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Servants To Asia’s Urban Poor

Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor is an international movement: a network of Christian teams living and working amongst the urban poor in Asia’s mega cities, participating with the poor to bring hope and justice through Jesus Christ. http://www.servantsasia.org/

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Local Power

Local Power is a group of people interested in sustainable power generation which is local and community owned. PV solar based electricity is one way we can help make this happen. Our first project is establishing a buying group for PV solar panels. http://localpower.net.au/index.html

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Waiters Union

The Waiters Union is a network of residents in West End who are committed to developing a sense of community in the locality with our neighbours, including those who are marginalised, in the radical tradition of Jesus of Nazareth. http://www.waitersunion.org/

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Christian Peacemaker Teams

Is CPT a missionary organization? NO. CPT is a peacemaking organization focussed on reducing violence and protecting human rights in conflict zones. CPT does not participate in any missionary activities. Christian Peacemaker Teams was founded in 1984 by three historic peace churches, Mennonite, Church of the Brethren and Quaker, and now enjoys support and membership […]

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Vision of Humanity

The Vision of Humanity website was launched in May 2007 as the reference point for the Global Peace Index (GPi) and to highlight the relationship between Global Peace and Sustainability. It is our very firm belief that unless we can achieve a world which is basically peaceful, then the major challenges facing humanity will not […]

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ANZ Jesus Radicals

South Pacific Christian Anarchists is an emerging network of people interested in exploring common threads in Christian and Anarchist traditions, practices and vision as they pertain to our part of the planet. http://anz.jesusradicals.com/index.html 

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Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries

In the story of the poor man Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52), Mark’s gospel gives us an archetypal portrait of the journey from “blindness” to faith.  We believe that Christians should stand for compassion and equity, and against all forms of oppression and violence in these difficult times. To do this we must face our personal and […]

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Brandywine Peace Community

Formed in the Fall/Winter months of 1977 by a group of Vietnam war resisters, 2007 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Brandywine Peace Community. Brandywine was formed amidst the social exhaustion of the post Vietnam war period, as the U.S. reeled from its defeat in Vietnam by announcing a new nuclear weapons build-up and a […]

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Edmund Rice Centre

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. The Centre’s objectives are to: – Conduct and encourage research into the causes of poverty and inequity in society, especially with regard to youth and Indigenous Australians. – […]

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The Plowshares Movement

On September 9, 1980, Daniel Berrigan, his brother Philip, and six others (the “Plowshares Eight”) began the ”Plowshares Movement” when they entered the General Electric Nuclear Missile Re-entry Division in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania where nose cones for the Mark 12A warheads were made. They hammered on two nose cones, poured blood on documents and […]

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EPYC – Empowering Peacemakers in Your Community

The EPYC – ‘Empowering Peacemakers in Your Community’ – team: explore themes of nonviolence education (not merely as a tactic of social change, but as a chosen lifestyle); explore personal, ecological and social justice concerns; and offer a “spirituality of engagement,” ( not escapism), to meet our world’s needs in transformative ways People are starting […]

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The Simple Way

We are the simple way, a community of faith. Our Mission is: “To Love God. To Love people. To Follow Jesus.” We’re giving that our best shot. Each of us is created for community, and in the image of community. And yet everything in the world tries to rob us of this Divine gift. The […]

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