The Justice Conference will be simulcast at the Friends Church YorbaLinda Friday, February 22 starting at 6 pm through Saturday, February 23. Th
e Justice Conference
is an annual event to promote dialogue around justice related issues such as
human trafficking, slavery, poverty, HIV/AIDS and human rights, featuring internationally
acclaimed speakers.
World class speakers will include: Eugene Cho,
Brenda SalterMcNeil,
Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff,
Gary Haugan (
International Justice Mission),
Sheryl WuDunn (
Half the Sky), Dr.
John Perkins,
Chai Ling,
Lynn Hybels,
KenWytsma,
Stephan Bauman,
Richard Twiss,
Lisa Sharon Harper,
Leroy Barber,
NoelCastellanos,
Claire Diaz Ortiz, and
Shane Claiborne.
The
Justice Conference was founded in 2010 with a group of like-minded friends in
Bend, Oregon, who dreamed of impacting a generation for justice. The conference
has grown each year with 5,000 people expected this year at the Philadelphia
site. The local simulcast of The Justice Conference is brought to Southern
California by Friends Church Yorba Linda, partnering with World Relief Garden Grove, First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, and The House at Whittier Area Community Church. Other participants include Solidarity, Fullerton; Mika Community Development Corporation, Costa Mesa, World Vision, and more.
The Justice Conference has
grown to become one of the largest international gatherings on social and
biblical justice. The vision of the conference is to reach tens of thousands of
people over the next decade through an annual gathering that educates, inspires
and connects a generation to a shared concern for the vulnerable and oppressed.
This is motivated by the driving value of the conference, a theology of justice, that an
understanding of God should compel love for others and engagement in justice.
“At World Relief we believe
that God is calling the broadest most diverse social network on the planet—the
Church—to engage in the great causes of our day. This is why the inspirational
and educational work of The Justice Conference is so important as we empower to
do the ministry God calls us to do in a fast changing world,” said Glen
Peterson, Office Director, World Relief Garden Grove.
The Justice Conference is a
movement of students, teachers, business people, parents, artists, social
entrepreneurs, pastors, advocates and academics all of whom are discovering the
paradox that true life is found when we give our lives away on behalf of
others. Organizations that minister in Southern California will be on hand to
introduce opportunities for involvement as people are inspired by the
conference speakers.
On Friday night, February
22 at 9pm the full-length feature film NOT TODAY will be screened as a part of the Friends Church
Yorba Linda simulcast of the conference. Not Today tells the story of a
privileged, 20-year-old, American tourist confronted by the reality of human
trafficking in India. This film exposes the problem of sex trafficking in our
time. While presenting no easy answers there are steps that communities can
take to change lives. You can be among the first to see this high impact film that
will be in theaters nationwide in April of this year.
“We believe that over the next
few years we will continue to make a huge difference by bringing freedom to
those in need locally and in India to the Dalit people (the Untouchables)! This
freedom will happen as we empower tomorrow's generation with knowledge and
resources so they might have hope and envision a new future. The Justice
Conference is part of that strategy,” said Skip Landfried, Global Freedom Pastor, Friends Church Yorba Linda.
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