Links/Resources

Parish "Best Practices"—a beginning list of Washington churches social justice programs and actions.

Link Disclaimer: The links below are provided as a resource. Their listing does not imply an endorsement by IPJC.

Visit our annotated resource pages on the following issues:

Topics & Issues

Advocacy/Activism (Legislative campaigns and resources)
Act Now: Campaign for America's Priorities
Center for Public Integrity
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Coalition on Human Needs
Consumers Union
Congress.org - find your Congress member (and maybe write a letter)
The Electronic Policy Network
Fact Check - Holding politicians accountable
Fair Taxes for All
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Capitol Advantage - Legislative Toolbox
ONE Campaign
Project Vote Smart
Thomas - Legislative info from the Library of Congress
US Census Bureau
Women's Edge Coalition
Washington State Catholic Conference

Catholic Resources
Call to Action
Catholic In Alliance (for the common good)
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Social Teaching
The Catholic Worker Movement
eCatholicism.org - "Living the Catholic Faith in the Third Millennium"
The Holy See
Jesuits USA
JustFaith
Maryknoll Missions
National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Theology Library (formerly known as "Catholic Mobile")
US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Videos with Values
Woodstock Theological Center

Children
After School for All Project 2010
Basic Education Coalition
Child Care Resources
Child Rights Information Network
Children Now
The Children's Alliance
Children's Defense Fund
Christian Children's Fund
Committee for Children
Connect for Kids
Consumer Action Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Toys
The Future of Children
Global Action for Children
Global Campaign for Education
National Center for Children In Poverty
Prevent Child Abuse America
Stand for the Children
US Coalition for Child Survival

Community Organizing
ACORN
Center of Civic Partnerships
DART - Direct Access and Research Training Center
Industrial Areas Foundation
Midwest Academy
NeighborWorks American

Domestic Violence
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
Battered Women's Justice Project
FaithTrust Institute
Family Violence Prevention Fund
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Stop Family Violence
Women's Law Initiative

Economics - civic response to WB/IMF global trade policies
Fifty Years Is Enough
Global Exchange
International Monetary Fund
Ruckus Society
World Bank

Ecumenical
Associated Ministries
The Church Council of Greater Seattle
Church Women United
Ecumenical Advocacy Days
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon - an association of 17 Christian denominations across Oregon that work together for unity and justice
Washington Association of Churches

Environment
IPJC's Annotated Global Warming Links
IPJC's Annotated Water Links
IPJC's Justice Journal Issue on Alternative Energy
Bonneville Environmental Foundation - promotes the use/supply of renewable energy
Bureau of Land Management Learning Resources
Center for Environmental Law & Policy - Clean, Flowing Waters for Washington
Childproofing - A Project of the Center of Health Environment & Justice
Conservation Northwest - Keeping the Northwest Wild
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment
Earth Charter - a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society. Good resources and PowerPoint presentations for download.
EarthJustice - Because the Earth needs a good lawyer
EarthTrends - Environmental Information from the World Resources Institute
EMagazine - Online Home of the E/The Environmental Magazine
Environmental Defense (Fund)
Environmental News Network
Friends of the Earth
Global Education Associates
Grist Magazine - Environmental News & Commentary
International Center for Technology Assessment
Mercury Policy Project
National Day of Climate Action—April 14, 2007
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Recycling—Earth911.org & 21 Things You Didn't Know You Can Recycle
Rural Advancement Foundation International
Sightline - Cascadia's Sustainable Think Tank
Snake River Alliance - Idaho's Nuclear Watchdog
Sustainability Northwest - Promoting Environmentally Sound Economic Development
The Wilderness Society
Union of Concerned Scientists
United Nations Environment Programe
Worldwatch Institute

Environment—Faith-Based
Eco-Justice Ministries
Earth Ministry
Evangelical Environmental Network
Forum on Religion and Ecology
GreenFaith
Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns—a program of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia Environmental Audit
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Environmental Justice Program
The Web of Creation

Environment—Food Safety
American Community Gardening Association
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Green Thumb Project
Seattle Tilth
Organic Consumers Association
The Food Alliance
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Vegetarian Resource Group
Pesticide Education Center (formerly NW Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
Pesticide Action Network North America

Environment—Genetically Modified Organisms
Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
Council for Responsible Genetics
GE Food Alert
The True Food Network

Fair Trade
Cafe Mam
Ethical Consumer
Equal Exchange
Fair Trade Federation

Faith Based Justice & Peace
American Friends Service Committee
Call To Action
Catholic Peace Fellowship
Center of Concern
Development and Peace
Eighth Day Center for Justice
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Interfaith Alliance
Jubilee 2000/USA
Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns
Parenting for Peace & Justice
Pax Christi USA
Project Ploughshares - Canada's ecumenical peace coalition
Quixote Center
Salt of the Earth
Twomey Center for Peace through Justice (Loyola Univ. New Orleans)

Global Economy and Public Policy
IPJC Sweatshop Resource Page
20/20 Vision for Peace and the Environment
Americans for a Fair Estate Tax
Center for Economic and Social Justice
Center for a New American Dream - live consciously, buy wisely
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Co-op America
CorpWatch
Development & Peace
Dollars & Sense Magazine
Economic Policy Institute
Jubilee USA Network
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Public Citizen
Sweatshop Watch
United Nations Development Programme

