Other Sites of Interest

United Church of Christ
Home page of the United Church of Christ national denomination

Lakeview Action Coalition
Lakeview Action Coalition (LAC) is a community based grass roots organization focused on such issues as affordable housing, hate crimes, health care, and education.

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.

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.

The Great Turning
We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. -The Earth Charter (2000)

Peace Museum
The Peace Museum is a nonprofit cultural and educational institution located at 100 North Central Park Avenue (one city block south of Garfield Park Conservatory). 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.

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.