Other Organisations and Communities

	Australian Catholic Social Justice Council	The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference mandates the ACSJC to promote research, education, advocacy and action on social justice, peace and human rights, integrating them deeply into the life of the whole Catholic community in Australia, and providing a credible Catholic voice on these matters in Australian society. Provides a series documents applying Catholic Social Teaching to contemporary Australian issues.
	Tax Justice Network (Australia)	The Tax Justice Network is an international movement that bringing tax justice to world attention. It is concerned with tax havens and tax injustice. Their main activity is research and advocacy. They work with other organisations campaigning at a global, regional and country level.
	Micah Challenge	Micah Challenge Australia is part of a global movement of Christian agencies, churches, groups and individuals inspiring and equipping Christians to speak out against poverty and injustice.
	Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network	AFTINET is a national network of over 90 community organisations and many more individuals concerned about trade and investment policy.
	National Council of Churches; Social Justice Network (SJN)	As a network, the SJN operates to bring churches together on common social justice issues, and draft material for the Council as a whole.
	Uniting Justice Australia (Uniting Church)	UnitingJustice Australia is the justice unit of the National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia. We pursue social and ecological justice and peace through advocacy and education and seek to communicate the Church’s vision for a reconciled world
	Anglican Church of Australia	Our ambition is to serve Christ faithfully in the circumstances of our daily lives.
	Catholic Social Teaching (on line -US)	Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis A US website that provides access to the major social teachings of the Catholic Church as well as a list of steps on how to set up a parish social justice committee. The Office for Social Justice helps parishes develop effective social justice activities and structures. Staff work directly with pastors and parish social action committees to assist them in making the work of justice an integral part of parish life.
	The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education	The Edmund Rice Centre is involved in a range of projects and activities across the four areas of its operation in research, community education, advocacy and networking.
	Social Policy Connections	This is an independent, ecumenical organisation, motivated and informed by Christian social thinking. Its purpose is to expand awareness of social justice issues in Australia and overseas, and to influence public policy for the benefit of all people, especially the most disadvantaged. SPC is not aligned with any political party.
	Catholic Earthcare Australia	Its mission is to help promote understanding among people that creation is sacred and endangered, and must be protected and preserved for present and future generations yet unborn. Catholic Earthcare Australia (CEA)is an ecological agency established by the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
	Faith Doing Justice	Faith Doing Justice is a resource of the Australian Province of the Jesuits. They are joined in their mission of service to faith, and the promotion of the justice which faith demands, by women and men who share this vision. Education, pastoral ministry, social services and policy advocacy, ministry to refugees and asylum seekers, work with Indigenous communities, media and communications, and in the field of spirituality are some of the areas in which the Australian Jesuits are currently involved.
	Social Action Office – (Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes), Brisbane Australia	A Resource website providing information and issues upon which people might campaign. It provides a large range of links to websites around the world and to secular organisations concerned with SJ, Development, Human Rights and Environmental Issues. (A very practical website).
	Caritas Australia	The work of Caritas is undertaken principally through the life-giving activities of aid and development Caritas Australia work for the freedom of those who are oppressed by injustice, bringing ‘sight’ to both those who are powerless and powerful and proclaiming to the poor the good news of their human dignity.
	Columbans in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand	The Centre is able to assist your group with: Workshops and speakers on issues connected with peace, ecology and justice within the framework of Catholic Social Teaching; Assistance with the integration of aspects of peace, ecology and justice into the school curriculum, both primary and secondary; Facilitation of the awareness of mission in the new millennium; Making connections with other groups working in the area of peace, ecology and justice; Information about issues of peace, ecology and justice.
	Jubilee Australia	To promote the cancellation of debt of the world’s poorest countries and to support the Make Poverty History Campaign. It’s website provides links to similar websites overseas and to research being carried out on debt
	Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace	Provides a list of “Urgent Action” concerns along with guidelines on how to act on them that people can follow. Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace is a coalition of individuals and groups, working for the emergence of just social structures in Australia and overseas.
	Just Act	JustAct offers information and ways to work towards transforming situations of injustice in our local communities, across our country and throughout the world.
	Ethica Accessories	ethica accessories is the trading name of the Sisters of St Joseph Peruvian Project Ltd, an initiative that provides employment and income for hundreds of women and their families living in some of the poorest areas of Peru, South America.