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The Jubilee Justice Taskforce
A ministry of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
The Jubilee Justice Taskforce was brought into existence in 2001 by the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ, to educate and advocate for the cancellation of the crippling debts held by developing countries. Since then it has expanded to include a number of other economic justice issues. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ Economic Justice Taskforce, the national Jubilee USA Network, and through them numerous country specific Jubilee movements.
Most of our projects at this writing (April, 2006) are related to justice resolutions passed by the UCC General Synod or the UCC Mass. Conference (or both). They include:
- Establishing local Jubilee Congregations for study, worship and advocacy
- Promoting the Fair Trade Coffee Project (a partnership with Equal Exchange, the Fair Trade organization); and
- Consciousness-raising delegations to developing countries. Our next delegation will be to Chiapas, Mexico, January 20-28, 2007, to study the effects of globalization on coffee farmers.
For more information, questions, or taco recipes, please contact us.
Rev. Dr. Stan G. Duncan, Taskforce Chair
Contact information for the
UCC FairTrade Project
(Some of these files are in  PDF form. If you do not have a PDF reader, click here for assistance in downloading and installing it on your computer.)
General information about the coffee crisis
- A study, "Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup," by Oxfam America
- A series of background articles and updates from Global Exchange.
- A response to the Oxfam study by Proctor and Gamble.
- A background article in Zion's Herald by Stan Duncan
- Article in Boston Globe about Equal Exchange and citing our recent delegation to Chiapas, Mexico
Information on the UCC/Equal Exchange FairTrade Partnership
- Background from Equal Exchange on the Interfaith Program
- Equal Exchange’s UCC-specific page about the project.
- Background from the UCC web page about the project and the partnership with Equal Exchange
- A new UCC paper on the meaning of "Fair Trade Certification ," written following the 2005 General Synod, when some people questioned who should and who should not be trusted producing Fair Trade products. ( PDF file. Size is 199228 bytes; approximate download time on a 56k modem is less than one minute.)
Information about Delegations
- Pictures and story of our February, 2006, delegation to Chiapas, Mexico. Click here and here.
- Upcoming February 2007 delegation back to Chiapas (click here to receive information when details are made available)
- Brochure for of upcoming Jubilee delegation to Nicaragua in November.
How to Order Fair Trade Products from Equal Exchange
- You can order online by going here.
How to reach the Jubilee Justice TaskForce
Stan Duncan
434 Lincoln St.
Abington, MA 02351
781-878-0199 (Church)
781-878-4657 (Home)
781-504-6875 (Cell)
sgduncan@gis.net
fairtradeproject@netscape.net
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