PPT-Occupy Movement and Social Justice

By Citizens in the middle who live comfortable lives luxurious lives in relation to the rest of the world often fear the challenging classism will be their downfall that simply by expressing concerns for the poor they will end up like them lacking the basic necessities of life Hooks 1. Yet, even the economic crisis of 2007 did not initially produce a left social movement. We sug-gest that in part, this is due to the interplay be-tween social movements and electoral processes. A beli Chapter 24. Human beings are social beings – the choices we make affect others.. We are accountable for the things we commit (commission) and those we fail to do (omission). As created in the image of the Trinity (God) – which is a communion of persons, humans are called to be in communion with one another.. Are Christians to be social? Yes! Lk.10:29-. to live in companionship with others or in a community, rather than in isolation. Act 2:44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common.. A PROJECT TO HELP SCHOOLS IMPROVE THEIR DELIVERY OF GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE THEMES. Global inequality – the great injustice. “Inequality is the status quo. There is huge inequality between people in their access to resources, to decision-making, to securing human rights and safety, and in their freedom from discrimination. Reducing inequality if both morally right and pragmatically necessary for global economic and climate security in the future”. Funding Housing for the good of society. Social housing . refers to affordable housing that is: . Publicly-owned and funded; or, . Publicly-supported non-profit and co-operative housing. Often known as . Dr Gabrielle Russell-Mundine. Mr Graeme . Mundine. Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, . Sydney. www.acmsydney.org. . Who do we work with? . Churches -hierarchy, . Religious and Clergy, lay people. Education – school teachers, university students. Occupy Wall Street. Is this something new? Trust busting. What would Karl Marx say?. “We are the 99%”. 1% holds 20% of the wealth (Gini Index). The Excesses of Capitalism. More & better jobs. Winans. Advisors: Professor . Striegnitz. and Professor Seri. Interdepartmental Computer Science/Political Science Project. Contemporary Social . Movements Through Twitter:. The Cases of Madison and Occupy Wall Street. Is it achievable?. Is it even desirable?. Origins of Social Justice. Social scientists believe that the idea of fairness is instinctive in humans. However, while there are universal principles of justice, what it looks like varies from culture to culture and from group to group within society. Justice Movements. Social Justice Movement, the Definition:. Social Justice Movements seek to redistribute wealth, opportunity or privileges in society.. Examples: . Abolition Movement: ending slavery. Patterned vs. Historical Approach. Justice. The most general meaning of justice is giving to each person his or her due.. Giving to each person what that person needs, what that person deserves, or a share equal to what others are about to receive. Sundays in July 2018. Carl A. Hargrove. A renewal in social justice or a missional/holistic gospel represents the biggest shift in evangelicalism in the last century (Scot McKnight, . Jesus Creed. blog, January 29, 2010). WHERE TO GIVE GIVE BIG, GIVE NOW, AND KEEP GIVING HOW MUCH TO GIVEGUIDANCE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE GIVING One of the most powerful things we can do right now is invest in the organizations that are gh Teaching Social Justice with the Maine Learning Results for Social Studies. While We Wait…. What words come to mind when you think of social justice????. https://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/G5gj5hobrJDWsFQdfBfAb.