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FaCE Poverty Initiative
Faith,
Compassion and Economic Justice:
An Inter-Religious Stand Against Poverty in New Jersey
Shalom (peace) and Blessing
Peace be with you |
March 1, 2007- Invitation to the Daughter's of Zion World Day of Prayer
March 1 2007 World Day of Prayer
Statement on New Jersey's 2006-2007 Budget Crisis
Information About the Initiative
The FaCE Poverty Initiative Kick-Off Press Conference
was held at the State House on Monday, Sept. 19th.
- Flier/Endorsement Form (PDF)
- Quick Online Endorsement Form
- Endorsing Churches/Organizations
- Endorsing Individuals
- Letter to Religious Leaders (English) (Arabic)
Toolkit of Resources for the
FaCE Poverty Initiative
To assist congregations and organizations that wish to participate in this effort to raise awareness and moral concern regarding poverty in New Jersey, the APN FaCE Poverty Initiative is providing a variety of resources available through this Web site.
- Updated data released in 2006
These bulletin inserts are downloadable and can be easily adapted using Word.
- Sample Sermons
- Advocacy tools
- Bible study guide
- Haggadah Supplement
- "In Every Generation: Let Each of Us Look Upon Ourselves As If We Came Forth Out of Egypt" - Rabbis for Human Rights
Check back for future postings, which are regularly added to this site.
Links to Related Information and Resources
Check out these other organizations and movements mobilizing faith communities around poverty issues:
- Pentecost 2008 Registration: June 13-15
- Pentecost 2007 Conference: June 3-6
- Call to Renewal
- Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism
- Sojourners
- Bread for the World
- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Family Promise (Formerly known as the National Interfaith Hospitality Program)
- Jubilee USA
- National Council of Churches Poverty March 2003
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Interfaith Worker Justice
- Covertheuninsuredweek.org - materials for faith communities
- Rabbis for Human Rights
- United Methodist Church Lenten Devotional on Social Justice
- Church Reformed World Relief Committee
- Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs - A Faith Reflection on the Federal Budget
- Bono's Speech on Poverty & Justice and the 2006 National Prayer Breakfast
Other faith-based resources you may find useful:
- Poverty is not a family value (excerpt from Jim Wallis' address at the Pentecost 2006 Conference)
- To Do the Right and the Good by Elliot Dorff (Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia)
- Statement from the Lutheran Bishops on the federal Budget Reconciliation
- War Against Poverty a Human Endeavor (article expressing Islamic foundation for opposition to poverty by Mumima Kowalski)
- Just Neighbors toolkit (published by Family Promise)
- Just Preaching: Prophetic Voices for Economic Justice (published by Family Promise)
- Poverty and Economics in the Qur'an (Micael Bonner's article from the Journal of Interdisciplinary History can be purchased online for $5 via this link)
- Social Justice Spirituality (Bill Quigley article from Sept. 2004 Blueprint for Social Justice)
- President Bush's Tax Policy Offends Judeo-Christian Moral Values Susan Pace Hamill article on moral tax policy)
Resources providing information about poverty and its consequences in New Jersey and the nation: