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CEJI Resources
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Order Information
Resources developed by CEJI
Organizations:
ARC
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| ICCAF
| ICCHRLA
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Scarboro Missions
| Social Justice Committee of Montréal
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Ten Days
| United Church | WICC | World Vision Canada
A wide variety of supporting publications and
resources have been developed both by the
Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative (CEJI) and by its participating
organizations.
Here follows a listing of resources available to date:
Resources
developed by the CEJI
Resources published by the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative should
be ordered through your own denomination's Jubilee contact. A list of some of these
contacts plus a publications order form are available at the end of his section.
1.
Publications for Year 3: Renewal of the Earth
2. Publications for Year
2: Redistribution
of Wealth
3.
Other Publications Available for Sale
4. Publications
no Longer in Print (Selected
portions available on-line)
Publications
for Year #3: Renewal of the Earth
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Jubilee
Poster #4:
Renewal
of the Earth
A full colour 17x22 poster which
develops the year three campaigns concerning land, ecology, and aboriginal
peoples; includes an aboriginal land rights backgrounder and petition.
Price: 50¢ each
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Restoring
Right Relations, Educating for Jubilee, Year 3
The
CEJI/Ten Days Leadership Guide
This guide is designed for groups who want to know
more about the Year Three theme of Renewal of the Earth with its emphasis on
land rights, climate change, and continued action for international debt
cancellation. A combined resource with TEN DAYS for Global Justice that
contains an introduction to the theme, an inter-generational "debt
circus" activity, workshops, resources for children, worship materials,
and video and print listings. (48 pages; ISBN 0-9683714-8-5)
Price: $6.00
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Sacred Earth, Sacred
Community:
Jubilee, Ecology, and Aboriginal Peoples:
Theological Readings
This third volume of theological readings helps to capture
the rich diversity of the year three theme, highlighting land issues,
aboriginal spirituality and land rights, and the growing call for just and
respectful treatment of the Earth. (296 pages ISBN 0-9683714-7-7)
Price: $10.00
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Year 3 Campaign Materials
Available through the CEJI
Office
1. Right
Relations with Aboriginal Peoples
Aboriginal Land Rights in Canada:
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Global
Land Rights Action:
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"Sacred
Land, Scarred Land" – a video, backgrounder, and action
sheet about global land rights by means of new regulation of the Export
Development Corporation. Video available from CEJI, TEN DAYS, or D&P for
$10.
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"Respecting
the Land and its People" background brochure: Available in bundles of 25
for $5 or 50 for $8.
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"The
Earth is for All" action sheet on global land rights: Available in bundles of 25
for $5 or 50 for $8.
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Right Relations with the Earth: "Creating a Climate for Change"
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"Creating a
Climate for Change" - background brochure on climate change campaign, available in bundles
of 25 for $5 or 50
for $8.
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"Take
Action on Climate Change" - post cards directed to the Prime Minister,
the provincial premiers, and the CEO of Imperial Oil, available in bundles
of 25 for $5 or 50
for $8.
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» See more publications related
to Year III themes from ARC,
ICCAF, Scarboro Missions, and
the United Church.
Publications for Year #2:
Redistribution
of Wealth
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Jubilee
Poster #3:
Proclaim Generosity in a World of Enough
A full colour 17x22 poster which explores the
Redistribution of Wealth theme through original artwork by Carolina
Echeverria and an education process. Also includes "We Are a Jubilee
People!" – the Jubilee Pledge and community process for making the
pledge.
Price: 50¢ each
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"Sharing
the Wealth:
Educating for Jubilee Year 2"
The
CEJI/Ten Days Leadership Guide
A 48 page book of workshops, bible studies,
worship materials and much more on the Redistribution of Wealth theme. Also
includes "We Are a Jubilee People!" – the Jubilee Pledge and
community process for making the pledge.
