At our first public gathering Victoria gave this brief introduction to how Justice Matters came about and where we're headed...
This all started for Sam and me when we visited the United Nations in New York last September. Looking around the UN we were reminded of our passion for social justice – for the number of people in need across the world due to preventable problems. However we also realised that we had become so caught up with the busyness of daily life in London that we ’d become quite able to hear of a problem on the news or in our church and want to do something but just not quite get round to it. Rather than being people characterised by the inability to ignore suffering, we were letting injustice happen because we were too busy to do anything about it.
So on our return home we gathered a few friends who were either in a similar position to ourselves, or who were actually doing something but perhaps finding it difficult to get people involved and gradually Justice Matters was born. We’ve been meeting since January and working out what this group could look like, and what we might actually be able to do. Now we are pleased to be at as stage to welcome you to join us.
Those of us who have been involved in setting up this community are coming to this from a place of faith and we want to be upfront about that. However, we believe that there is something in our common humanity which does not allow us to see injustice without a desire to see it changed. On our own it can seem that the problems we see are just too big for us to make a difference. We hope that through this community we can explore the issues together and learn how we can begin to do something.
In the coming months we plan to meet together to hear guest speakers, learn from one another and undertake practical action as a community. We hope you'll join us.
