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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.
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