“Woman, Life, Freedom” in Iran — and What it Means for the Rest of the World
A TED Talk, featuring actor, musician and activist Golshifteh Farahani, who offers a reflection to honor those who have fought for “Woman,... Read More
3 Lessons of Revolutionary Love in a Time of Rage
A TED Talk featuring Valarie Kaur, who claims that love is a revolutionary act and an antidote to the rising nationalism, polarization... Read More
A Biblical View of Justice
Explores biblical justice beginning with creation and sin in Genesis, through the Exodus and Sinai traditions and the eighth-century prophets, culminating in... Read More
A Brief History of the Future: What Happens Next is Up to Us
A 6-part documentary series from PBS about our future and how we can reimagine it. Invites viewers on a journey around the... Read More
A Global Movement to Solve Global Problems
A TED Talk, featuring activist Colombe Cahen-Salvador, who says that we need to think beyond national borders to solve global problems. Reimagining... Read More
A Hidden Life
Based on real events, the story of Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the... Read More
A New Story of Justice: Nonviolence and Restorative Justice
A resource from the The Metta Center For Nonviolence. This short animation highlights the differences between restorative justice and our current system... Read More
A New Story of Justice: Nonviolence and Restorative Justice
A short animation that describes how restorative justice works and compares it to our legal system. Watch now.
A Prosecutor’s Vision for a Better Justice System
A TED talk featuring Adam Foss, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, who makes the case for... Read More
A Song for Cesar
A documentary that presents a unique view of the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement. Tells the story... Read More
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
A documentary about an outspoken American-born pastor, writer, political activist and one of the most influential public theologians of the twentieth century,... Read More
Another Day in Paradise
A music video by Phil Collins on the social/economic disparities in society. Read more.
Beyond Our Differences
Calls on religious leaders and politicians to tackle the toughest and most complex issues in the modern age (war, poverty, weapons, environmental... Read More
CCHD: Living Our Faith, Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
An overview of the work of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). Read more.
Choices For A Change
Part 2 of a resource from Brave New Films, follows a youth case-study in Los Angeles where behavior intervention and victim-offender mediation... Read More
City of God
A music video by Dan Schutte with the lyrics from his song. Read more.
Compassion and Kinship
In a 20 minute TED Talk, Fr. Greg Boyle SJ, talks about his experience with young people in Los Angeles and Homeboy... Read More
Eugene Cho on Advocacy
A short podcast featuring pastor, author and activist Eugene Cho who talks with Annie F. Downs about what it looks like to... Read More
Feeling Through
An Oscar nominated short film about a late night encounter between a homeless teen and a deaf-blind man at a New York... Read More
Fight for Justice — Even if You Don’t Live to See It
A TED Talk, featuring storyteller Golriz Lucina, who recounts how the historic sacrifice of Iranian 19th-century poet and mystic Táhirih planted the... Read More
Films for Action
A community-powered learning library for people who want to change the world. Their website has over 4,500 documentaries, short films, and videos... Read More
Going Home Like a Shooting Star: Thea Bowman’s Journey to Sainthood
A documentary about the life of Sr. Thea Bowman, an African American Catholic Franciscan who used her gifts to educate and challenge... Read More
How Restorative Justice Could End Mass Incarceration
A TED Talk featuring Dr. Shannon Sliva, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. She... Read More
How to Bring Restorative Justice to Your Parish or Ministry
A four-part webinar series from the Catholic Mobilizing Network. Each segment is 1.5 hours long and features these topics: Public Education and... Read More
Inspiring a Life of Immersion
A TED Talk, featuring Jacqueline Novogratz, who introduces some of the people she’s met in her work in “patient capital” — people... Read More
It’s Time to Reclaim Religion
A inspirational TED Talk, featuring Rabbi Sharon Brous, shares four principles of a revitalized religious practice and offers faith of all kinds... Read More
Just Mercy
Based on the book of the same name, the story civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative... Read More
Justice for the Poor
An introduction to the six-session DVD, designed for use with the Justice for the Poor Participant’s Guide from Jim Wallis and Sojourners.... Read More
Let’s Revive the Golden Rule
A TED Talk, featuring Karen Armstrong, developer of the Charter for Compassion, who looks at religion’s role in the 21st century and... Read More
New Day Films
A filmmaker-run distribution company, that has been providing social issue documentaries to educators since 1971. Subject areas include: education, the environment &... Read More
One Bread, One Body
A music video by John Michael Talbot with the lyrics to his song. Read more.
Orange Sky
A music video from Alexi Murdoch about the interconnection of all people. Read more.
Portrait of a Radical: The Jesus Movement
A resource from the Center of Action and Contemplation, that has three provocative theologians (Richard Rohr, Huston Smith and Allen Dwight Callahan)... Read More
Preaching the Just Word
A resource from Liturgy Training Publications, contains a montage of presentations, conversations and interviews that can expand one’s vision of justice and... Read More
Repairing Our Schools Through Restorative Justice
A TED talk featuring Jean Klasovsky who shares the story of Farragut HS, that has become a model for how schools can... Read More
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
This hour-long documentary includes commentary by people who knew her, including two of her granddaughters and author Robert Ellsberg, as well as... Read More
The Beatitudes
A music video from the Beatitude Society, showing people living the Beatitudes today. Read more.
The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice
A TED Talk featuring Daniel Reisel, asks the question: Instead of warehousing these criminals, can’t we be using what we know about... Read More
Two Worlds of Wealth
A TED Talk, featuring Susie Trieschmann. Shares her personal story of the founding of Curt’s Cafes — that cultivate unique restaurant training... Read More
What Are the Walls of Your Life?
A Catholic Relief Services video that presents two teenagers who share their stories about family and day-to-day life in Palestine and Israel.... Read More
What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen of the World?
A TED Talk with Hugh Evans discussing a movement that mobilizes “global citizens,” people who self-identify first and foremost not as members... Read More
What Does it Mean to be Prophetic Today?
A 20 minute conversation from Sojourners, that features Kenyetta Gilbert, associate professor of homiletics at the Howard University School of Divinity and... Read More
What We Can Do About the Culture of Hate
A TED Talk featuring Sally Kohn who says that we all hate — some of us in subtle ways, others in obvious... Read More
Why Do We Need Restorative Justice?
Part 1 of a resource from Brave New Films, looks at a concrete way to bring the needs of crime survivors into... Read More
Winds of Change
An example of the work of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), where they assess the needs of the Lakota people... Read More