Expanding Our Vision of Human Rights

Expanding Our Vision of Human Rights

By Andrea Rice Human rights today are generally understood to be rights for individuals. The United Nations defines human rights as “rights inherent to all…

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Healing Communities: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Serving Returning Citizens

Healing Communities: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Serving Returning Citizens

Healing Communities is an example of a faith-based nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with other sectors of society, including government, to empower returning citizens with spiritual and physical resource for societal reintegration. This article discusses the how Healing Communities partners with other programs and resources, like Sacred Sector, to build capacity to promote restorative justice. Healing Communities’ coordinator stated at a recent event: “Sacred Sector does have a spiritual calling to provide resources to ministries to do these things. So let them help you do them!”

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