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Home page of the United Church of Christ national denomination

Community Renewal Society
Founded in 1882 by the Congregational Church (predecessor of the United Church of Christ), the Community Renewal Society (CRS) is a metropolitan Chicago, social justice organization. CRS seeks to renew communities by bringing individuals and organizations together across racial, class, denominational and faith lines. CRS1 mission is to empower people to dismantle racism and poverty in order to build just communities.

Jubilee 2000 Campaign
The Jubilee 2000 worldwide campaign seeks to cancel the crushing debt of impoverished countries.

School of the Americas Watch
The US Army School of the Americas, based in Fort Benning, Georgia, trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. Graduates of the School of the Americas have been responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America. School of the Americas Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work. Wellington members have gone to the annual demonstration at Fort Benning the past three years.

Peace Museum
The Peace Museum is a nonprofit cultural and educational institution located at 314 West Institute Place in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. It is the first and only museum in the United States dedicated to promoting the cause of peace. Marjorie Craig Benton, then the American ambassador to the United Nations International Childrens Fund (UNICEF), and Mark Rogovin, a Chicago artist and community organizer, founded it in 1981. It was established from the firm belief that the United States needed a museum with the issues of peace as its main curatorial focus. The visual and performing arts were considered the ideal means to bring these issues to a broad audience.

Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights (formerly Travelers & Immigrants Aid) is an anti-poverty, human rights organization that advances and protects the rights of homeless and low-income men, women and children through a unique combination of comprehensive services and public policy advocacy.

American Friends Service Commitee, Great Lakes Region
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker Peace and Justice organization works for social and economic justice through programs that include leadership development, economic literacy, Middle East peace, and youth mentorship.


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