SOCIAL JUSTICE - Past Activities by Category
Earth Care:
- Promoting and supporting local foods production and consumption
- Action against climate change
- Challenge to come-to-church the green way
- Participation in Earth Hour
- Community Garden with rain barrels
- Coyote Trail maintenance
- Simplicity Circle
- Ethics of Modern Environmentalism service by environmental lawyer, Linda Duncan.
Health Care:
- Attended forums and rallies for provincial healthcare
- Sunday services related to our healthcare system
Inner City
- Winter solstice offertory and fundraising events for iHuman Edmonton, Alberta Council of Women's Shelters, and Boyle Street co-op.
- Supported Youth Emergency Shelter
- Supported WINGS
- Plant a row for Edmonton Food Bank in the church garden
Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Rights
- Has always supported same sex marriage
- A LGBT Welcoming Community since 1992
- Supported Camp fYrefly
- Participates in Edmonton Gay Pride Parade
International Projects
- Water Project in Huayllaccocha, Peru
- Knitted vests and toques for the children in Huayllaccocha, Peru
- Change for Children well project in Ojoche, Nicaragua
- Amnesty International Write for Rights
- Building a school in Honduras
- Support for wood burning stoves (Cocinas)
- Use fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate
- Kiva microcredit loans to Third World countries.
Peace and Security
- Peace education forum with Senator Douglas Roche
- Missile Defense System forum with Mel Hurtig
- International Court of Justice forum with Elaine Harvey
Local Foods
For the past 3 years the Social Justice Committee has been involved with promoting and supporting the production and consumption of local foods:
- Local foods dinner November 2008 and 2010
- Food Baskets October 2008
- Support GEA at city hall (3 occasions)
- Attending GEA meetings
- community garden
- food bank garden
Wheelchair Accessibility
In summer 2009 Westwood members and friends constructed a wheelchair ramp.
Rallies attended
- Numerous pro public healthcare rallies
- Rally in support of local farmers and food
- Pro same-sex marriage rally
- Opposed an anti same-sex marriage rally
- Climate Change 350 January 2010 - brrr!
- Climate change 2008
- 12 UU's went to Calgary to protest G8 - 2003
- Against poverty 2001
- Stone soup sunday at the Legislature 1998
- Against private school funding (bill 37)- 1998
- In support of Lubicon land claims
- Against war in Iraq
Education Forums
- Health Care Forum in spring 2010
- Peace education forum with Senator Douglas Roche
- Missile Defense System forum with Mel Hurtig
- International Court of Justice forum with Elaine Harvey
- Workshop with GEA on April 19, 2009