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Organizational Structure
To meet our educational goals and provide our extensive grassroots network with the resources necessary to promote social justice, Educating for Justice, Inc. now includes six divisions:
EFJ Traveling Classroom
EFJ Films
EFJ Publications
EFJ Online Educational Resources
EFJ Grassroots Activism
EFJ Sweat-Free Store
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EFJ Traveling Classroom
EFJ Traveling Classroom is the public lecture series
division of EFJ, Inc. that develops and presents
educational multi-media events for high schools,
colleges, parishes, community groups and conferences
(national and international). From October 2000
to date, EFJ founding directors, James Keady and
Leslie Kretzu, have conducted "Traveling Classroom"
events across the United States and internationally
at over 250 venues, including briefing members of
the US Congress and their staffs on Capitol Hill.
Traveling classroom events are structured to present
information from the perspective of the most vulnerable
members of society, a perspective not often given
consideration by students and faculty alike. For
example, one of our current presentations, "Sweatshops
& Social Justice" looks at the issue of
sweatshops from the perspective of Nike and Adidas
factory workers whom EFJ staff have personally interviewed.
Each Traveling Classroom event includes key information
on the subject, social analysis, theological or
humanist reflection and an action plan. More>
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EFJ Films
EFJ Films, the filmmaking division of EFJ, Inc.,
produces and distributes original short and feature-length
documentary films. To date, EFJ Films has produced
three short educational films on the issue of sweatshops
and currently is in production on its first feature-length
documentary film. These films not only educate EFJ's
target audiences, but show clearly how interested
viewers can take effective action on the injustice
highlighted in the film. (ex. Promotion of basic
rights for sweatshop workers.) Beginning in late
2007, EFJ will also acquire and distribute film
projects by other independent filmmakers.
Our current EFJ Film project is Sweat: A Story of Solidarity www.sweatthefilm.org
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EFJ Publications
EFJ Press, the publishing division for EFJ, Inc.,
creates and distributes original content and materials
including books, posters, artwork, articles, pamphlets,
and newsletters. In addition, this division also
acquires and distributes works by outside authors.
In conjunction with EFJ Films, EFJ Publications
creates and distributes "Teacher Workbooks"
to accompany short & feature-length films for
classroom use. This division of EFJ will launch
in December 2007. More>
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EFJ Online Educational Resources
EFJ Online, EFJ’s Internet presence, provides free web-based educational resources for teachers, students, and everyday individuals looking to learn more about domestic and international justice issues. Resources include teacher lesson plans, videos, compilations of books and websites geared towards specific justice-related issues, and more. Also available for purchase are EFJ’s video, print and sweat-free merchandise.
EFJ Online currently operates three websites under the EFJ banner:
EFJ main site: www.educatingforjustice.org
Stop Nike Sweatshops Campaign: www.stopnikesweatshops.org
The film "Sweat: A Story of Solidarity": www.sweatthefilm.org
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EFJ Grassroots Activism
EFJ Grassroots Activism is our division of advocacy, where our constituencies – both in the U.S. and in developing countries — are linked together to work for change. These campaigns have a two-tiered approach. First we work to educate students, faculty, and community members through our educational events, printed materials, and films. Second, we encourage action through focused works of solidarity by providing constituents with short-term and long-term strategies to bring about the stated goals for a particular
campaign. Beyond the work done on campaigns sponsored by EFJ, we relay information to our constituents about work being done by our colleagues at other national and international social justice advocacy organizations. Depending on the campaign goals, activism can take the form of coordinated letter/email writing campaigns, organized nonviolent demonstrations and vigils, follow-up community education, shareholder actions, immersion trips, financial and technical assistance for educating & organizing workers and more.
Flagship Campaign: Stop
Nike Sweatshops
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EFJ Sweat-Free Store
EFJ’s Sweat-Free Store is the place for EFJ
supporters to purchase quality goods while supporting
businesses that treat workers with dignity and utilize
environmentally sustainable business practices.
Guaranteed to be produced under fair working conditions,
items in EFJ’s Store include EFJ’s line
of t-shirts, and will be expanded in the future
to incorporate a range of other "sweat-free"
products. Go to Store>
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Educating for Justice, Inc. • 601 Bangs Avenue, Suite 601 • Asbury Park, NJ 07712
p: 732.988.7322 • f: 732.988.3288 • info@educatingforjustice.org
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