SojoAction
Economic Justice
SojoAction: Economic Justice
Our economic justice work is focused on policy changes aimed at reforming government systems and economic institutions and principles to allow all people to have the foundation and stability to support their families, churches and communities, and live dignified, productive lives.
Our work seeks to address the root causes of injustices and address long-term needs through public and collective actions aimed at political and structural changes. It is much broader than typical individual acts of charity done by many individuals and churches because those only seek to address the effects of injustices and respond to immediate needs and, while important, fall far short of addressing the needs of the millions of Americans living in poverty.
Our Goals:
- Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger in the United States by 2030
- Increase the federal minimum wage
- Protect and strengthen critical safety net programs that are proven to reduce poverty and hunger such as SNAP, WIC, and low-income and affordable housing
- Support families through access to affordable child care, paid family medical leave, and parental leave
- Ensure financial and physical health of every American by strengthening and protecting the Affordable Care Act, closing the Medicaid coverage gap, and reduce prescription drug prices
Economic Justice
Resources
The past year has been a time of isolation, change, and lament. For many of us, it may have even changed how we think about justice and loving our neighbors. Join us for 7 days and reflect on how the past year has changed us and how we think about community, faith, and how we can build a better world together.
Mutual aid in an age of estrangement. How do we build communities of care and concern?
When people move more often, Buy Nothing groups and other mutual aid can be helpful in getting to know people next door. Mutual aid can encompass sharing items, such as food or tools, or offering free services like transportation, health care, or translation.
Since 2011, church leaders from many families of U.S. Christianity have worked together to maintain a Circle of Protection around people struggling with hunger, poverty, and injustice.
Economic Justice
Latest Stories
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Valerie Jarrett, Cecilia Munoz, and Jeff Zients, all top aides to President Obama, met April 14 with religious leaders from across the country who described “heart-wrenching stories” of congregants whose lives had been ravaged by payday loans.
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To a majority of Christians, those who provide payday loans, with their three-digit interest rates, are sinners.
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The strike is intended by to get Verizon to come back to the bargaining table since the striking workers haven’t had a contract since August.
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