Videos available for loan:

The Big Sellout

• globalization
  

• economics
  

• corporate interests vs ordinatry people
  

www.thebigsellout.org/

Dying to Live:  A Migrants Journey

• immigration
  

• theology
  

www.dyingtolive.nd.edu/

Inlaws & Outlaws

• relationships
  

• gay and lesbian perspective
  

• sterotypes
  

www.inlawsandoutlawsfilm.com/

Troubled Waters

• water shortage
  

• environment
  

• theology
  

• corporate greed
  

• pollution
  

www.troubledwatersdoc.com/index.html

Unnatural Causes:  is inequality making us sick.

• Health Care Inequality
  

• Poverty
  

• Race issues
  

• Community Initiatives
  

www.unnaturalcauses.org

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Social Justice Curricula with a faith driven perspective

• JustFaith  JustFaith (Ecumenical) is a thirty-week justice education/ formation process with a focus on the intersection of faith, spirituality and social responsibility in a world wounded by poverty.  Meeting weekly, the process employs books, videos, lecture, discussion, prayer, retreats and hands-on experiences all set in the context of a small faith community.  Overview DVD available for loan
  

• Just Neighbors The Just Neighbors multimedia curriculum was created to raise awareness of the root causes of poverty and homelessness as the first step in establishing community-based responses.  The Just Neighbors program includes nine interactive multi-media sessions. It is designed as a series but has a flexible structure that you can adapt to meet your congregation’s needs and interests.  The commission owns a copy of this curriculum.  Please contact Karen Spradlin at  karen.spradlin@sbcglobal.net or 405 213-3282 if you would like to borrow.
  

• RESULTS  “Turning the Ship” Faith-Based Curriculum   RESULTS “Turning the Ship” faith-based curriculum is a multi-week study focused on social justice, advocacy and religion. RESULTS core values serve as a template for the study providing an excellent resource for congregations looking to get more involved in advocacy around hunger and poverty. This study can also serve as a great tool for outreach to faith communities about RESULTS and our work.
  

• Sacrad Conversations on Race
  

• Sojourners provides curriculum on topics from race and immigrations to trade justice to environmemntal stewardship.
  

 

• Vision and Voice: Faithful Citizens and Health Care is an innovative four-session adult education series.  It offers flexible designs for one to two hour meetings.  The curriculum includes a DVD of faith leaders reflecting on the moral teachings of their tradition and how that impacts their work on health care.  "Vision and Voice" outlines action steps for individuals and communities of faith.
  

• Women's Action for New Directions has created a 7-part curriculum primarily for the Christian community addressing federal budget priorities, the cost of war, nuclear weapons, women’s experiences of war, terrorism, peacemaking, and non-partisan election activities for faith communities.
  

The UCC has called upon all settings of the church to become immersed in sacred conversation on race.  Here you will find a resource guide to assist your planning.  Do you doubt the significance race continues to play in our society?  As a person of race.