Social Justice Links alphabetically: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

I to R:

• ICS Africa (Internationaal Christelijk Steunfonds Africa)
  “As a Christian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, we aim at facilitating processes where communities can identify, prioritise and address their development needs.”
• Industrial Workers of the World
• Initiatives et Changement
  « Initiatives et Changement est basé sur l’idée que le changement des motivations, des attitudes et des comportements est non seulement possible, mais constitue le seul fondement solide d’un changement plus vaste et plus durable de la société. Ce constat correspond à l’expérience de millions de personnes, participant ou non à Initiatives et Changement, qui ont décidé de s’engager dans le processus de changement de leur propre vie. » [siteweb]
• Initiatives of Change
  “Initiatives of Change Association (Canada) is the Canadian associate of a global network open to people of all nationalities, cultures, religions and beliefs who work toward change locally and globally, starting with change in their own lives. Formerly known as Moral Re-Armament, this network has been active on every continent for over 60 years. Initiatives of Change is based on the experiences of many people that when one is prepared to listen to the deepest thing in his or her own heart, and to take action on those thoughts that measure up to the standards of honesty, purity, unselfishness and love, he or she becomes an agent of change in the family, community, nation and the world. In Canada, work began in 1932 when Frank Buchman, who initiated the fellowship, travelled across Canada with a group of friends. It has been carried forward since that time by men and women committed to the principles of the fellowship.” [from the website]
• Innu Nation Homepage
• Institute for Economic Democracy
• The Institute for Public Policy Research
• Inter-Church Action for Development, Relief & Justice
  see Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  voir Kairos: Initiatives canadiennes œcuméniques pour la justice
• Inter-Church Coalition for Human Rights in Latin America
  see Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  voir Kairos: Initiatives canadiennes œcuméniques pour la justice
• Inter-Church Committee on Africa
  see Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  voir Kairos: Initiatives canadiennes œcuméniques pour la justice
• Inter-Church Committee on Ecology (ICCE)
  see Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  voir Kairos: Initiatives canadiennes œcuméniques pour la justice
• Inter-Church Committee on Refugees
  see Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  voir Kairos: Initiatives canadiennes œcuméniques pour la justice

• Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative
  ICUC is an inter-church coalition to raise awareness and educate regarding nuclear weapons and uranium mining.
• The Interchange
  “Linking Christian volunteers at home and abroad. The Interchange is a clearing house of information. We try to connect individuals with organizations and visa-versa.”
• Intercordia
  Intercordia was created at the initiative of Jean Vanier, the founder of the l’Arche communities, in order to offer young people a year-long course during their university education as a way of enabling them to acquire a “practice of peace,” essential to both their personal and professional lives. Intercordia’s mission as laid out by the founder and defined in the association’s Charter: “There are so many divisions and conflicts in our world, between people and between different groups of people. Each person or group hides behind a wall of fear or occasionally behind a wall of elitism. Everyone is convinced that they are right, that they are the best. How can these walls be brought down? How can people start reaching out to others? Each one of us belongs to a race, a culture, a religion, to a vision of the world. Shouldn’t it be made plain that we are all members of mankind, too? That we are all human beings? This is Intercordia’s goal: To enable young men and women to get to know other cultures, other religions, other people. To build friendships with them. To build bridges. To bring down the walls. To discover that being different is not a threat but a source of richness. In this way, everyone will be working for peace” [Jean Vanier]
  L’Association INTERCORDIA a été créée à l’initiative de Jean Vanier, fondateur des communautés de l’ARCHE, pour proposer aux jeunes une année de formation au cours de leur cycle universitaire, afin de leur permettre d’acquérir une « pratique de paix » dont ils auront le plus grand besoin dans leur vie tant professionnelle que personnelle. Sa mission, telle qu’elle a été définie à l’origine par son fondateur et explicitée dans sa Charte : « Dans notre monde existent tant de divisions et de conflits, entre personnes et entre groupes de personnes. Chaque personne ou groupe se cache derrière des murs de peur et parfois d’élitisme. Chacun est convaincu qu’il a raison, qu’il est le meilleur. Comment faire tomber les murs ? Comment des personnes peuvent-elles tendre la main vers d’autres ? Chacun de nous fait partie d’une race, d’une culture, d’une religion ou d’une vision du monde. Ne faut-il pas découvrir également que nous faisons partie d’une humanité commune ? Nous sommes tous des êtres humains. Voilà le but d’INTERCORDIA : permettre à des jeunes de connaître d’autres cultures, d’autres religions, d’autres personnes, de se lier d’amitié avec elles, de créer des ponts, de faire tomber des murs, de découvrir que la différence n’est pas une menace mais un trésor. Ainsi chacun oeuvre pour la paix. » [Jean Vanier]
  • Intercordia Canada
    Intercordia Canada is part of an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation of accredited university programs designed to train students in the practice of peace, and in the development of practical humanitarian skills. The central element of each Intercordia program is an eight-month immersion experience during which students receive an ethical and theological formation while working in an agency or organization dedicated to the service of people who are marginalized or in distress. Intercordia Canada also seeks to form partnerships with corporations that are willing to sponsor students in their placements and to provide them with possible employment opportunities upon completion of the program.
    Intercordia Canada fait partie d’une organisation internationale, à but non lucratif, consacrée à la création de programmes universitaires accrédités, pour former les étudiants à la pratique de la paix, et au développement des tâches humanitaires. L’élément central de chaque programme d’Intercordia est une immersion de huit moins pendant lesquels chaque étudiant reçoit un enseignement éthique et théologique, tout en travaillant dans une agence ou une organisation spécialisée dans le service aux personnes qui sont marginalisées ou en détresse.
    Site uniquement en anglais
• Interfaith Voices for Peace and Justice
  “A communications network for faith-based activist groups. Our network provides a variety of ways that representatives from these groups can interact with one another in the search for a common peace and justice agenda. We believe that the fundamental principles of most religions have much in common, and that these principles can provide a foundation for enlightened social action.”
• International Action Center
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
• Jesuit Refugee Service
• Jubilee 2000
  An international campaign to cancel the international debt of the world’s most indebted nations. The campaign developed a petition presented to the G-8 leaders in June 1999. The coalition continues to research and advocate for Jubilee debt cancellation for the world’s most impoverished nations.

• KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  KAIROS is a dynamic church-based social justice movement. KAIROS unites churches and religious organizations in a faithful ecumenical response to the call to “do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8). We deliberate on issues of common concern, advocate for social change and join with people of faith and goodwill in action for social transformation. KAIROS works with its members, partners, and community based network in the following areas: Aboriginal Rights, Canadian Social Development (including Refugees, Health and Anti-poverty), Ecological Justice, Global Economic Justice (including Corporate Issues), International Human Rights.
  • KAIROS Regional Structures
    KAIROS regional structures support local ecumenical groups as they engage in grassroots activism on a wide range of justice issues. Regional representatives work together with Regional Coordinating Committees to facilitate access to education and action resources, foster networking among local groups, and encourage the creation of new groups. Most regions distribute their own annual or trimestral newsletter offering updates on regional justice priorities and initiatives. Once a year, regional meetings offer an opportunity for members of local groups to come together for mutual learning and encouragement, regional planning and dialogue with national staff. The KAIROS network is made up of five geographical regions and a Quebec-based francophone partnership, the Réseau œcuménique justice et paix.
• KAIROS: Initiatives canadiennes œcuméniques pour la justice
  « KAIROS réunit 10 coalitions inter-Églises, jusque-là indépendantes, dont les préoccupations et le travail chevauchaient de plus en plus, étant donné les réalités de la mondialisation. La nouvelle organisation œcuménique assure la continuité du travail de ces coalitions et de leurs plus de trente ans de recherche hautement estimée, de formulation de politiques, de soutien et de mobilisation de la base, sur un vaste éventail de questions de justice, que ce soit au Canada, en Amérique latine, en Asie ou en Afrique. KAIROS maintiendra également son partenariat avec les réseaux de justice sociale œcuméniques locaux, tout en assurant les fonds nécessaires pour augmenter les capacités des organisations partenaires du Sud mondial. Dans ce contexte à la fois de continuité et de changement, l’appellation de KAIROS est tout indiquée, puisqu’elle désigne un moment de transformation par la foi. » Il y a six champs d’action prioritaires pour KAIROS. Chaque priorité est portée par un comité de programme thématique qui fera des recommandations au Conseil de direction. Ces priorités sont les suivantes: Droits humains internationaux; Justice économique mondiale; Justice écologique; Développement social canadien; Peuples autochtones; Animation/éducation/communication.
  • Le réseau de KAIROS
    KAIROS est un important mouvement chrétien en faveur de la justice et de la paix. Vous pouvez en faire partie en joignant une « communauté » œcuménique KAIROS. Dans tout le pays, il y a une centaine de ces communautés dynamiques, inclusives, centrées sur la réalité et orientées vers l’action. Certaines se spécialisent, sur les droits autochtones ou dans la lutte contre la pauvreté par exemple, tandis que d’autres s’engagent dans un large éventail de domaines touchant la justice et la paix. Toutes travaillent avec des comités formés de membres de différentes Églises, avec des communautés éclésiales interessés et avec des personnes motivées par leur foi et le désir de bâtir ce mouvement dynamique et en croissance. KAIROS regroupe ses communautés dans cinq régions anglophones et vit un partenariat francophone au Québec avec le Réseau œcuménique justice et paix.

• Kairos Europa
  “Kairos Europa is a European decentralised network of justice, peace and creation initiatives working in collaboration with churches, social movements, trade unions and Non Governmental Organisations both in and outside Europe, to build a more just and tolerant society. It is a European regional manifestation of the Kairos process, which was in the forefront of the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa in the early 80s. It is a process that provides a platform on the European level for a more holistic approach at addressing the malaise of societies by adopting a non-single issue perception and favours a dual strategy of local and global action, with a decentralised and bottom-up methodology… “
• Kairos / USA
  “A national/international network of groups and individuals, active on issues of anti-racism economic justice and self-determination, while engaged in a process of theological/political reflection.”

• L’Arche Internationale
  “L’Arche is an international network of faith-based communities creating homes and day programs with people who have developmental disabilities. L’Arche was founded in 1964 when Jean Vanier, the son of Canadian Governor General Georges P. Vanier, welcomed two men with disabilities into his home in the town of Trosly, France, northeast of Paris. The name ‘L’Arche’ is French for ‘The Ark’, as in ‘Noah’s Ark’, the biblical symbol of deliverance, and of God’s covenant with humanity. L’Arche is now a world-wide organization welcoming people from many different faith traditions, as well as people who have no formal affiliation with any particular faith tradition. Today, there are over 120 L’Arche communities, on six continents, in 30 countries around the world.” [from the L’Arche Canada website]
  • L’Arche Canada

• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
• Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
• Lutheran World Relief
• MAI Information Web Site
• Manitoba Schizophrenia Society
• Mediation Training Institute, Int’l

• Mennonite Central Committee
  A relief, service, and peace agency of the North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. MCC reflects the biblical call to care for the hungry and thirsty, the stranger, the sick and those in prison.
• Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community
  A guide provided by Sunshine Mental Health. Among the subjects the guide addresses: How racism causes mental health problems; Common serious mental illnesses among black people; Why more black people don’t seek mental health help; The importance of culturally competent care; Black mental health resources.
• Metro Toronto Social Planning Council
• Middle East Working Group
  The MEWG is a working group associated with the Canadian Council of Churches, Commission on Justice and Peace.
• Military Spending Working Group
• Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee
  This small mission organization sells fair trade coffee at sites throughout Georgia (USA), and donates the profits to support mission projects for children. In addition to funding orphanages and schools around the world, they are able to support local coffee growers. Their coffee is fair trade certified. They explain that they know that they can sell the first bag of coffee to those who are committed to supporting fair trade initiatives. Their goal is to sell the second and third bags of coffee, because people will discover it is the best coffee around.
• More-with-Less Cookbook, 25th-anniversary edition
  This site about the More-with-Less cookbook includes resources, a bulletin board for sharing ideas on simple living and stories about how the cookbook has been used and how the more-with-less philosophy has changed people’s lives and cooking.
• Mother Jones
• Multinational Monitor On-Line
• The Nation
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (NCPCR)
• National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA)
• National Farmers Union (Canada)
• National Farmers Union (USA)
• National Immigration Forum
• National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors
• National Priorities Project
• National Religious Partnership for the Environment
• Native Americans and the Environment
• Natural Life Magazine
• New Democracy
• New Internationalist
• New Socialist Magazine
• Nike Boycott Campaign
• Nike Boycott Page
• NGO Committee on Disarmament
• No to APEC!
• The Nonviolence Web
• NurseActive
• Office Chrétien des personnes Handicapées
  Pourquoi un office chrétien pour les personnes handicapées ? L’OCH, fondé par Marie-Hélène Mathieu, est né en 1963 de la réunion de plusieurs familles frappées souvent douloureusement par le handicap ; familles qui, autour de Marie-Hélène Mathieu, ont pris conscience de leur besoin de ne pas rester seules. Dans une espérance commune, elles décident alors de se retrouver régulièrement pour échanger sur des questions qui leur sont propres. De ces réunions jaillit l’idée de lancer une revue, d’organiser des conférences. Rapidement, les demandes affluent. En réponse : la création de permanences-accueil pour les personnes et la mise en place d’un soutien financier pour les associations, foyers, écoles, paroisses … Que fait exactement l’OCH ? L’association a pour but l’étude et la mise en oeuvre de toute initiative susceptible de contribuer au bien, au progrès, à l’insertion familiale, sociale et ecclésiale des personnes malades ou handicapées, quels que soient leur handicap ou leurs difficultés. Elle puise son inspiration dans la foi chrétienne. [website not available in English]
• Oikoscredit
  (formerly EDCS) provides loans to enterprises owned and operated by monetarily poor people.
• Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
  “We are a multi-faith group. As of 2006-JAN, we consist of one Atheist, Agnostic, Christian, Wiccan and Zen Buddhist. Thus, the OCRT staff lack agreement on almost all theological matters: belief in a supreme being, the nature of God, interpretation of the Bible and other holy texts, whether life after death exists and what form it takes, etc.” Read the Statement of beliefs of the OCRT

• Peace Arts
  “Peace Arts offers inspirational posters and peace signs in the form of peace posters and peace t-shirts and more! Please peruse Sami Sunchild’s inspirational posters, created for individuals, educators, healthcare providers, advocates of a peaceful world and all who wish to inspire, promote, and encourage a better world. You will feel the warmth of Sami’s messages in her Prose and peace posters as well as her peace sign posters and peace t-shirts. Sami’s Peace Arts Gallery is physically located in San Francisco’s Red Victorian where you can see over 50 original Peace T-shirt and peace poster designs (as well as note cards, mugs, and other items). The Red Vic is in the famous Haight-Ashbury district, near Golden Gate Park. Come visit us when you are in San Francisco!” [from the website]
• Peace Factory
• PeaceNet
• PeaceWeb
• Pennsylvania Council of Mediators
• People-Link
• Pimicikamak Cree Nation
• PLURA
  see Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  voir Kairos: Initiatives canadiennes œcuméniques pour la justice
• Prairie Rose News
• Presbyterian World Service & Development
  The PWS&D is the world development agency of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
• Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund.
  The PWRDF is the world development agency of the Anglican Church of Canada.
• Project Censored Canada
• Project Hunger
• Project Ploughshares
  Project Ploughshares is an inter-church coalition associated with the Canadian Council of Churches, Commission on Justice and Peace, and working on peace and related issues.
• Public Campaign
  Campaign Finance Reform
• Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva
  A non-governmental organisation focusing on human rights, refugees, peace and disarmament and trade and development.
• Red Cross
  International Committee of the Red Cross
• ReliefNet
• Réseau œcuménique justice et paix (ROJeP)
  « Suite à l’expérience positive de concertation vécue au sein du Réseau québécois sur le Jubilé et après un sondage auprès des membres, il a été décidé de travailler à la mise en place d’une coalition œcuménique francophone de groupes chrétiens engagés pour la justice qui aurait les grandes orientations suivantes : 1- Être un réseau souple d’organisations chrétiennes prêt à se mobiliser autour d’événements publics, qui analyse et qui approfondit théologiquement un certain nombre de thématiques d’actualité et qui intervient au besoin. 2- Être l’interface francophone et québécoise de Kairos et du groupe Amerindia. Le 23 janvier 2002 à Montréal, plus de 35 groupes chrétiens confirment que le Réseau doit être un lieu de concertation, de réflexion et d’échange avec une structure souple tout en soutenant l’engagement plus large des groupes chrétiens travaillant à la justice, à la paix et à l’intégrité de la création. Le Réseau ne veut pas se superposer aux groupes existants mais être à leur service en favorisant un réseautage à la fois souple et efficace. Il se situe dans la mouvance du jubilé biblique. »
• Resource Centre of the Americas
• RJ City
  RJ City is “an adventurous and perhaps audacious attempt to imagine a city of 1,000,000 responding as restoratively as possible to all crimes, all victims and all offenders.”