Resources
These resources have been recommended by the PSEC Justice & Witness Ministry Team.
Tools for becoming a UCC Creation Justice Church
http://www.ucc.org/how_it_works_becoming_a_creation_justice_church
Building an Inclusive Church: A Welcoming Toolkit 2.0 – Tools for becoming a UCC Open and Affirming Church
https://www.uccresources.com/products/open-and-affirming-planning-guide
White Privilege: Let’s Talk – An adult curriculum from the UCC designed to initiate safe, meaningful, substantive, and bold conversations on race
http://privilege.uccpages.org/
Faith Vs. Fear – A five-part Bible study on gun violence
http://www.uccfiles.com/pdf/faith-vs-fear-bible-study.pdf
Dismantling Discriminatory Systems of Mass Incarceration In the United States – UCC General Synod resolution co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference
http://uccfiles.com/pdf/2-DISMANTLING-DISCRIMINATORY-SYSTEMS-OF-MASS-INCARCERATION.pdf
Helpful Links
These helpful web links have been recommended by the PSEC Justice & Witness Ministry Team.
Bread For the World (hunger)
http://www.bread.org/
CeaseFirePA (gun violence)
http://www.ceasefirepa.org/
Church World Service
https://cwsglobal.org/
Equality Pennsylvania (LGBT)
http://www.equalitypa.org/
Heeding God’s Call (gun violence)
https://heedinggodscall.org/
New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia (immigration)
http://sanctuaryphiladelphia.org/
Pennsylvania Council of Churches’ Ministry of Public Witness
http://www.pachurchesadvocacy.org/
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light (environment)
http://paipl.us/home/
Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower & Rebuild (POWER)
https://powerinterfaith.org/
PICO National Network (People Improving Communities Through Organizing)
https://www.piconetwork.org/
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/about
UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns
https://openandaffirming.org/
UCC Justice and Witness Ministries
http://www.ucc.org/justice/
