Justice & Service Resources
​This curated list of online resources includes free to use resources (with acknowledgement of the source of the activity) and selected fee-based resources which often offer subscriptions for churches so that the programs can be provided to everyone in the church.

Education Program & Action Resources from Organizations

The following list includes educational programs on social justice for adolescents through adults. 
Ave Maria Press 
​resources.avemariapress.com/resources/25/Foundations-of-Catholic-Social-Teaching
Ave Maria Press makes available free downloadable teaching resources, learning activities, and videos for teaching social justice.

Catholic Social Teaching (Catholic Relief Services)
https://www.crs.org/resource-center/CST-101
CST 101 is a collaborative 7-part video and discussion guide series that brings the themes of Catholic social teaching to life and inspire us to put our faith into action.

Connecting Faith and Justice Youth Curriculum
This curriculum is for all youth (Junior High and Senior High) students. The lessons are flexible and can be adapted to fit the needs of your students while encouraging them to search deeper within themselves, their relationship with God and their role within their community and the world. Each lesson is designed to last an hour and includes a centering moment, scripture study, group activity and a closing moment. All the lessons are standalone lessons and are not dependent on previous lessons. Download the curriculum:
Education for Justice ($ subscription + free resources)
​educationforjustice.org
Education for Justice is a global digital subscription membership service that provides resources for those who wish to study, teach, and practice Catholic social tradition. They offer members access to a growing library of thousands of text-based and multimedia resources, a monthly e-newsletter, and other benefits to help them approach the world’s headlines from the perspective of Catholic social tradition.

​JustFaith Ministries ($ and Free)
www.justfaith.org
Through small-group programs we help people deepen their faith, invite learning, and inspire action around contemporary social issues. All programs include prayer, scripture, reading, dialogue, videos, retreats, relationship-building and direct engagement. Programs include: Faith and Racial Equity, Faith and Racial Healing, Faith and Racial Justice, Cultivating Nonviolence, Faith and Immigration Justice, Youth for Justice, Hunger, and Faith and Poverty: A Biblical Response.   

Kids Can Make a Difference
https://kidscanmakeadifference.org
An educational program for middle- and high school students; Finding Solutions to Hunger: Kids Can Make A Difference; Idea Clearing House, and the KIDS web site.

Poverty USA
​www.povertyusa.org​
Poverty USA is an initiative of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) and was created as an educational resource to help individuals and communities to address poverty in America by confronting the root causes of economic injustice—and promoting policies that help to break the cycle of poverty. ​
​Saint Mary’s Press
https://www.smp.org/resourcecenter/subject/Social-Justice/10
​The Saint Mary's Press Resource Center has resources for teaching social justice that you can download including activities, lesson plans, prayers, articles, worksheets, and videos. 

Social Justice Resource Center
​socialjusticeresourcecenter.org
The mission of the Social Justice Resource Center is to link faith to action by providing information and resources on the social issues of our time. The Social Justice Resource Center offers hundreds of resources on principles of Catholic social teaching, information on specific justice issues, action ideas, a calendar with events and anniversaries throughout the year, and more.
The following organizations provide information, education, and action resources on a variety of issues, including climate and the environment, poverty, hunger, racial justice, education, human rights, housing, immigration, and peacemaking. 
​American Forestry Association
Bread for the World
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
​Catholic Climate Covenant
Catholic Relief Services
Children’s Defense Fund
Church World Service
Compassion International
Creation Justice Ministries 
First Book
Global Exchange
God’s Planet [We’re All Part of God’s Plan(et)]
  • Awareness and engagement media campaign to educate, inspire and activate U.S. Catholics to embrace and act upon the teachings of Laudato Si’ and care for creation: https://godsplanet.us

Habitat for Humanity
Heifer Project
International Justice Mission
Ignatian Solidarity Network
Justice Revival
Laudate Si’ Action Platform
Learning for Justice 
Lutheran World Relief
​National Arbor Day Foundation
National Audubon Society
The Nature Conservancy
NETWORK – Catholic justice advocacy
Not For Sale
ONE Campaign
Pax Christi, US
Rainforest Alliance
Room to Read
SERRV International
Sojourners
  • Act, learn, and engage on immigration, nonviolence and peace, racial justice, women and girls, climate justice, democracy and voting, economic justice, and human rights and global poverty: https://sojo.net/sojoaction/vision

World Vision
World Wildlife Fund

Education & Action Resources from Christian Denominations

The following Christian Churches have information, education, and action resources on a variety of issues, including climate and the environment, poverty, hunger, racial justice, education, human rights, housing, immigration, and peacemaking. 
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Christian Reformed Church NA
  • Resources to learn about the root causes of poverty, hunger, and oppression, and we empower the church to call on those in power to improve systems and enact just public policy: https://www.crcna.org/SocialJustice

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
The Episcopal Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Mennonite Church USA
National Council of Churches
Presbyterian Church USA
United Church of  Christ
​United Methodist Church
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops