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In the 1960s and ’70s, the work of justice for white people looked like writing letters, joining marches and signing petitions. But the work ahead is focused on economic justice as well as building relationships, writes a Baptist pastor emeritus.
Link to author Mel Williams
Inspired in part by Catholic social teachings, The Industrial Commons seeks to create “an inclusive economy rooted in community and dignity.”
Link to author Yonat Shimron
The director of housing and homeless services for the city of Fresno speaks on what faith has taught him about urban development work.
One year after the Atlanta spa shootings, a writer reflects on the fear it engendered — and why that fear is not going away.
Link to author Kathy Khang
The Learning Tree initiative takes a different route to enhancing community by focusing on talents and gifts — not poverty.
Link to author Shari Finnell
Cooperative businesses are worth exploring and supporting, both for their practical benefits and as a way to prioritize the needs of all, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Maria Teresa Gastón
Working with partners in the community, the Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership seeks to be a catalyst for the creation of a just economy.
Link to author Claire Zulkey
With the help of The Impact Guild design lab, a church in San Antonio is able to dream big and start small as it leverages little-used assets for the neighborhood.
Link to author Emily Starbuck Gerson
A newly elected councilmember in Campbell, California, discovered that politics was his vocation after family crises shook his faith.
Link to author Sergio Lopez
A faith-based initiative anchored in San Diego would use property owned by religious institutions to help address an affordable-housing crisis.
Link to author Kate Morrissey
In his resource manual for churches, an expert in urban studies offers practical advice on how religious communities can create a business strategy that helps bring justice to struggling neighborhoods.
