Sentences with phrase «peace and justice movements»

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I and others of like mind criticized the drug culture and related antics as a self - indulgent distraction from the goals of racial justice and peace, and worried that the new enthusiasm for «ecological consciousness» was in fact a conservative ploy designed to turn the movement away from the cause of the poor.

The movement with which I was identified had to do with racial justice and peace.

In fact, U.S. liberation movements are already under way in women's groups, community organizing efforts among the poor, the search for freedom by gay and lesbian communities, and in Native American, African American and Hispanic struggles against U.S. racism, and in a host of works for justice, peace and the wholeness of creation.

The ecumenical movement articulated as social middle axiom the idea of free society, the idea of responsible society, and the idea of just, participatory, and sustainable society, and then the idea of justice, peace and integrity of creation throughout its recent history.

Join the movement for God's peace and justice - and God will give you eternal life as a gift!

A country that was founded on the principles of liberty and justice for all will remember how justice was too long denied to African - Americans, how the civil rights movement made clear that separate is not equal, and how King's dream of all people living together in peace was «deeply rooted in the American dream.»

By contrast, many people in «peace and justice» movements often see only the latter types of wrongdoing, not the more private type.

We had been released by our supporting religious denominations from the encumbrances of liturgical and institutional forms to go with the «movement» for racial justice and for peace.

It is this transforming power of the resurrected Christ that must characterize the new movement for peace and justice.

This is beginning to happen, but, paradoxically, the interfaith movement which draws together people of all faiths in the search for justice and peace at the same time often makes its members very critical of the compromises that many faith communities have made with the abuse of power and social injustice.

We see it in the flourishing of fundamentalism; in the controversy raging in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; in the phenomenon of the Jesus freaks, the spreading charismatic movement, the popularity of Transcendental Meditation; in attacks on the National and World councils of churches and the cooling of ardor for such social issues as racial justice, world peace, and the abolition of hunger and malnutrition.

In the Life and Work movement of the non-Catholic churches in their search for social justice and international peace (which is now part of the WCC) and in the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Church, Christian Ecumenism has given up the church's traditional pietist and negativist approaches to modernity and has been involved in the attempt to redefine the forces and values of secular culture within the framework of Christian anthropology.

And while Shah merely tweeted that Hamas were a legitimate resistance movement, Corbyn said they were «dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people, and bringing about long term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region.&raqAnd while Shah merely tweeted that Hamas were a legitimate resistance movement, Corbyn said they were «dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people, and bringing about long term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region.&raqand bringing about long term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region.&raqand social justice and political justice in the whole region.&raqand political justice in the whole region.»

Howie Hawkins has been an organizer in movements for peace, justice, labor, the environment, and independent working - class politics since 1967 when he got active in «The Movement» as a teenager in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Howie Hawkins has been an organizer in movements for peace, justice, labor, and the environment since 1967.

3 interviews looking at the climate crisis from 3 angles: Medea Benjamin of Code Pink talks about the links between the peace movement and the climate justice movement — and how Code Pink started as an Environmental group -

Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice.

One Nation Working Together is a broad coalition of movements for peace and justice that is coming together to march for: Jobs and Sustainable Economic Recovery, Funding of Community Needs Not Militarism, Civil Rights and a Renewable Energy Future.

«Whereas, the movement further resolved to be inspired and motivated by the ideals of social democracy, with great emphasis on: the triumph of social justice; the nobility of human dignity; the harmony of fairness and equality; the power of working together in solidarity; the excellence of good governance, driven by good leadership; the wisdom of reforms and transformation far beyond mere growth; the horror of poverty, demanding eradication; the dignity of prosperity; the imperative of democracy and the security of peace with justice

We must build the electoral arm of the peace, democracy, ecology, and social justice movements — the Green Party.

The next step is embracing the social justice aspect of diets, and fighting for marginalized groups in the body peace movement.

www.whiteband.org «Challenging the institutions and processes that perpetuate poverty and inequality across the world to defend and promote human rights, gender justice, social justice and security needed for survival and peace» The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, -LSB-...]

LG: The Liberian women peace movement demonstrated to the world that grassroots movements are essential to sustaining peace; that women in leadership positions are effective brokers for peace; and the importance of culturally relevant social justice movements.

Dr. Robert Bullard (who is featured in NWEI's Seeing Systems: Peace, Justice and Sustainability course book) is often referred to as the «father of the environmental justice movement.Justice and Sustainability course book) is often referred to as the «father of the environmental justice movement.justice movement.»

Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace, social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»

As a Muslim, I stand in solidarity with Indigenous people in meaningful and intentional ways and take leadership from them,» said Amal Rama of the Interfaith Institute for Justice, Peace and Social Movements, an anti-racist, anti-colonial collective.