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Charity and Social Justice go hand
in hand,
but the two terms are often confused
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Charity |
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Justice |
| private & individual acts of
caring |
|
public, political, collective
action for change |
| responds to
immediate need |
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responds to
long-term cause |
directed toward effects of
social injustice |
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directed toward causes of
social injustice |
provides
direct service - food,
clothing, shelter |
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promotes
social change in institutions, policies, and systems |
satisfying, usually
non-controversial |
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exciting, sometimes
controversial |
This table was taken from Acting For Justice: A Resource for Parish
Social Action Office for Social Justice of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
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