About Us
Mission Statement
An Overview of Earth Justice Ministries
Presentations on Corporate Globalization
Slide Presentations on the Wonder of Creation
Board of Directors
Mission Statement
Our mission is to inspire, support and connect faith to actions that bring hope for the earth, the human family, and the whole community of life and to further the cause of peace, justice, and healing of the earth. Our activities include worship, outreach, education, witness and advocacy through the following means:
* Educating individuals and congregations about spiritual and ethical issues related to war, ecological destruction, growing global inequity and injustice, and corporate globalization.
* Providing worship, educational, and creative experiences which are grounded in the awareness of God's presence in the creation and which inspire participation in ministries of justice, ecological healing, and peacemaking.
* Nurturing and supporting networks of individuals, churches, faith communities, and non-profit organizations working for peace, justice, and ecological healing.
* Teaching, empowering, promoting, and practicing nonviolent resistance to dehumanization and exploitation as means of personal, spiritual and social transformation.
* Offering spiritual, theological, and practical support to peace, justice, and environmental ministries.
* Providing inspiration, hope and theological resources for study and action to faith communities and individuals.
* Assisting and finding practical ways to support and be in solidarity with victims of militarism, injustice, and ecological and environmental exploitation and destruction.
An Overview of Earth Justice Ministries
Earth Justice Ministries is an interfaith non-profit corporation whose purpose is to bring the resources of faith to bear in the struggle to build a peaceful, just, and sustainable world. We are committed to joining with all people of faith and conscience to build a broad coalition that has the power and moral authority to address the grave concerns facing our world today.
Since our founding in 1996, we have served as a resource to churches and other faith communities, created and disseminated worship resources and educational literature; provided support to faith-based peace, justice, and environmental groups; organized and provided leadership in several workshops and conferences; offered worship services, concerts, and creative events which celebrate God's creation and the call to peace and justice; and provided nonviolence trainings. We have worked in coalitions to further common goals, such as ending the war against Iraq, protecting civil liberties, supporting the rights of immigrants, providing information to GIs and conscientious objectors, educating people about global climate change, preserving Headwaters Forest; protecting schoolchildren from pesticide exposure, preserving the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws, working on the Dioxin-Free Future Campaign. Many of these activities are ongoing.
Earth Justice Ministries also provides education and action related to the economic, social, and environmental effects of economic globalization, and on the interlocking network of governments, banks, corporations, and global institutions which make up the global economic system. Specific areas of focus are the World Trade Organization (WTO), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and the global military/police/security network which backs up the whole system. We reach out to churches and other faith groups and community organizations with information and resources to educate and motivate people to challenge the unjust and harmful effects of the current global economic system and to foster peace based on just and equitable relationships. We support fair trade, an end to sweatshops, and the cancellation of the debt of the world's poorest nations.
Presentations on Corporate Globalization
Our Executive Director is the Reverend Sharon Delgado, an ordained United Methodist minister and a passionate advocate for justice, peace, and the healing of God's creation, is available to preach, speak, and give workshops on globalization's effects on people and the earth, and on the Church's role in helping to create a just and sustainable global community.
Slide Presentations on the Wonder of Creation
Earth Justice Ministries board member Reverend Don Baldwin, retired United Methodist clergy and former minister in Yosemite National Park has inspired audiences and churches for over thirty years with his wide-screen, panoramic slide programs of Yosemite and the High Sierras. He is available for preaching and for slide presentations on the beauty and wonder of creation.
Board of Directors
Don Baldwin, United Methodist pastor, retired, Nevada City, CA
Guarionex Delgado, poet activist, Nevada City, CA
Sharon Delgado, Executive Director, United Methodist pastor, speaker, author, Nevada City, CA
Pamela Coy-Armantrout, United Methodist pastor, author, on Sabbatical.
Hilary Marckx, Professor of Photography and Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, United Church of Christ pastor. Hilaryfmarckx.com
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