The United Church of Canada invites you to take part in current campaigns, studies, appeals, and ongoing concerns in solidarity with our partners in Canada and around the globe. Together, let's work for a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world.
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Support the General Secretary's letter to Minister Baird asking for identification of Israeli settlement products in Canadian stores and an end to tax exemptions for products from the settlements.
The United Church is asking its members to speak out about the assassinations, disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and harassment of Indigenous peoples resisting mining in the Philippines.
The United Church of Canada has joined other Canadian civil society organizations in speaking out about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Gender Identity Bill C-279 calls for amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code that will protect the rights of transgender and transsexual people in Canada.
Over the past 20 years, approximately 500 Aboriginal women have gone missing in communities across Canada. Yet government, the media, and Canadian society continue to remain silent. In March 2004, the Native Women's Association of Canada launched a one-year campaign to lobby the federal government to establish a $10 million fund for research and education related to violence against Aboriginal women.
The United Church has been active in the public arena since its earliest days. Our non-partisan approach is intended to raise public awareness about justice, peace, and creation in communities across Canada. If you want to advocate on an issue, where can you start?
Use this kit during the 2011 election campaign to learn how to connect several key issues to worship and congregation groups, and how to organize and participate in an all candidates meeting.