Café à la Green: of Peace and Justice/Social Justice Organizations

Online Stores of Peace and Justice/Social Justice Organizations:

California Peace Action – offering cards for International Human Rights Day: The Forgotten Holiday, Saturday, December 10.

Oxfam – 50 Unusual Gifts for Christmas

A Greater Gift – a program of SERRV International, a nonprofit alternative trade and development organization. Their mission is to promote the social and economic progress of people in developing regions of the world by marketing their products in a just and direct manner. Their goal is to alleviate poverty and empower low-income people through trade, training and other forms of community support as they work to improve their lives.

Giving Twice
Thoughtful gifts that benefit charities, education, and research – Fair Trade Peace Candles, scarfs, handbags and accessories, calendars and more.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – books, publications and apparel. All proceeds from the sale of these items will be used to expand the Foundation’s work for peace and a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons.

War Resisters League Peace Calendar – Peace-Loving Nations:
Music of Peace and Resistance – A songbook and music sampler, the War Resisters League 2006 Peace Calendar, brings you lyrics and music from around the world representing an integral part of the struggle against war and its underlying causes — racism, sexism, poverty, capitalism, and class.

War Resisters League Bookstore – Choose from B O O K S on:
– Pacifism & Nonviolent Action
– For Young People
– Disarmament & Alternative Defense
– Counter-Recruitment & Conscientious Objection
– Gandhi
– Feminism & Nonviolence
– History
– International
– Organizing Materials
– Peace & Troublemakers
– Martin Luther King
– Raising Children
– Socialism & Anarchism
– Prisons & Capital Punishment

From Union Voice
Union-made-in-the-USA gifts and stocking stuffers from The Union Shop.
You can speak out this holiday with gifts that show where you stand. Like our Rosie the Riveter long-sleeve T-shirt
Or how about buttons for stocking stuffers
There’s something for everyone on your list at The Union Shop Online–the AFL-CIO’s retail store for activists.

Union kids love The Union Shop, too! Books, shirts, puzzles and much more: Find the perfect gift for that special child in The Union Shop!
Visit The Union Shop

Buy Nothing Christmas – a national initiative started by Canadian Mennonites but open to everyone with a thirst for change and a desire for action.Buy Nothing Christmas is a stress-reliever, and more people need to hear about it. You can change your world by simply putting up one of the posters (or make your own) in your church, place of worship, home or work. Be sneaky about it if you have to. The point is to get people thinking. It’s an idea whose time has come, so get out there and make a difference!

The Alternative Christmas List the charitable gift list with choice, contains a variety of gifts to a selection of charities enabling family and friends to make donations that change lives.