There is a lot of information on the web from across the globe about a huge range of social justice issues. Here are some great sites we recommend you check out if you want to know any more about a particular issue.

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Social Network
General
Australian Poverty
Asylum Seeker & Refugee Issues
Education
Environmental Issues
Ethical Shopping
Fair Trade
Global Poverty
Human Rights/Rights of Christians
Indigenous
Peace and Disarmament
Justice System (prisons etc.)
Unethical Marketing
Work Justice

Social Network

• Twitter @JustActivists
• Also JustAct has a Facebook page …
• JustAct photos on Flickr

General

• Centre for Public Christianity
• Churches of Christ Social Justice Blog
• Common Prayers for ordinary radicals
• Faith Doing Justice
• General help links
• Good Shepherd Social Justice Network
• Justice and International Mission – Uniting Church in Australia (Synod of Victoria and Tasmania) (sponsor of this site)
• JustSalvos
• Office for Justice and Peace of the Melbourne Catholic Archdiocese
• MorePraxis
• National Council of Churches in Australia – Social Justice Network
• The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good (USA site)
• People in Mission
• Radical Church – blog (University of Melbourne)
• Social Policy Connections
• Tasmanian Catholic Justice and Peace Commission
• TEAR
• Urban Seed
• Uniting for Change
• UnitingJustice
• UnitingCare Victoria and Tasmania
• Victorian Council of Churches

Australian Poverty

• Anti-Poverty Week
• Australian Council of Social Service
• Brotherhood of St. Laurence
• Catholic Social Services Victoria
• Connections UnitingCare Anti-Poverty Awards (for young people)
• Hobart Community Legal Service (information + advocacy on social security)
• UnitingCare Victoria and Tasmania (UCV&T)
• Social Security Rights Victoria (previously Welfare Rights Unit)

Asylum Seeker & Refugee issues

• Asylum Seeker Project, Hotham Mission
• Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre
• Refugee Council of Australia
• Right to Work Campaign

Education

• ACUMA (campus services)
• Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA)
• National Union of Students
• TAFE4ALL
• TAFE Directors Australia
• Universities Australia
• Victorian TAFE Association
• VISTA (Association of Vocational, Education and Training Professionals)

Environmental Issues

• Australian Youth Climate Coalition
• Climate Action Network Australia

Ethical shopping

• Ethical Clothing Australia (the Australian accrediting body for ethically made clothing)
• Buy and sell Fairtrade certified
• New Internationalist (a World Fair Trade Organisation)
• Oxfam Trading (a World Fair Trade Organisation)
• People for Fair Trade (a World Fair Trade Organisation)
• Tribes and Nations (they are part of the Fair Traders of Australia)
• What Would Jesus Buy?

Fair Trade

• Co-operatives are a key part of Fairtrade see 2012 Year of Co-Operatives and Social Business Australia
• Fair Traders of Australia
• Become a fair trade community! (faith, tertiary institution, workplace etc.)
• Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network
• Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand
• World Fair Trade Organisations (WFTO)
• Fairtrade cotton
• Fairtrade labelling
• FairWear

Global Poverty

• Micah Challenge
• Tackle Tax Havens

Human Rights / Persecution of Christians

• Australian Centre for Human Rights Education (ACHRE)
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
• Human Rights Watch
• Tears of the Oppressed

Indigenous

• Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress Australia
• Reconciliation Australia
• ANTAR
• Close the Gap Coalition
• Oxfam-Close the Gap

Peace and Disarmament

• Australian Network to Ban Landmines
• Cluster Munitions Coalition
• E-MINE – Electronic Mine Information Network
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines
• Lost Sock Appeal

Justice System (prisons etc.)

• Smart Justice

Unethical Marketing

• Baby Milk Action
• International Baby Food Action Network

Work Justice

• Commonwealth Government information
• Clean Clothes Campaign
• Clean Start – fair deal for cleaners
• FairWear Australia / keep sweatshops out of schools (FairWear site)
• ILO – Child Labour
• Job Watch
• Nestle: ‘Support Nestle Cabuyao Workers‘
• Secure work campaign
• Unions Tasmania
• Victorian Young Unionists Network
• Join a Union