The Quest
Making connections between faith and social justice
Up Coming Events
Board Meeting first Thursday of each month 5:30pm
Quest Activities
Besides its other activities the Quest has made an impressive array of local and nationally recognized spokes persons for justice available to the citizens of Mobile.
The School of the Americas/WINSEC
- Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
- Father Roy Bougois, activist and founder of S0A Watch
Fostering Change
- Brian McLaren, author, speaker, activist
Moratorium on the Death Penalty
- Bill Pelke, co-founder of Journey of Hope
- Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking
- Donald Cabana, former Mississippi Prison Warden
- Michael Farrell, actor
- Gary Drinkard, Alabama death row exonoree
- George Ryan, former Governor of Illinois
- Ron McAndrew, former Florida Prison Warden
Peace and Non-Violence
- Sister Ann Brady, student of the Holocaust
- Ligia Ines Alzate, Colombian human rights & union activist
- David Beckman, Director of Bread for the World
- Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
- Rev. John Dear, author and peace activist
- Don Mullen, author from Ireland
- William Schulz, former Director of Amnesty International
- Herman Boone, former coach of a newly integrated high school in the 60's
- Craig & Cindy Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie, martyr for peace in Palestine
Sweat Shops Along the US Mexico Border
- Barbara Martinez-Jitner, documentary producer
Immigration/Racism
- Dr. Leo Chavez, professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
- Thomas DeWolf, author of Inheriting the Trade
- Carl Wilkens, Lessons Learned from Rwanda
Hate Groups
- Tom Martinez, former member of a white supremist group
- Film documentary - Anatomy of Hate
Links
The following organizations work in areas of social justice supported by the Quest, and can provide additional information and resources:
Contact
The Quest for Social Justice - 3263 Demetropolis Rd. Suite 5 - Mobile, AL 36693 (251)643-7734 - thequestforsj@bellsouth.net