Justice and International Mission

The Justice and International Mission unit exists to provide resources and to engage and educate others about issues of social justice.

The activities of the unit range from advocacy for refugee and asylum seekers to banning landmines; from gambling issues through to climate change; from issues of inequality to partner churches in the Asia Pacific.

While endeavouring to work alongside congregations and social justice networks, we also embark upon specific advocacy work aimed at shifting and shaping public policy. The aims of the unit are embodied in the Basis of Union and reflect the Uniting Church's concern for social justice and the care of God's creation.

 

   

 

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COMBATING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ON-LINE

Currently the vast majority of Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will provide a service to clients seeking to visit sites containing sexual abuse material on-line. They make no attempt to block such access nor detect and report such criminal activity. Recently Telstra, Optus and Primus have agreed to voluntarily not provide service for when any of their clients try to access child sexual abuse sites on-line.

 

Please click here for more information on this important and very current issue as well as printing and signing the petition.

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Justice and International Mission Unit Convention 2010

Saturday 2 October       9:30 am - 4:30pm

Centre for Theology & Ministry 1 Morrison Close, Parkville (Melways Ref. Map 2B,D4)

Consuming Passions

We are all conscious that over-consumption is bad for the environment and can be bad for our health. It can also mean taking more than our fair share of a sustainable use of the
world’s resources. However, is there such a thing as ethical consumerism or is it just another marketing tool to keep us consuming the earth’s resources? Are we immune to the tactics of marketers and advertisers, or are we kidding ourselves? What biblical and theological insights will help us? The Convention will seek input from participants on Synod recommendations for the 2011 Synod and the work areas of the Justice and International Mission Unit.

Keynote speaker - Janette Gray RSM

 

Panel Discussion Members

Jane Caro –

communications consultant and lecturer in Advertising Creative at the School of Communication Arts at UWS. She has 30 years experience as an advertising writer andhas been a regular panellist on the ABC program on advertising ‘The Gruen Transfer’ and has regular appearances on TV and radio. She has also co-authored two books ‘The Stupid Country: How Australia is Dismantling Public Education’ and ‘The F Word. How we learned to swear by feminism’.

Professor Sandra Jones –

Director of the Centre for Health Initiatives, University of Wollongong. Sandra is recognised as an international expert in the areas of social marketing and of the negative impacts of marketing on health and social welfare. She has published more than 80 referred papers. She has done extensive analysing food and alcohol marketing.

Cameron Neil –

Operations Manager, Fairtrade Labelling Australia & New Zealand

Liz Thompson –

Former co-ordinator for the Fairwear campaign and member of Global Trade Watch

 

Cost:

$30 Metro participants

$20 non Metro and concession participants

 

Registrations and brochure can be found here

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Micah Challenge

The Micah Call:
This is a moment in history of unique potential, when the stated intentions of world leaders echo something of the mind of the Biblical prophets and the teachings of Jesus concerning the poor, and when we have the means to dramatically reduce poverty.

We commit ourselves, as followers of Jesus, to work together for the holistic transformation of our communities, to pursue justice, be passionate about kindness and to walk humbly with God.
We call on international and national decision-makers of both rich and poor nations, to fulfil their public promise to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and so halve absolute global poverty by2015.
We call on Christians everywhere to be agents of hope for and with the poor, and to work with others to hold our national and global leaders accountable in securing a more just and merciful world.

Please click on the button above for more information.

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The Global Poverty Project

1.4 billion people on our planet live in extreme poverty. The Global Poverty Project seeks to invigorate the global movement to take effective concerted action on poverty through the presentation 1.4 billion reasons.

Please click on the above button for more information.

 

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JustFocus

JIM JustFocus Bi-monthly Mailout:

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