Price: $6.00
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"Jubilee,
Wealth, and the Market"
Year
II Theology Resource
A 184 page book (6"x 9"),
the second volume of readings compiled by the Theology Committee of the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative.
This book helps to capture the rich diversity of responses to Jubilee across Canada and around the world. Coming from different contexts in Canada, and internationally, and writing in different formats (longer scholarly articles and shorter sermons) the authors converge in their
(re)discovery of Jubilee. They help us to probe biblical texts and imagine their significance for particular biblical communities in specific historical contexts. They also help us to recognise this Spirit in movements and campaigns for social justice, eco-justice, and right relations
today. (Go here to see the book flyer.)
Price:
$8.00
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Publications Available for Sale
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"A New Beginning, A Call for Jubilee"
32 pages, colour 8.5" booklet outlines Jubilee themes and proposes
possible individual and collective actions in support of CEJI. (Text available on-line here.) Available in English and French.
Price: $5.00
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"Making a New Beginning:
Biblical Reflection on Jubilee"
A 110 page soft-sided book including essays on Biblical themes (e.g.
Sabbath, shalom, ecology) and sermons composed by members of the Canadian Ecumenical
Jubilee Initiative. (For complete contents and many of the writings included, see the
Theology page.)
Price: $8.00
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Jubilee Poster #1:
Ancient call for Renewal in Our Time
A full-colour 17"x 22" folded poster exploring the theme of
Jubilee on the front and featuring an inter-generational animation process for
parishes/congregations on the reverse. Artwork by Gerald Tooke.
Price: 50¢ each
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Jubilee
Poster #2:
Release from Bondage
A full-colour 17"x 22" folded poster exploring the theme of
Release from Bondage on the front and featuring an inter-generational animation process for
parishes/congregations focusing on the debt campaign on the reverse. Artwork by Teresa
Altiman.
Price:
50¢ each
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Debt campaign background brochure
Explanation of Jubilee's call to cancel the
unpayable debt of the world's poorest countries. (For the text of the debt brochure, see
the debt campaign page. To see the
petition - no longer being circulated - see the petition page.)
Available in two versions (French versions
have been sold out; go here for
on-line version.):
- For church groups (theological content, English)
- For general public (English)
Price: $13 for 100
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Publications
no Longer in Print
Note: While print versions may no
longer be available, selected portions may be available on-line. See the
description of each resource for more details.
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"Sounding the
Trumpet:
Educating for Jubilee"
CEJI Year 1
Leadership Guide
A 28 page leadership guide including educational and theological
processes on the broad themes of Jubilee and specific animation of the debt campaign. For
use in parishes and congregations and/or by church-related groups. (For a more complete
description and sample writings, see the Education page.)
Sold out. A new
leadership guide is available above.
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CEJI
Order Information:
You may print out the order form provided
in rich-text format (*.rtf - accessible to most word processors (click here).
You may use the form to mail or fax your order to any of the distribution points
listed below (or, after completing it, send it
by e-mail as an attachment). After placing your order, you will receive an invoice
including mailing charges and payment information.
Note: For bulk order
information, contact
the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative.
Distribution Points
Please note that campaign
materials must be obtained from the CEJI office. For all other materials, you
may send your order
(or go in person) to any one
of the following distribution points:
Resources developed by CEJI Member
Organizations
ARC
| CCC
| ECEJ
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| ICCHRLA
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Scarboro Missions
| Social Justice Committee of Montréal
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Ten Days |
United Church | WICC | World Vision Canada
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Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC)
153 Laurier Ave. E., Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N8
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Aboriginal
Perspectives of Jubilee: Start from Mother Earth
This is the first in a series of
publications bringing Aboriginal perspectives and issues into the church's Jubilee
Initiative. In this 32-page multi-coloured booklet, ARC presentes the visions of
Aboriginal peoples as a way to enrich the churches' ongoing reflections. Material for this
booklet comes in part from an ARC consultation that brough together church representatives
and Aboriginal people from Canada and the Philippines. Price:
$2.00 per booklet. (Bulk orders are negotiable.)
