Peace & Justice Resources
Browse the online resources listed below, or order materials using our shopping
basket.
Note: Some
resources listed below are PDF files. You will need to have Acrobat
Reader installed to view and print these files.
Healing the Nations
Publication PDF (1 mb) • Order Online
This publication is the first in a series on Climate Change. The
publication describes CWS advocacy efforts, mitigation and adaptation
work.
Sowing
Justice for Family Farmers Everywhere: a Vision for the 2007 Farm Bill
Publication
PDF (1.59
mb) • Postcard
PDF (587 kb) • Order
Online
This 24-page resource examines key issues that
need to be addressed in current U.S. farm policy to support small-scale family
farmers in the U.S. and overseas. Comes with a postcard so you can take action.
Weave Anew
Newsletter published by CWS Education & Advocacy Program. Newsletters
are in PDF format only.
For a free subscription to Weave Anew by mail, please email
.
Latest
edition • Archive
Resources on Hunger
 |
Making Poverty History: Hunger Education Activities that Work! |
 |
Facts Have Faces: Hunger in a World of Plenty |
 |
Poisoned
skies, troubled waters (PDF file, 247KB) Order online » How CWS is addressing the impact of climate change on water. The latest in a series. |
 |
A
river in their veins (PDF file, 489KB) Order
online » How CWS supports the water rights of indigenous people in Bolivia, and the impact of climate change in the Caribbean. |
 |
Drinking
rain in the occupied West Bank (PDF file, 523KB) Order
online » This four-page resource describes how West Bank Palestinian villagers are harvesting rainwater in underground cisterns with CWS support. |
 |
|
 |
Water
for all in Africa (PDF file, 778KB) Order
online » This four-page resource describes CWS support for community ownership and management of water resources in Africa. |
 |
Twice
As Thirsty: Women, Children and Water (PDF file,
741 kb) Order
online » This 4-page resource paper describes the special burden women and children bear in getting water for their families. Part of the CWS series on water. |
 |
Worship
with the World: WATER A sampling of voices of the thirsty people worldwide that Church World Service supports, alongside prayer, scripture and liturgical suggestions. HTML • PDF (431K) • Order online |
 |
I Thirst: World
Day for Water 2006 On the occasion of World Day for Water, celebrated March 22 each year, learn what Church World Service and its wider community of member denominations, supporters and worldwide partners are doing to make access to water and sanitation a right for all. |
Resources on Colombia
- Lift
Every Voice: calling African American churches to express solidarity
with Afro-Colombians
- Afro-Colombians:
Promoting Alternatives to Violence, Displacement, and Impoverishment
- Colombian
Churches: Targeted for Promoting and Defending Human Rights
- U.S.
Foreign Policy Towards Colombia
Resources on Iraq
- The
War on Iraq: Impartial Humanitarian Aid
- War
on Iraq: What We Can Do for Peace
- Costs
And Consequences Of War And Sanctions
- The
War on Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction - The Imperative for Peace
Resources on Millennium Development Goals
- Exercise
Your Fair Trade Muscle: Reach to Ethiopia -- a worship resource
for Father's Day
- Exercise
Your Fair Trade Muscle: Reach to India -- A worship resource
for Mother's Day
- Exercise
Your Fair Trade Muscle: Reach to Paraguay -- A globalization
resource for Easter, April 8, 2007
- Exercise
Your Fair Trade Muscle: Reach to the Dominican Republic A
resource for Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2007
- We
Gather Together to Sow Justice for Family Farmers Everywhere A
worship resource for Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2006 (PDF, 149
kb)
- We
Gather Together To Develop a Global Partnership for Development A
worship resource for Independence Day, July 4 (PDF, 116 kb)
- We
Gather Together To Reduce Child Mortality A worship resource for Father's
Day, June 18 (PDF, 145 kb)
- We
Gather Together To Improve Maternal Health A worship resource for Mother's
Day, May 14 (PDF, 192 kb)
- We
Gather Together To Ensure Environmental Sustainability A
worship resource for Earth Day, April 22 (PDF, 150 kb)
- We
Gather Together To Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women A
worship resource for International Women’s Day, March 8 (PDF,
107 kb)
- We
Gather Together: A Thanksgiving Day Worship Resource (PDF, 141
kb)
- We
Gather Together To Combat HIV/AIDS A worship resource for World
AIDS Day, December 1st (PDF, 139 kb)
- Millennium Development Goals Backgrounder
Background and resources on the Millennium Development Goals
Resources on HIV/AIDS
- Facts Have Faces: Global AIDS: Facing the Crisis
- We
Gather Together To Combat HIV/AIDS A worship resource for World
AIDS Day, December 1st. (PDF, 139K)
- Prayers
for people living
with and affected by HIV/AIDS (PDF, 86K)
- Prayers
for children orphaned
and made vulnerable to HIV/AIDS (PDF, 27K)
- Prayers
for women living
with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS (PDF, 28K)
Resources on Trade Justice
English-Spanish worship resources
from the 2004 ecumenical consultation: "Just Trade Agreements? Churches
in North America Address Globalization"
Visit our Educational Resources page for additional online resources.
Back to top