From the Resistance & Renewal Conference (Boston 3/2004)
Spirituality, Social Justice, Spatial Racism and Civil Rights (6.5 megs, PDF file) Presentation by Professor john powell, of the Kirwan Study for Study of Race & Ethnicity
How Laissez-Faire Is Biased Against Urban Churches: A Challenge for Unitarian Universalists by Wayne Eastman, Associate professor, Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University-Newark; Past president, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County, Orange, NJ
From the First Unitiarian Church of Portland
Some Tips on Social Justice Work, by Kate Lore, Social Justice Director (PDF) (word)
Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell's Ten Laws for Social Change
Voter Registration Drive Kick-off Event Talking Points
Effective Social Justice Ministry { OR Creating a Justice-Seeking Congregation, OR (Your Choice Here) } By Kate Lore, Social Justice Director
2004 work of the Social Justice Action Groups
Frequently Asked Questions about their Social Justice Programs
From the First Unitarian Church of San Jose
Your Rights to Demonstrate and Protest (from the N. California ACLU) A guide for demonstrators, marchers, speakers and others who seek to exercise their First Amendment rights.
Meeting Facilitation - The No Magic Method (from Training for Change) A great overview of how to make your meeting work!
Media Activism Advide (from Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada) a great resource for organizing a media activism project on any issue
War Games at the Peace Rally, by Frank Morales If you had any doubts that our police force has been militarized, read this article!
Atrocities in Iraq: 'I killed innocent people for our government' By Paul Rockwell -- Special to The Sacramneto Bee,Sunday, May 16, 2004 An interview with a marine veteran of 12 years, who quit because he would no longer carry out atorcities in Iraq.
A CENTURY OF U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS A partial list of 130 U.S. military interventions from 1890 to 1999 A good flyer for explaining US imperialism!
Why Nonviolence? An Introduction to Nonvilence Theory and Strategy Written in 1978 by Bob Irwin and Gordon Faison; updated 2001
the book Doing Democracy, by Bill Moyer Doing Democracy provides both a theory and working model for understanding and analyzing social movements, ensuring that they are successful in the long term. Beginning with an overview of social movement theory and the MAP (Movement Action Plan) model, Doing Democracy outlines the eight stages of social movements, the four roles of activists, and case studies from the civil rights, anti-nuclear energy, Central America, gay/lesbian, women's health, and globalization movements.
video & book A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict A great resource for study groups about the power of nonviolent action and struggle, with lots of inspiring historical footage.
the Nonviolence Works! website* Lots of great background material on nonviolent action. With a bookshop (links to where to buy books) with lots of great books on nonviolent history.
Think First! The website of the project we helped found to counter the military presence in our community schools. Lots of great resources if you want to start a similar project.
Community Resources for Responsible Living On Sunday, February 1, 2004, we, as a congregation, began the process of examining how we can start supporting each other in making better decisions about how we spend and invest our money. The overall goal is to have these decisions better reflect our commitment to economic justice, at home and abroad. This web database is a place where we share resources we find on living more responsible, sustainable lifestyles.
Globalization Resources During the Fall of 2003, we held an 11-week video series on globalization. During the course of the series, we pulled together a great collection of resources on lots of different aspects of globalizaiton and put them up on our website.