Faith in Action

A Handbook for Activists Advocates and Allies

Augsburg Fortress Publishers

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781506432564
• eBook ISBN:
  9781506443355
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Civics & Citizenship
• Index: Politics & International Relations

You want to make the world better. This book can help.

Faith in Action offers quick dives into a range of topics, from racial justice to environmental concerns, from LGBTQIA equality to Native people’s rights, from women’s equality to disability rights, from mass incarceration to immigration. Each topic includes informative visuals and data, as well as practical suggestions for what you can do to make a difference in your community.

Created by contributors with varied experiences in activism, faith, policy, and social change, Faith in Action will deepen your perspectives on important issues. This book will give you the knowledge, tools, and confidence to make a real impact—to step out into the world and be an activist, advocate, and ally.

Faith in Action is the book for you if you are ready to make a real difference.

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WE’RE ALL IMMIGRANTS

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Gates, Henry Louis Jr. “Slavery, by the Numbers.” The Root. Feburary 20, 2014. Accessed June 16, 2017. http://www.theroot.com/slavery-by-the-numbers-1790874492.

ARE WE POST-RACIAL?

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“Poverty Rate by Race/Ethnicity.” Kaiser Family Foundation. 2017. Accessed June 2, 2017. http://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-raceethnicity/.

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Wagner, Peter, and Bernadette Rabuy. “Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2017.” Prison Policy Initiative. March 14, 2017. Accessed June 2, 2017. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2017.html.

NATIVE LAND

“Indian Lands of the United States.” U.S. Department of the Interior. Last Modified February 7, 2017. Accessed June 14, 2017. https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/mld/indlanp.html.

“Oak Flat/Apache Leap.” Earthworks. Accessed June 15, 2017. https://www.earthworksaction.org/voices/detail/oak_flat_apache_leap#.WUBxXGjyvIU.

McAuliff, Michael. “Defense Bill Passes, Giving Sacred Native American Sites to Mining Company.” Huffington Post. December 12, 2014. Accessed June 15, 2017.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/12/defense-bill-passes-rio-tinto_n_6317946.html.

WATER

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Cousins, Farron. “America is Suffering From a Very Real Water Crisis That Few are Acknowledging.” Desmog. January 24, 2017. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/01/24/america-suffering-very-real-water-crisis-few-are-acknowledging.

McGraw, George. “For These Americans, Clean Water is a Luxury.” The New York Times. October 20, 2016. Accessed June 20, 2017.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/opinion/for-these-americans-clean-water-is-a-luxury.html.

LGBTQIA EQUALITY

“Why the Equality Act?” Human Rights Campaign. 2017. Accessed May 29, 2017. http://www.hrc.org/resources/why-the-equality-act.

“Joint Adoption Laws.” Equality Council. 2017. Accessed May 29, 2017. http://www.familyequality.org/get_informed/resources/equality_maps/joint_adoption_laws/.

“Addressing Stigma: A Blueprint for Improving HIV/STD Prevention and Care Outcomes for Black & Latino Gay Men.” National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors. May 2014. Accessed May 29, 2017. https://www.nastad.org/sites/default/files/NASTAD-NCSD-Report-Addressing-Stigma-May-2014.pdf.

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ABLEISM

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“What is Ableism? Five Things About Ableism You Should Know.” FWD/Forward.November 19, 2010. Accessed June 16, 2017. http://disabledfeminists.com/2010/11/19/what-is-ableism-five-things-about-ableism-you-should-know/.

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WHITE SUPREMACY

Kochhar, Rakesh, and Richard Fry. “Wealth Inequality has Widened Along Racial, Ethnic Lines Since End of Great Recession.” Pew Research Center. December 12, 2014. Accessed June 9, 2017. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/12/12/racial-wealth-gaps-great-recession/.

“Median Household Income in the United States in 2015, by Race or Ethnic Group (in U.S. Dollars).” The Statistics Portal. 2017. Accessed June 3, 2017. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233324/median-household-income-in-the-united-states-by-race-or-ethnic-group/.

LIFE FOR NATIVE PEOPLES

Krogstad, Jens Manuel. “One-in-Four Native Americans and Alaska Natives are Living in Poverty.” Pew Research Center. June 13, 2014. Accessed June 12, 2017. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/13/1-in-4-native-americans-and-alaska-natives-are-living-in-poverty/.

“Public High School Graduation Rates.” National Center for Education Statistics. Last Modified April 2017. Accessed June 13, 2017. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_coi.asp.

