Leaders Resources on Advocacy
Advocacy update -- our regularly revised one page overview covering current issues
Victory on a key Senate budget vote and Progress on the Global Poverty Act
Sample emails, cards
Other Resources for Leaders
Designing
Educational Activities - Tips on every aspect of planning a successful workshop, with a page of sample forum and workshop descriptions.
U.S. Budget Priorities: an engaging, interactive computer activity for youth and adults groups. Download* game, Leaders Guide: html, pdf (available on a CD, $10, LPF members $6).
Shalom! Our most popular essay explores a more faithful and effective approach to conflict and violence: it is an eye-opening overview, with annotated resource list
(html, pdf)
Sources
of Nonviolence Training - Annotated listing of outstanding groups.
Peace Points
ONE by ONE toward justice for All - Peace points activity on Millennium Development Goals and the ONE Campaign - among the most hopeful efforts in decades. (new!)
Uno a Uno hacia la justicia para todos - para apoyar la causa de poner fin a la pobreza en nuestro mundo.
It's
Time to Talk... - A thoughtful and stimulating activity for adult forums and youth
groups to explore together the growing concerns about the Iraq
War. *for additional materials see: Iraq
Resources
What
is Christian Peacemaking? - This popular activity explores the breadth and depth of the biblical vision of Shalom, peace, justice, community, wholeness. One to six session resource with additional questions and activities to build on or expand the impact of "Jesus’ Way of Shalom"
¿Qué significa pacificación cristiana? - el papel de pacificador esta enraizado en nuestra experiencia de un Dios quien es paz, quien nos da paz, y quien nos llama a ser parte de la paz y la justicia.
Hunger
Awareness Meal - An experiential meal that helps teach participants about the realities of hunger and poverty in the world.
Organizando una Comida para concienciar del Hambre - una impresionante experiencia de una ‘comida’ que ayuda a enseñar acerca de las realidades del hambre en el mundo.
Conflict Education - Insights, activities and resources for examining conflicts between individuals and on larger levels, and for strengthening skills to address conflict in any area of life.
Wall of Hope - Our most popular activity making use of this exhibit and listing of peace and justice movements and heroes throughout history; includes brief descriptions of eleven other activities; the full ‘how to kit’ includes an annotated selection of events from the Wall of Hope.
Peace and justice successes throughout history.
El Muro de la Esperanza - Eventos y movimientos a favor de la justicia y la paz a través de la historia.
Just
War - A series of activities for youth and adult groups that explores in detail the classic just war principles, and also opens up the dynamic insights of the ‘just peace’ perspective. (html version)
Peace
Points Starters - Resources for creating or strengthening a peace-focused session for youth.
Peace
Worship - Provides a variety of resources including prayers, litanies, songs, and a complete 20 minute worship session.
Reclaim
the Season! - Peace & justice living and giving – especially appropriate at Christmas; useful throughout the year.
¡Recobra la Epoca!
Maneras Creativas de Celebrar la Navidad y Florecer en Fidelidad.
*See also index pages on Congregation resources, Hunger advocacy
