Racial Justice Sunday

(September 03.09.11) Every year Racial Justice Sunday provides Christian communities throughout Britain and Ireland with an opportunity to come together to pray for an end to racism and injustice. Thousands of churches, schools, groups and individuals mobilise their resources to find a practical response to a single theme. The poignant theme for Racial Justice Sunday 2011 is "Created by God: Treated like slaves: Tackling human trafficking". Posters read. “Human beings shouldn’t be bought and sold”.Trafficking in human beings is a form of modern-day slavery and is a violation of human dignity and human rights. It is one of the biggest challenges that we, as a Christian community, must address and denounce. Our motivation to respond to this injustice is rooted in the scriptures. ‘God created man in His image; in the divine image God created him; male and female God created them.’ As Christians we are challenged to make our response a fundamental part of our discipleship and to act upon this by raising compassion, awareness and understanding for those who are suffering.