Library: Mission Core I: Culture & the Common Good: Social Justice

Featured Resource: Women & Social Movements

Women & Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

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Unfair by Adam Benforado
ISBN: 9780770437770
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The Cambridge Handbook of Human Dignity by Marcus Düwell; Jens Braarvig; Roger Brownsword; Dietmar Mieth, eds. This introduction to human dignity explores the history of the notion from antiquity to the nineteenth century and the way in which dignity is conceptualized in non-Western contexts. it addresses a range of systematic conceptualizations, considers the theoretical and legal conditions for human dignity as a useful notion and analyses a number of philosophical and conceptual approaches to dignity.
Call Number: K3249 .C36 2014
ISBN: 0521195780

Social Justice Resources

Caritas Internationalis
On the ground around the world -- ending poverty, promoting justice, and restoring dignity.
Catholic Climate Covenant
CCC inspires and equips Catholic people and institutions to care for creation and care for the poor.
Catholic Health Association of the United States
CHA works to advance the Catholic health ministry of the United States in caring for people and communities.
Catholic Labor Network
The Catholic Labor Network, part of the world movement of Christian Workers, is a place for Catholics — lay, religious and clergy — who find inspiration in Catholic Social Teaching on labor and work.
Catholic Relief Services
CRS works through local partner agencies to implement agriculture and environment programs for the poorest farm families and rural communities worldwide to improve family well-being through agro-economic development and environmental stewardship.
Catholic Rural Life
CRL is a national, Catholic nonprofit organization dedicated to the vitality of the American countryside and the betterment of rural America.
The Catholic Worker Movement
A movement was founded on belief in the God-given dignity of every human person and is committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, and the Works of Mercy as a way of life.
Christian Organizations Against Trafficking Network
COATNET members share a commitment to working to combat human trafficking and to assisting people who are or have been trafficked.
Dorothy Day Documentary
Companion site to Claudia Larson's 2006 documentary that chronicles Day's life and influence.
Multicultural Affairs
The office of multicultural affairs affirms the value of diversity shared by Fontbonne University and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Franciscan Action Network
FAN is a collective Franciscan voice seeking to transform United States public policy related to peace making, care for creation, poverty, and human rights.
International Movement Catholic Students PaxRomana
The IMCS brings together over 80 diverse national federations, associations, and movements of Catholic university and tertiary students to promote peace and justice at the global level.
Justice for Immigrants
JFI works to educate the public about Church teaching on migration and immigrants, create political will for positive immigration reform, enact legislative and administrative reforms; and organize networks to assist qualified immigrants obtain the benefits of the reforms.
National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Torture is a moral issue. NRCAT works to mobilize people of faith to end torture in U.S. policy, practice, and culture.
Path to Peace Foundation
The foundation works in collaboration with the Holy See Mission to advance peace and justice in the international community. Together they seek to raise interest in the works of the Papal Mission at the United Nations to promote awareness of questions of morality, development, and human rights to provoke discussion and humanitarian action.
Teaching for Change
Building social justice starting in the classroom, Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world.
Teaching Tolerance
A place where people who care about diversity, equity, and justice can find news, suggestions, conversation, and support.

TED Talks | Fact and Faith

More Ted Talks on the intersections of faith and social justice and related topics are being made all the time. Learn more: https://www.ted.com

TED: Ideas worth spreading

In this wonderful, inspiring talk, Eboo Patel talks about the strong female influences in his own life and how faith can be used as a bridge of cooperation, bringing together nations and cultures.

Living Mission

Stone Soup Cooperative | Joy & Justice
Stone Soup is an intentional community in Chicago designed to provide an affordable and healthy living environment for people committed to social justice