Cowlitz Indian Tribe. “Native American Community.” Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs. Last Modified April 26, 2016. Accessed June 12, 2017. http://www.wcsap.org/native-american-community.

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

National Sexual Violence Resource Center. “What Is Sexual Violence?” 2016. Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/saam_2016_what-is-sexual-violence_0.pdf.

RAINN “Victims of Sexual Violence: Statistics” 2016. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence.

“The Facts.” Polaris. 2017. Accessed July 10, 2017. https://polarisproject.org/facts.

TRANSGENDER EQUALITY

Kralik, Joellen. “‘Bathroom Bill’ Legislative Tracking: 2017 State Legislation.” The National Conference of State Legislatures. April 12, 2017. Accessed June 9, 2017. http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/-bathroom-bill-legislative-tracking635951130.aspx.

Bolles, Alexandra. “Violence Against Transgender People and People of Color is Disproportionately High, LGBTQH Murder Rate Peaks.” Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. June 4, 2012. Accessed June 9, 2017. https://www.glaad.org/blog/violence-against-transgender-people-and-people-color-disproportionately-high-lgbtqh-murder-rate.

Haas, Ann P., Philip L. Rodgers, and Jody L. Herman. “Suicide Attempts Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults: Findings of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.” The Williams Institute. January 2014. Accessed June 6, 2017. http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf.

“LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary.” The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center at the University of California, Davis. August 8, 2016. Accessed May 29, 2017. http://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/educated/glossary.html.

THE GENDER WAGE GAP

U.S. Census Bureau, 2015 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates and U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements, Table P-38.

EQUALITY AND EQUITY

Daniels, Jessie. “White Women and Arrifmative Action: Prime Beneficiaries and Opponents” RacismReview. 2014. Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2014/03/11/white-women-affirmative-action/.

Ajinkya, Julie. “Unequal Pay Day for Black and Latina Women” Center for American Progress. 2012. Accessed June 16, 2017. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/news/2012/04/16/11437/unequal-pay-day-for-black-and-latina-women/.

“Voter Suppression Laws: What’s New Since the 2012 Presidential Election” American Civil Liberties Union. 2017. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.aclu.org/map/voter-suppression-laws-whats-new-2012-presidential-election.

NATIVE PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

World Heritage Encyclopedia. “List of Unrecognized Tribes in the United States” Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/list_
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Native News Online Staff. “Tribal Equal Access to Voting Act of 2015.” NativeNewsOnline.net. May 21, 2015. Accessed June 20, 2017. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/tribal-equal-access-to-voting-act-of-2015/.

WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT

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“Women in International Parliaments.” Inter-Parliamentary Union. June 1, 2017. Accessed June 9, 2017. http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm.

CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS

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“Open for Business: How Immigrants are Driving Small Business Creation in the United States.” The Partnership for a New American Economy. August 2012. http://www.newamericaneconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/openforbusiness.pdf.

Costa, Daniel, David Cooper, and Heidi Shierholz. “Facts About Immigration and the U.S. Economy: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.” Economic Policy Institute. August 12, 2017. Accessed May 23, 2017. http://www.epi.org/publication/immigration-facts/.

BULLYING OF LGBTQIA YOUTH

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Cook, Currey. “Fighting Homelessness Among LGBTQ Youth.” Lambda Legal. December 1, 2014. Accessed June 4, 2017. http://www.lambdalegal.org/blog/20141201_fighting-homelessness-among-lgbtq-youth.

MENTAL HEALTH

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table Of Contents
• Contributors
• Introduction
• We’re All Immigrants
• Are We Post-Racial?
• Native Land
• Water
• LGBTQIA Equality
• Ableism
• White Supremacy
• Life for Native Peoples
• Sexual Violence
• Transgender Equality
• The Gender Wage Gap
• Equality and Equity
• Native Peoples' Rights
• Women in Government
• Contributions of Immigrants
• Bullying of LGBTQIA Youth
• Mental Health
• Women in Poverty
• Prison Industrial Complex
• War on Drugs
• Race and Incarceration
• Black Lives Matter
• Climate Change
• Path to Citizenship
• Environmental Regulation
• Living with a Disability
• The Geography of Race
• Economics of Education
• Environmental Justice
• Causes of Disability
• Health Care
• Choosing an Organization to Support or Join
• Contacting Your Representatives
• Showing up for the First Time in an Activist Space
• Participating in Your First Protest
• References