PROGRAMS
social justice conference

Past Conference Themes:

2016- Rooted in Faith, Caring For Our Common Home

2015- Rooted in Faith, Creating an Economy of Inclusion

​2014 - Rooted in Faith, Building a Better World

2013 - Rooted in Faith,Growing Just Communities

2012 - Rooted in Faith, Working for Justice

2011 - Rooted in Faith, Building One Human Family

2010 - Rooted in Faith, Cultivating the Common Good

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES 

2016 Rooted in Faith, Caring for Our Common Home

2015  Rooted in Faith, Creating an Economy of Inclusion
Keynote Address: Sr. Simone Campbell

2014  Rooted in Faith, Building a Better World
Keynote Address:  Br. Mickey McGrath



2013  Rooted in Faith, Growing Just Communities
Keynote Address:  Called to Work for Justice by Alexie Torres-Fleming

2012 Rooted in Faith, Working for Justice
Keynote Address:  People of Faith, Engaged to Transform the World by Dr. Jude Marie Banatte, Catholic Relief Services, Haiti
2011  Rooted in Faith, Building One Human Family
Keynote Address:  Rooted in Faith - Building One Human Family by Dr. Stephen Colecchi, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

WORKSHOPS


Breaking Down Walls: Can I See Jesus Clearly Now?
- Darlene Ferguson, Carol Rizzo and Kathy Tremblay
Break the Cycle: Inequality of Wealth and Income
- Doug Hall, Economic Analysis and Research Network
Food for Thought: Ending Hunger in CT
- Sherry Suber, End Hunger CT!
Labor and the Climate Crisis: Creating Jobs that Protect the Environment
- John Humphries, CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs and
Jeremy Brecher, Labor Network for Sustainability
Organizing Communities for Action
​ - Leadership Team, United CT Action for Neighborhoods (UCAN)
Race, Poverty and Residential Segregation in CT
Orlando J. Rodriguez, M.A., Connecticut Voices for Children

Connecticut's Changing Population and Increasing Income Inequality

Building Blocks to Economic Justice - Chart

Hunger 101
Shawnee Baldwin, OREE

Making the Case for Fair Trade  

Youth Speaks: Mission Trips