Youth

The Justice Mission

The Justice Mission is a collaborative effort between IJM and Youth Specialties. The program is a DVD enhanced youth curriculum reflecting the heart of God for the oppressed of the world. It is a five session study series that takes you inside the work of IJM to see the reality of injustice in the world, and what you can do about it.

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If you own a copy of The Justice Mission, all worksheets and journal pages are available for download on the Youth Specialties website. Additionally materials that might be helpful can be found in IJM Library and Downloads.

Also, consider incorporating our "As You Go: IJM Mission Training" resource as part of your students’ preparation for their short-term mission trips. The concise training materials include spiritual preparation resources, devotionals and concrete ideas for learning to hear, see and document the justice issues in the countries to which your church travels.

Questions? Email us at justicemission@ijm.org.

Resources for Teachers

We hope this curriculum will serve as a great resource to help teachers educate their students about the realities of modern-day slavery and mobilize their class to take action.

• IJM Social Justice Curriculum for Christian Schools [pdf]
• IJM Social Justice Curriculum for Public Schools [pdf]

If you have reviewed and/or used this curriculum, we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback! Please email comments and thoughts to loosechange@ijm.org.

Loose Change to Loosen Chains

Loose Change to Loosen Chains (LC2LC) is a student-led campaign for elementary to college students to combat modern-day slavery while learning about the reality of injustices today. According to Real Simple magazine there is $10.5 billion in loose change lying around American households. Imagine what you could do if you were to collect even just a fraction of this amount and use it for a good cause!

IJM will use the money donated through this program to rescue victims of slavery and other forms of oppression. You can order LC2LC logoed cups to collect change and build awareness for the campaign.

Also, consider using our latest documentary films in conjunction with this campaign as a way to educate your communities. Read more about the films here.

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Questions? Email us at loosechange@ijm.org.

Snapshots

After being challenged at a leadership conference to support an organization doing work around the world, the students at Hampton Christian High School began raising funds for IJM. First, they began by selling freedom links around campus. These freedom links represented the chains of slavery and were displayed in their main hallway as the ‘Wall of Freedom.’ They also hosted a talent show and coin drive competition. In total, they raised over $3,500 for the work of justice!

Renee Jones, a youth leader for Immanuel Lutheran Church led her group through IJM’s youth curriculum, The Justice Mission. Renee’s hope in using the curriculum was that her students would be exposed to the realities of oppression and inspired to act upon the violence being committed against the poor and the vulnerable.

Over the past few years, small groups in the youth ministry at University Covenant Church have been doing various projects to help raise awareness about justice issues and raise money for IJM. A group of 15 eighth-grade boys learned about injustice and the work of IJM through The Justice Mission and challenged themselves to do work projects throughout the community for an entire year so that others could be freed from forced labor. Eight months and ten major work projects later, the students had

After completing The Justice Mission curriculum, this youth group began speaking in various Sunday School classes about slavery, the work of IJM and the Loose Change to Loosen Chains (LC2LC) campaign. In total, nine other schools and churches decided to join their LC2LC drive. The campaign lasted for four months, ending with a “Rock for Justice.” This concert event included bands, guest speakers and an art event which allowed students with all varieties of skills and passions to be involved with

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