Current Topics Available

The following topics are currently available:

• Black History: Rise Up – honors the lives and contributions of African Americans throughout history and identifies racist systems and structures that are still in place today
• COVID-19: Kindness During COVID – lifts up our Christian call to compassion and invites youth to consider how they might address a need in their community that has been revealed or exacerbated by the coronavirus
• Easter: Resurrection Hope – lifts up the Resurrection as the moment in our Christian story in which we are provided with an extraordinary sense of hope – hope that we can lean into as we work for a more just and peaceful world
• Environment: No Ordinary World – lifts up care of the earth and invites youth to consider how they might be better stewards of God’s creation
• Fair Trade: Just Shopping – designed to lift up Fair Trade and invites youth to consider how their purchasing habits affect people across the globe
• Global Poverty: Be The Change – addresses global poverty and challenges youth to think about solutions to poverty that are effective, sustainable, and empowering
• Global Poverty: Breaking It Down – introduces youth to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in order to increase awareness of the obstacles people experiencing poverty often face, and guides youth in discerning how they can be part of the solution
• Human Trafficking: Stop the Silence – educates youth about human trafficking (sex and labor trafficking) in our communities and across the world
• Hunger: We Can Make a Difference – lifts up basic human needs and invites youth to consider how they might respond to food insecurity and food waste in their communities
• Immigrants: Bienvenido, Welcome – exposes youth to the stories and experiences of immigrants and some of the complexities of the immigration process
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Let Justice Roll – honors the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his impact and influence on our conversations about racial and economic injustices today
• Peace: We Are Here for All of Us – lifts up our Gospel call to be peacemakers and loving our enemies as ourselves; first session includes a personal reflection on forgiving others
• Poverty: An US Issue – lifts up some of the misconceptions about poverty in the U.S. and invites youth to think about practical and effective ways to end poverty in the U.S.
• Racial Injustice: Don’t Let History Repeat – exposes youth to stereotypes and perceptions that have led to racial profiling and racial biases, and invites youth into conversation about the root causes of racial injustice
• Racism: Gotta Deal With It – defines or expands on the definition of racism and what it means to be “anti-racist”
• Refugees: Hallelujah, You Are Safe – provides some basic understanding of how a person is designated a refugee, exposes youth to stories and experiences of refugees in the U.S., and invites a Christian response
• Simplicity: What Matters – invites youth to analyze their desire for more and more “things” and cultivates gratitude and contentment
• Unhoused: Angels in Disguise – explores the obstacles that unhoused youth and adults often face and introduces youth to the Gospel call to recognize Jesus’s presence among those who lack shelter

In addition, we welcome feedback about what other social mission-/social justice-focused topics you would like for your group. Please click on the suggestion prompt on our Youth for Justice webpage or email your ideas to us at [email protected].