Order ARC Resources
Here
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Canadian
Council of Churches (CCC)
3250 Bloor Street West, 2nd floor,
Toronto, ON, M8X 2Y4
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Holy Time: Seven Seasons of Jubilee
The Scriptures abound with expressions of God’s promises to
renew creation. The Sabbath day was set aside to rest in God and remember
God’s works of creation and redemption. Jesus’ parables of the Kingdom lift
our imaginations to the values that come alive when God’s salvation reaches
out and reconciles us with God, each other and creation. This is the Jubilee
vision: removing all that stands in the way of God’s peace, reconciliation
and justice.
The Jubilee is called the “Sabbath of Sabbaths” - a
special time to hear anew, be refreshed, and renewed in our commitments to God,
to each other and to creation. We are called to loose the chains of bondage and
injustice, to sound praise to the God who has saved us, and live as partners in
Christ’s healing ministry. For
more information, go here.
Price: $12.95
Order
this Resource Here
(or call Novalis at 1-800-387-7164)
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Ecumenical Coalition for Economic
Justice (ECEJ)
947 Queen St. E., #208, Toronto, ON, M4M 1J9
ECEJ provides information and resources on issues such as debt, unpaid
work, the Alternative Federal Budget, the "Tobin Tax," and alternative economic
indicators. ECEJ is currently focussing on the theme "Toward an Economy of
Hope." Resources available include:
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Jubilee
as Justice Spirituality
Jubilee has
become a blueprint for repairing our world and restoring community. This
essay explores Jubilee as a justice spirituality– a ‘way of
being" in the world at this time of great suffering and desperate
hope. Drawing from the work of Lee Cormie, Maria Harris, Sylvia Keesmat,
Ched Myers and Rosemary Radford Ruether, Jennifer Henry addresses the
challenge of Jubilee to us personally and the challenge to our
communities to "live our lives in the best of struggles."
Jubilee! A Justice
Spirituality is compiled from a series of five
presentations prepared for a meeting of the Canadian Religious
Conference-Ontario in June 1999. Jennifer is Co-ordinator of Education
and Leadership Development for the Ecumenical Coalition for Economic
Justice. She is also a key organizer of the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee
Initiative, where she is a member of the Steering Committee, Campaign
and Education Committees.
Now
available in both English and French.
Price: $5.00 each
(25% discount for 10 copies or more. Bulk rates available.)
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Engendering Jubilee: Biblical Hopes and Women's
Reality
What is the relevance of Jubilee for women? Drawing from
Canadian and Third World perspectives, this resource looks at the reality of
women’s lives and explores the gender dimensions of Jubilee themes of release
from bondage, redistribution of wealth, and renewal of the Earth. The resource
discusses a range of issues including: economic equity, debt and structural
adjustment, violence, sharing domestic labour, gender stereotypes, sexual
exploitation and the importance of Sabbath for women. Inspired by the vision of
Jubilee, Engendering Jubilee points out the need for balanced
gender relationships.
Geared to educators and activists, Engendering Jubilee
is an excellent "source" document for developing popular education
materials and includes a workshop outline.
Price: $6.00, 24 pp [Forthcoming-January
2000]
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1 Part Poverty
Reduction, 2 Parts SAPs: A Recipe for Disaster
Economic Justice Report Volume X/4 Dec 1999: The G-7 leaders'
response to the Jubilee Debt Campaign was disappointing both in terms of the
amount and their attempt to blend poverty reduction into Structural Adjustment
Programs (SAPs). This report exposes how the IMF and the World Bank are
blending poverty reduction into SAPs without changing their essential
neo-liberal character. A Recipe for Disaster
also examines the way structural adjustment has played out in Canada.
