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Top resource: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/
Other resources:
1) Christiansforsocialaction.org
A faith-fueled vision of justice, healing, and systemic change that focuses on the issues of global poverty, racism, immigration, violence, politics and civil resistance.
2) https://progressivechristianalliance.org/
This is a network of people who strive to follow the teachings of Jesus. We come from various Christian denominations but rally together around the principles of justice, respect, and inclusion. Both laity and clergy from many traditions (Catholics, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Mennonites, etc.) have found a home within the Progressive Christian Alliance.
They are a denomination, but not in the traditional, solely hierarchical sense sense. They affirm calls to ministry through Holy Orders (ordination), welcome lay members, and have faith communities and affiliated ministries, but we are powered entirely by volunteers and eschew big-institution trappings. And if you believe Jesus taught that we should care for our neighbor, and strive to respect others and deny no one their rightful place at God’s table, they welcome you to join!
3) https://bethebridge.com/
They exist to empower people and culture toward racial healing, equity and reconciliation. Their vision is that people and organizations are aware and respond to the racial brokenness and systemic injustice in our world. That we as humans are no longer conditioned by a racialized society but are grounded in truth and that all humans are equipped to flourish.
These are great books that could be in a “Recommended Reading” section of your resources page:
1) Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing, 2nd Edition, by Dennis A. Jacobsen
Doing Justice introduces people of faith to congregation-based community organizing rooted in the day-to-day struggles and hopes of urban ministry. Drawing from the author’s decades of experience in community organizing ministry and skillfully illustrated with examples, Dennis A. Jacobsen weaves theological and biblical warrants for community organizing into concrete strategies for achieving justice in the public arena and discusses fundamental organizing principles like power, self-interest, and agitation. The second, updated edition includes a new preface, forewords, and new sidebars by Gran.
2) Faith in Action: A Handbook for Activists Advocates and Allies by The Faith in Action Writing Collective:
You want to make the world better. This book can help.
Faith in Action offers quick dives into a range of topics, from racial justice to environmental concerns, from LGBTQIA equality to Native people’s rights, from women’s equality to disability rights, from mass incarceration to immigration. Each topic includes informative visuals and data, as well as practical suggestions for what you can do to make a difference in your community.
Created by contributors with varied experiences in activism, faith, policy, and social change, Faith in Actionwill deepen your perspectives on important issues. This book will give you the knowledge, tools, and confidence to make a real impact–to step out into the world and be an activist, advocate, and ally.
3) Becoming an anti-racist church : journeying toward wholeness By Barndt, Joseph R.
A hallmark of Barndt’s analysis is his keen grasp of the deep yet checkered legacy that American church and church bodies inherit on this question. Yet Barndt also lifts up the ways in which their prophetic work has proved a catalyst for progress in American race relations, and he clearly shows why and how churches can inculcate an anti-racist commitment into their collective lives.Contents Adobe Acrobat DocumentPreface Adobe Acrobat DocumentIntroduction Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 1 Adobe Acrobat DocumentSamples require Adobe Acrobat ReaderHaving trouble downloading and viewing PDF samples?”Becoming an Anti-Racist Church offers one the opportunity to comprehend and terminate racism in the church through self analysis and the discernment of God’s intention for an inclusive church. The book includes practical ideas and a rich list of resources for those who are serious about institutional change.”-Sherman G. HicksExecutive Director, Multicultural MinistriesEvangelical Lutheran Church in America”Barndt’s new book provides an informed, incisive, and passionate analysis of the challenge racism poses to our collective ability to live out our faith. His title is explicit: this is an achievable objective for the Christian church of the twenty-first century. And Barndt provides here the theological, biblical, social, and historical underpinnings for this belief in accessible, persuasive language.
PDF: on running anti-oppressive meetings: