Collaborative Center For Justice

860 - 692 - 3066

advocacy@ccfj.org

Collaborative Center For Justice

Rooted in the Gospel and committed to Catholic Social Teaching, the Collaborative Center for Justice advocates for systemic change and educates individuals about social justice in order to make a difference in the lives of people who are poor and alienated.

What We Do

Advocacy

We are concerned with a wide range of social, economic, racial, and environmental justice issues, both at the state and national levels. We advocate for policies and legislation that uphold human rights for all and improve the lives of low-income and marginalized individuals and families.

Education

We strive to educate our network and the public about the history, context, and current landscape of a range of social justice issues. We seek to explore the root causes of why things are the way they are in situations of injustice. We also seek to provide context to inform a faith-based response to issues of concern.

Mobilizing & Collaborating With Others

We collaborate with other advocates to speak up against injustice, and to speak in favor of policies that will positively impact the lives of low-income and marginalized people in our state and country.

Prayer

Each legislative session, we coordinate a Prayer Partners program to connect Religious Sisters and others who wish to pray for an elected official throughout the year. Please contact us if you are interested in participating!

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Focus Areas for Advocacy Work

Human Rights & Dignity

We believe that every person deserves to be treated with dignity and have their human rights upheld. Ensuring that basic human needs, such as food, clean water, and safe housing are met are critical components of upholding basic human rights. We advocate for policies that strive to ensure these basic human needs and rights for everyone.

Issues

This focus area includes advocating for:
• Safe, affordable housing
• Adequate, accessible, affordable nutritious food and clean water
• Access to health care
• Safety (including addressing gun violence and human trafficking)
• Racial justice
• Peace and international human rights issues

Economic Inequality

We believe that no one deserves to live in poverty, and that poverty is the result of many factors including unjust economic systems that serve to make and keep people poor.

Issues

This focus area includes advocating for:
• Increasing the minimum wage & creating a Living Wage
• Paid sick and family leave
• Addressing economic inequality
• Affordable & accessible public transportation

Immigrants & Refugees

We believe that we are called to welcome the stranger. We believe that immigrants and refugees make our communities stronger and more vibrant. We believe that every person should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of immigration status.

Issues

This focus area includes advocating for:
• Working to protect the rights of immigrants and refugees
• Supporting a clean DREAM Act
• Welcoming refugees

Environmental Justice

We believe that we are called to be good stewards of the earth, which means protecting the earth and its resources from degradation and exploitation.

Issues

This focus area includes advocating for:
• A permanent ban on fracking waste in CT
• Local efforts and legislation to address climate change
• Protecting natural resources and caring for Creation

Voices for Justice Network

“Voices for Justice Network” is a legislative network of women religious, associates, and laity committed to proclaiming justice and changing unjust social structures .

The network helps its members to act on behalf of justice in their personal life, family life, community life, work life and political life. It is a faith-based network that uses the biblical principles of justice, Catholic social teaching and the life experiences of poor people as the foundation for their work to create a more just and compassionate society.

The network is action–oriented. Its members aim to make a difference by taking collective action that produces real and lasting change on behalf of persons made poor.

The focus is on issues, not candidates. We are nonpartisan.

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