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Appalachia Culture/Rural Poverty	Caribbean Culture	Economic Justice
Environment and Sustainability	Global Poverty and Hunger	Housing
Immigration and Migrant Issues	Integrating Faith and Justice	Latin American Culture
Natural Disasters and Relief	Simple Living	Urban Poverty
	World Debt

Appalachia Culture/Life
Appalachia Institute at Wheeling Jesuit University
http://www.wju.edu/ai/default.asp

Appalachian Regional Ministry
http://www.arministry.org/appalachianculture.asp

Glossary of Words Important to the Appalachian Traveler
http://www.apptrav.com/glossary.html

Rural Poverty Portal
http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/

Rural Sociological Society
http://www.ruralsociology.org/briefs/brief2.pdf

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Caribbean Culture

CaribeInsider
http://www.caribeinsider.com/showhomeculture.do

Caribbean Guide
http://caribbean-guide.info/past.and.present/culture/

Caribbean Islands Explorer
http://www.oceanexplorer.net/caribbean-maps/caribbean-culture.htm

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Economic Justice

Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ)
http://www.cesj.org/thirdway/economicjustice-defined.htm

National Center for Law and Economic Justice
http://www.nclej.org/

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Environment and Sustainability

Alternative Energy News
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/environment-wildlife/

City of Cleveland’s Sustainability Program
http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/government/departments/pubutil/sustainability/index1.html

EcoEarth
http://www.ecoearth.info/

Environmental Justice
http://www.ejnet.org/ej/

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/builtenvironment.htm

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Global Poverty and Hunger

Bread for the World
http://www.bread.org/

Catholic Relief Services
http://www.crs.org

Global Issues – Poverty
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp

The ONE Campaign
http://www.one.org/about/

World Hunger Education Service Associates – World Hunger Notes
http://www.worldhunger.org/

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Housing

Center for Responsible Lending (information on subprime mortgage lenders and what led to the meltdown of the mortgage market)
http://www.responsiblelending.org/issues/mortgage/subprime-mortgage-crisis.html

The Cleveland Plain Dealer (article on the Northeast Ohio foreclosure crisis and what it means for Northeast Ohio) http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/the_foreclosure_crisis_what_it.html

National Association of Home Builders
http://www.nahb.org/page.aspx/category/sectionID=204

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/

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Immigration and Migrant Issues

Global Issues -- Immigration
http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/racism/immigration.asp

Immigration Policy Center
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/

Justice for Immigrants
http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org/

National Immigration Forum
http://www.immigrationforum.org/

U.S. Immigration Support (general issues for migrants)
http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/

The White House – President Bush’s Current Proposals for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (as recent as January 2008)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/immigration/

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Integrating Faith and Justice

Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
http://www.cfj.ie/content/view/146/3/

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops – Catholic Social Teaching
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/socialteaching/excerpt.shtml

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Latin American Culture

Academic Info: Links to Latin American Culture
http://www.academicinfo.net/latinamculture.html

The Smithsonian: Latino History and Culture
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/history_and_culture/USLatino_History.htm

University of Minnesota – Morris Latin American Society and Culture Page
http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~ummlaasa/culture.html

U.S. Census Bureau of Hispanics in America
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hhmcensus1.html

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Natural Disasters and Relief

Catholic Relief Services
http://www.crs.org

Disaster Relief Agencies
http://www.disastercenter.com/agency.htm

The Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/

ReliefWeb, United Nations
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm

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Simple Living

Live Simply in the U.S. (quotes and ideas on how to live simply)
http://livesimply.us/

The Simple Living Network
http://www.simpleliving.net/main/

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Spirituality and Reflection

Catholic Education and Social Justice
By James L. Heft, S.M.
http://www.usc.edu/programs/iacs/private/docs/articles/heft_socialjustice.pdf

Creating Your Reflection Map
By Janet Eyler
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/89016431/PDFSTART

Facilitating Reflection: A Manual for Leaders and Educators
By Julie Reed and Christopher Koliba
http://www.uvm.edu/~dewey/reflection_manual/

Ignatian Pedagogy: A Practical Approach
By Vincent J. Duminuco, S.J.
http://www.sjweb.info/documents/education/pedagogy_en.doc

Making Connections, Finding Meaning, Engaging the World: Theory and Techniques for Ignatian Reflection on Service for and with Others
By Kurt M. Denk, S.J.
http://www.loyola.edu/Justice/documents/Template_for_Ignation_Reflection.doc

The Articulated Learning: An Approach to Guided Reflection and Assessment
By Sarah L. Ash and Patti H. Clayton
http://www.springerlink.com/content/g7mx480gj3043781/fulltext.pdf

The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in American Jesuit Higher Education
By Rev. Peter-Hans Kolvenback, S.J.
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/kolvenbach_speech.html

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Trade

Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/index.html

Oxfam International
www.oxfam.org

PC (USA) – Just Trade
http://www.pcusa.org/trade/

Transfair USA
http://www.transfairusa.org/

U.S. Interfaith Trade Justice Campaign
http://www.lwr.org/advocacy/tradejustice/usitjc.asp

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Urban Poverty

Center for Urban Poverty and Community Development – CWRU (info on urban poverty in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio)
http://povertycenter.cwru.edu/

Inter-American Development Bank
http://www.iadb.org/sds/SOC/site_399_e.htm

The Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/