational Social Teaching
- Pope Decries Racism and Urges Peaceful Protests
- Statement of U.S. Bishops’ President
- Combatting Racism: Issues and Action, materials for human life and dignity
Organizations
- United Church of Christ Anti-Racism Resources
- The United Church of Canada Anti-Racism
- National Council of Churches Anti-Racism Resources
- Resource UMC Dismantling Racism
Get Involved
- Campus: African American Cultural Society: A club dedicated to promoting diversity, educating people, and uniting people of all races for the common good of the community.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – Chester County network – the mission is to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race -based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
- Urban League – founded on the purpose of eliminating racial segregation and discrimination and helping African American and other minorities to participate in all phases of American life.
- National Council of Negro Women – Philadelphia Section – mission is to lead, advocate for and empower women of African descent their families and communities.
- 100 Black Men: Philadelphia – mission is to improve the quality of life within our communities and enhance educational and economic opportunities for all African Americans
Articles, Websites, Videos
- Watch | Read | Listen
- Diversity Matters: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Higher Education: The Spring 2020 issue of Advance, the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities’ magazine, was entirely focused on the issues of diversity in Christian campuses and includes many articles on the subject.
- PBS: BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK and Still I Rise
- Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and Racism The Moral Judgement on Racism by Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J.
- Open Wide Our Hearts–the enduring call to love, our new booklet on Racism, is a four-session process on the USCCB Pastoral on Racism.
- Netflix: 13th Duvernay, A. (Streaming for free)
Catholic and Interdenominational
- Messages World Day of Peace
- Christ’s peace is reflected in acts of love and reconciliation
- Backgrounder on Conflict and Catholic Peacebuilding
Organizations
- Catholic Relief Services: Reflective Peacebuilding
- Pax Christi International
- United Religions Initiative
- Human Rights and Peacebuilding, The Episcopal Church
- United States Institute of Peace: United States Institute of Peace
Get Involved
- Campus: Catholic Relief Services Ambassadors: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is dedicated to making as much improvement as possible in regard to the quality of life of those in need. CRS ambassadors call the University community to action by providing informative teachings related to specific social justice issues.
- Peace Action
- United Religions Initiative
- Human Rights and Peacebuilding, The Episcopal Church
- United States Institute of Peace: United States Institute of Peace
- United for Peace and Justice
Articles, Websites and Videos
- Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, September 2019
- National Catholic Reporter: Making Peace Series
- United States Institute of Peace: SNAP: Synergizing Nonviolent Action and Peacebuilding
- United States Institute of Peace: Interfaith Conflict Resolution
Catholic and Interdenominational
Organizations
- New Ways Ministry: Educates and advocates for justice and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Catholics, and reconciliation within the larger church and civil communities.
- National LGBTQ Task Force: Towards a Welcoming & Inclusive Church
- Human Rights Campaign
- Courage International
Get Involved
- Campus: Spectrum: The purpose of this club is to promote and assist in the education of the student body about the LGBT population. The organization shall educate interested parties in how to be resources to the student body and supportive of this population. This shall be done through educational programming and regular information meetings.
- The Attic Youth Center
- The Mazzoni Center
Articles, Websites and Videos
- Father James Martin: Building a Bridge
- Diverse:Issues in Higher Education
- Coming Home to Catholicism and to Self
- Catholic Initiatives:Bonded by Faith, Fired for Love
Catholic and Interdenominational
- Message of His Holiness, Pope Francis, for the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2020
- One Church, Many Cultures
- Immigration: Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration
- Welcoming the Stranger
Organizations
- Catholic Charities: Committed to Helping Immigrants
- Clinic Legal: The Catholic Legal Immigration Network
- Catholic Extension: 5 Catholic Ministries Helping Migrants at the Border
- United Church of Christ
- Interfaith Immigration Coalition
- American Immigration Council
Get Involved
- Pennsylvania United for Immigration Reform
- Office of Social Justice
- One America With Justice for All
Articles, Websites and Videos
- America Magazine: A Theology of Migration
- Helping People, Help Themselves:ARISE Adelante empowers women, youth, and children in immigrant colonies
- Keep Families Together: UCC Webinar on Family Separation at the Border
- House Committee on the Judiciary: Immigration and Citizenship (to get latest updates on the law, videos from Congress on Immigration)
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