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Health Care
Americans for Insurance Reform
Campaign for America's Future
Campaign for Children's Health Care
Catholic Health Association of the US
Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care
Cover the Uninsured Week
Families USA
Global Health Council
Health Global Access Project
Herndon Alliance
Making Health Care Work for All
National Health Law Program
Physicians for a National Health Program
Universal Health Care Action Network

Health Care—HIV/AIDS
IPJC's Annotated HIV/AIDS Links
AVERT - AVERTing AIDS & HIV - an international charity based in the UK
Department of Health & Human Services - HIV/AIDS resources
Multifaith Works
National Institutes of Health - World AIDS Day

Health Care—Mental Health
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Mental Health America
Mental Health Matters - Advocacy
The National Institute of Mental Health

Health Care—Disability
American Disabilities Act
Disability Advocates of America
TASH

Housing/Homelessness
National Coalition for the Homeless
National Housing Trust Fund
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Washington State Coalition for the Homeless

Human Rights
IPJC Human Trafficking Resource Page
Human Rights Watch
Institute for Global Communications
One World

Hunger
A Blueprint to End Hunger
Alliance to End Hunger
Bread for the World
Food for the Poor
Freedom from Hunger
Northwest Harvest
OXFAM
RESULTS
Second Harvest
St. Vincent DePaul

Immigration
IPJC's Annotated Immigration Links
American Immigrant Lawyers Association
National Immigration Law Center
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Immigration—Refugees
Amnesty International
International Committee of the Red Cross
Jesuit Refugee Service
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
US Department-Bureau of Populations, Refugees, Migration
Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children

Labor/Worker's Rights
Family Farmer
Interfaith Worker Justice
United Farm Workers Union

Latino Resources
CLNET Home Page
Latin American Working Group
Saludos.com - Careers, Employment and Culture

Life Issues—Abortion
US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) - Pro-Life Activities
National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing
CareNet

Life Issues—Death Penalty
American Civil Liberties Union - death penalty legislation updates/resources
Amnesty USA
Death Penalty Information Center
Faith in Action
Moratorium Campaign - Sr. Helen Prejean's website
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
USCCB - Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty

Life Issues—End of Life/Euthanasia
University of San Diego-Ethics Update - Euthanasia and End of Life Decisions
Euthanasia.com
On the Value & Inviolability of Human Life

Life Issues—Stem Cell/Bioethics
International Society for Stem Cell Research
National Institutes of Health
The Hastings Center
The Park Ridge Center for Health, Faith & Ethics

Media Literacy
OneWorld.net
Media Education Foundation
Media Awareness Network
FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)
Center for Media Literacy

Microcredit
Accion - giving people the tools they need to work their way out of poverty
ASA - microfinance institution based in Bangladesh
Calmeadow - manages two regional microfinance funds, ProFund International (Latin America) and AfriCap Microfinance Fund (Africa)
FINCA International
Global Partnerships
Grameen Bank
MicroBusiness USA
Microcredit Summit Campaign
Oikocredit
PACT World
Unitus - fights global poverty using a venture capital model to increase access to microfinance
Washington CASH
Women's World Banking

Non-Violence
Engage - Exploring Nonviolent Living
Nonviolence Web
Partnership Against Violence
Peacework - Global Thought and Local Action for Nonviolent Social Change
Tolerance.org

Prison Issues/Criminal Justice
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Federal Bureau of Prisons
National Institute of Corrections
Restorative Justice
Restore Justice - healing and support for everyone affected by the criminal justice system
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Sentencing Project - Research and Advocacy for Reform
Yahoo: Society and Culture - Crime-Correction and Rehabilitation

Spirituality
Beliefnet
Monastery of St. Gertrude - Spirit Center - Benedictine Sisters, Cottonwood, ID
The Rule of Benedict - Reflection by Joan Chittister, OSB
St. Placid Priory - Spirituality Center - Benedictine Sisters, Lacey, WA
Spirituality Center - Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, Bellevue, WA
Woman Spirit Center

Socially Responsible Investing
Calvert Group
Co-op America
Corporate Watch
Domini Social Investments
Good Money
GreenMoney Online guide
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
Ministry of Money - Exploring Money and Spirituality
Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment - a program of IPJC
Pax World Funds
Responsible Shopper
Social Investment Forum
Socialfunds.com

War & Peace
International Prayer for Peace
Not in Our Name Project
Peace Brigades
United for Peace & Justice
Veterans for America - addressing the causes, conduct and consequences of war
Veterans for Peace
Voices for Creative Nonviolence
War and Peace Foundation
War Resisters League
Win Without War
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

War & Peace—Arms Control Proliferation
Center for Defense Information
Faithful Security - National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger
Friends Committee on National Legislation
National Priorities Project – Cost of the War in Iraq
Prayer for an End to Nuclear Weapons

Welfare Advocates
Economic Success Clearinghouse
Kensington Welfare Rights Union
National Center for Law & Economic Justice
National Welfare Engine
National Welfare Monitoring & Advocacy Partnership
WROC - Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition, Washington State Based

Women & Religious Communities
IPJC Sponsoring Communities
Northwest Catholic Sisters
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Sisters of the Holy Names: Educating for the 21st Century (Library)
Sisters Online
Sisters United News (SUN) - Catholic Sisters in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
Jesuit Conference

General
Caritas International - a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations
CPN - Civic Practices Network is a collaborative, nonpartisan project bringing practical tools for public problem solving into community and institutional settings across America.
Faith in Public Life - A resource Center for Justice and the Common Good
Syracuse Cultural Workers
PeaceWire - Grassroots.org


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