INTERPROGRAM INITIATIVES FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE GUIDELINES

GOAL: TO SUPPORT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT PROMOTES DEMOCRACY; AS WELL AS COMMUNITY, CULTURAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND INDIVIDUAL WELLBEING. INTERPROGRAM WILL ADVANCE THIS GOAL BY SUPPORTING THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICY, PRIVATE EFFORTS, AND ACTIVITIES FOR INSTITUTIONAL AND SYSTEMIC CHANGES.

Objective I: To establish the accountability of economic, social or governmental institutions, especially corporations, for the consequences and effects of their activities on the environment, and on people, their health, wellbeing, cultures, and communities.

Objective II: To address these social, political, economic, environmental, cultural or health issues in an integrated way by:

• bringing together groups—often separated by narrow issue interests and by race, religion, gender, class, ethnicity, and national origin—into crosscutting constituencies based on common economic, social, and ethical concerns; and


• creating both the possibilities and the demand for development of more systematic solutions to these issues, as well as the social basis needed for their implementation.