July 2015Read the Letter The Dignity for All campaign has asked Canada’s premiers to bring their concerns about federal responsibility on poverty to the forefront of their priorities.
[…] the stories our culture would like to keep hidden. They are the stories of those suffering from economic oppression (the slaves), violence (the women), exclusion (the stranger) and land loss (Indigenous peoples). But these stories are also about those who dare to name the pain, and so dare to hope for God’s newness. When […]
[…] helps us understand the need for climate action across sectors. And knowing which of your daily choices produce GHG emissions is the first step in making climate -friendly habit changes (see -what-tonne-greenhouse-gas-emissions”>What is a tonne of greenhouse gas emissions?). Once you have this information, the question becomes, how can you use it to reduce the impact […]
[…] conservative Catholic priest. For decades he argued for religion in the public sphere. He also argued that advocacy and action are so often misused and abused double -edged swords because Christianity in the West often has become the slave of partisanship on just about any side, depending when one observes and studies the phenomenon. […]
From 2020 -2022, CPJ’s Board of Directors and staff have been engaged in a process of building shared understanding of, and commitment to, rights-based and intersectional approaches to seeking justice both at the domestic federal policy level, as well as within our own organization. Facilitated by Bernadette Arthur of Co:Culture Collective, we have been working together to develop a public Equity and Anti-Oppression Statement that will provide clarity, consistency, and accountability to current and prospective CPJ members, staff, volunteers, donors, and partners. CPJ’s Equity & Anti-Oppression Statement was released publicly following our Annual General Meeting on May 26, 2022. Read the full statement below or download as a PDF. Backgrounder: Why & How Was the EAO Statement Developed? Backgrounder: Backgrounder – Repudiating the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Watch the recordings of the release of CPJ’s EAO Statement and Commitments CPJ’s Equity & Anti-Oppression Statement >> Download as PDF As a faith–based organization seeking public justice, Citizens for Public Justice is committed to applying an intersectional, rights–based, anti–oppression framework to our research and advocacy (see key terms below), as well as to our own internal policies. We do so in recognition of the inherent dignity of all people […]
Kathy Vandergrift, our second 50th anniversary reflector, writes about how CPJ’s commitment to care for creation led to a strong role in introducing recycling to Edmonton in the late 1980s.
A one -day conference exploring what justice for all looks like in the city and in the church. Participants will follow a path of learning that begins with an outward look at justice in the city, and then turns inward to look at justice in the church. This event will coincide with City on […]
From the Ashes helps us understand the work needed—both systemic and within each of us—to break the patterns of homelessness, discrimination and addictions—and to light the darkness of love gone bad.
For anyone interested in a window into the messy, complex, beautiful, and hope–filled world of refugee sponsorship in action in church halls and living rooms, this book is for you.
Through her lived struggles with Asperger’s syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, and autism, Greta shares how her disabilities have gifted her the unique ability to see the climate crisis as a “black and white” issue.