Recently released IMF documents reveal that fundamental changes to Canada's
social programs announced in the 1995 federal budget were first proposed by the
IMF in December 1994. Our own experience in Canada provides a powerful argument
for preventing the IMF from dictating social policies to any country. We
conclude that SAPs are fundamentally flawed and should be abolished as they
cannot be modified to serve poverty reduction goals. See
ECEJ's website for more details, including an on-line version.
Price: $4.00,
16 pp
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Redistributing Wealth: A Jubilee Vision for a
Global Village
Economic Justice Report, Volume
X/3, October 1999: The wealth gap between rich and poor grows ever more
scandalous in our current age of globalization. How does the Jubilee vision of
sharing the earth’s abundance apply to today’s context of "free
market" globalization? This report looks at the political and economic
dimensions of redistributing wealth on a global scale. It examines how the
Jubilee teachings support a "human development" alternative,
especially for countries in the South, and calls for changes in global
governance to make transnational corporations accountable. See
ECEJ's website for more details, including an on-line version.
Price: $4.00,
16 pp
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Jubilee Movement Shifts the Ground Under G7
Debt Plans
This Economic Justice
Report examines the proposals G7 leaders have announced for an official
"Cologne debt initiative" to bring debt relief for low-income
countries. The report describes Canada's plans for debt
relief for low-income countries and offers a detailed comparison of each
G7 member proposal. The report also demystifies the Highly Indebted Poor
Countries Initiative and proposes a "Human Development
Alternative" to the HIPC Initiative. The
report concludes with steps that need to be taken both before and after
the June G7 Summit in Cologne and provides a valuable list of further
resources in the bibliography. See
ECEJ's website for more details, including an on-line version.
Double
issue - Price: $5.00
Time
is Ripe to Expand Call for Jubilee
The Jubilee 2000 Campaign to Cancel Debt is having
enormous impact and provoking response from national governments, the IMF and the World
Bank. However, if we are to prevent debt crises from recurring, it will not be enough to
write off unpayable debts. This report proposes a set of reforms to break the cycle of
debt crises and global financial crashes, including setting up an International Insolvency
Tribunal.
Free market globalism is facing a growing crisis of legitimacy. The time is ripe for
the Jubilee Initiative to press for true reform of the global monetary system.
Price: $4.00
each including postage.
(25%
discount on orders of 10 or more copies. Contact office for special bulk orders.)
25%
discount on orders of 10 or more copies. Contact office for special bulk orders.)
Jubilee 2000: Time for Debt Remission
A detailed report of the issues involved in the cancellation of debts for low income
countries. Text available on-line here.
Price: $3.00
Economics for the Earth
A report looking at economics from an ecological perspective including a discussion of
alternative economic indicators.
Text available on-line here.
Price: $3.00
Promises to Keep, Miles to Go
An easy-to-use resource looking at Canada's record at meeting its commitments to
eliminate poverty.
Price: $9.95
Recolonization or Liberation: The Bonds of
Structural Adjustment and the struggle for Emancipation
A book examining "Structural Adjustment Programmes" and alternatives.
Price: $8.95
A report looking at ways to formally recognize the economic contribution of unpaid
work.
Price: $3.00
Order ECEJ
Resources Here
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Inter-Church Coalition on Africa (ICCAF)
129 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto, ON, M4V 1N5
Toward a Moral Economy
A book examining the root causes of poverty and the
struggles for political and economic justice.
Price:
$12.00
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The
Land is My Blanket
Voices from Southern Africa on Land and Jubilee
This 8-page popular resource explores what the
Jubilee teachings about restoration of land mean to Southern Africans in their
context. Historically, many peoples were dispossessed of their land by
colonization and today privatization and commercialization, encouraged by World
Bank policies, limits access to land for many Southern Africans allowing that
dispossession to continue. Women are particularly affected as customary laws
that prohibit female land ownership and inheritance continue to be enforced.
The Land is My Blanket will illustrate the
importance of land to Southern African and especially how their voices reflect
on the "spirituality of land" - how they understand their
relationship to the land and how their identities are connected with it. It
also makes action links to the Aboriginal Rights Coalition proposals for
Canadian land claims campaign in the Jubilee Year 3 programme. (8 pages.)
Price: $1.00 ($10
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Zambia: Still
Shackled by Debt
An 8-page education and
action resource focusing on
Zambia as a case-study for the need for debt cancellation.
Price: 75¢ each.
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The
Human Face of the Economic Crisis in Mozambique
An 8-page education and action resource
focusing
on Mozambique as a
case-study for the need for debt cancellation.
Price:
75¢ each.
» This publication is now
out of print. See the Web version here.
Order ICCAF Resources
Here
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Inter-Church Committee on
Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA)
129 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto, ON, M4V 1N5
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Nicaragua:
Releasing a People from the Bondage of Debt and Structural Adjustment
This special 12-page issue of Alerta
looks at the effects of debt and structural adjustment programmes on Nicaragua
and explains how these exacerbated the damage done by Hurricane Mitch.
Nicaragua has one of the highest per capita debts in the world; because of
structural adjustment programmes, poverty has deepened dramatically and
ecological devastation has accelerated. This resource
brings forth the voices of Nicaraguans and their challenge to us
to look more deeply at the question of debt: Just who owes what to whom? As
well, regional Latin American debt issues are also introduced.
Go to the ICCHRLA Website to see a sample
article from the resource in the Commentary section of the Debt
and Human Rights page.
Price: $1.00 per copy
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Peace,
What Peace? Confronting Central America's New Economic War
This 29 minute video tells the
moving stories if women, men, and children who labour on the sugar and coffee plantations
of Guatemala, in the sweatshops of El Salvador, and who have been left with no option but
to scavenge through the garbage or sell their bodies in Nicaragua. The video helps viewers
understand the economic policies which are now one of the greatest threats to human rights
in the region--policies supported by northern countries like Canada. The video is divided
into three, ten-minute sections making it an ideal tool to use in educational settings
around issues of debt, structural adjustment, and neo-liberal economics.
Price: $19.95 (individuals) or $29.95 (institutions).
Order ICCHRLA
Resources Here
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Scarboro Missions
2685 Kingston Rd., Scarborough, ON, M1M 1M4
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The Canadian
Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative Year III:
Renewal of the Earth
This September 2000 special issue of Scarboro Missions
focuses on the Year III themes of righting our relationships with the Earth
and with aboriginal peoples. This issue is intended as an easily-accessible
resource for use in parishes and congregations. It includes overview
articles on ecological and aboriginal themes as well as specific articles
related to these drawn from Scarboro Missions' experience. The final section
provides extensive ideas and resources for righting relationships at a
personal, communal, national, and global level. (24 pages, full colour)
Price: 50¢ per copy (bulk orders only)
plus mailing costs.
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A New Beginning... A Call for
Jubilee
The September 1998 special issue of Scarboro Missions magazine
written by Mark Hathaway focuses on the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative. The issue
includes an overview of the Initiative (available here on-line)
as well as articles on Jesus and Jubilee, action ideas and resources, and the Jubilee 2000
debt campaign. More than 40,000 copies of this resource are now in print.
Price: 30¢ per copy (bulk orders only)
plus mailing costs.
Order Scarboro
Resources Here
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Social Justice Committee of Montréal
1857 de Maisonneuve West, Montreal, QC, H3H 1J9
Jubilee 2000 Kit
Background information and a variety of tools for education and action.
Primarily intended for non-church groups, though can be used by church groups as well.
Price: $10.00
Pillaged Lives: Third World
Debt and Global Institutions (CD ROM)
Educational program with narration, images, music, case studies,
background documents, and more!
Price: $25.00.
Debt Kit
An interactive visual presentation on:
(1) How the foreign debt of the poor countries came about.
(2) Structural Adjustment Programmes
(SAP's).
(3) Who has gained from the debt and who has to pay for it.
Ties in environmental abuse and unfair labour practices. Meant for groups
of around 25 people, aged 16 and above. Includes coloured drawings, script, notes and
bibliography.
Price: $55 including postage.
Order Social Justice
Committee Resources Here
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Ten Days for Global Justice
947 Queen St. E., Toronto, ON, M4M 1J9
Ten Days provides information and
resources on Jubilee-related issues including fair trade, land reform, and debt.
A New Beginning: A Time for Jubilee Faith
Resource
A 16- page resource for faith communities who want to explore the ancient call for
Jubilee renewal. Resources from around the world for prayer, singing, sermons/ homilies,
liturgy and children's programmes, with a focus on the meaning of Jubilee in
today's world.
Price: $5
Fashioning Freedom Education and Action
Guide
A 28-page guide for groups of all ages, with a theme focus on freedom in the context of
our global economy and an action focus on the rights of apparel workers. It features
stories, participatory workshops, action suggestions related to debt and rights for
garment workers-- and the hit "Sweatshop Fashion Show".
Price:
$10
Wear Fair campaign Action Cards
Four cards in one! The cards call on the federal government and retailers to
participate fully in a "task force" aimed at stopping sweatshop abuses in Canada
and the South. Ideal as an inexpensive action handout for educational events, high school
classes and youth groups. A joint resource with the Labour Behind the Label Coalition.
Price: Free (single copies) or 25 for
$3
Wear Fair handout flyer
A small cartoon poster showing the life cycle of your jeans and
runners -- and who
benefits and who loses. A good handout for workshops and public events.
Price: Free
(single copies) or 25 for $5
Also available:
Order Ten Days
Resources Here
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The
United Church of Canada
Suite 300, 3250 Bloor Street West
Etobicoke, Ontario, CANADA M8X 2Y4
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Jubilee: Renewing the
Earth
This May 2000 Special Edition of
Mandate is full of programme and
worship ideas related to Jubilee in a workbook format. Material will help
people understand the theological underpinnings of the Renewal of the Earth
theme and will highlight Jubilee topics such as "Food Security,"
"Voluntary Simplicity" and "Climate Change." Contents
include worship material, workshop outlines and Bible studies.
Price:
$1.95 each; $1.50 each for 10 or more.
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World Peas...and other ways
to make a difference
A mission resource book for leaders of
children, published by the United Church of Canada. A number of the sessions
(identified with the Jubilee logo) deal directly with Jubilee themes,
including Renewal of the Earth. Each session includes background
information, a programme outline, a list of related resources, and, in some
cases, reproducible work sheets for children. Several sessions are geared to
youth. More information on "World Peas" can be viewed here.
Price:
$19.95
Available at United Church book
rooms and Presbytery Resource Centres or call 1-800-288-7365.
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Women's
Inter-Church Council of Canada
Suite 201, 394 Bloor St. W.;
Toronto, ON M5S 1X4
Starting
with Women's Lives: Changing Today's Economy
By Suzanne Doerge and Bev
Burke
A hands-on manual for facilitating the WALL: an excellant
popular education tool for use by women in churches, unions, and community
groups. The guide provides facilitators with detailed notes, background
information, and ideas for adapting this visual methodology for specific
groups.
Price: $12 per copy or $10 for bulk orders of 5 or more plus
postage and handling (15% Canada, 20% U.S.)
Available in English and French through the Women's
Inter-Church Council of Canada
Order
WICC Resources Here
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World
Vision Canada
6630 Turner Valley Road,
Mississauga, ON, L5N 2S4
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Jubilee Justice: Hope for the
World's Children
An 8-page, full-colour publication on Jubilee themes –
especially debt cancellation and poverty alleviation – with articles,
Biblical reflection, resources, and action ideas.
Price: $1 (single copies) or 50¢
each for bulk orders of 10 or more
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