Part of Women of Vision is educating ourselves and others about the issues that affect our community and our global community. There are so many resources out there where you can read or watch to learn. This is an ongoing list in order to promote education so that we can become better advocates in God's Kingdom.
HEART OF THE MATTER STUDYHIV/AIDS Resources
AIDS Facts: Currently there are 40 million people who are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide and 15 million children worldwide who have lost one or both parents as a result of AIDS.
Books
- Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence; Christian Churches and the Gloabl AIDS Crisis by Donald E. Messer.
- When God's People have HIV/AIDS; An Approach to Ethics by Maria Cimperman
- The Son of God is Dancing; A Message of Hope by Adrian and Bridget Plass
- Children affected by HIV/AIDS by Phyllis Kilbourn, editor
- The AIDS Crisis; What Can We Do by Deborah Dortzbach and W. Meredith Long
- The Hope Factor: Engaging the Church in th HIV/AIDS Crisis by Tetsunao Yamamon
- The Skeptic's Guide to the Global AIDS Crisis by Dale Hanson Bourke
- An African Awakening by Valerie Bell
- The ABC Approach to Preventing the Sexual Tramission of HIV by Edward C. Green and Alison Herling
- There is no me without you by Melissa Fay Greene (Summer 2008 Book Study)
- HIV AIDS Care and Counseling by Alta Van Dyk
- FORGOTTEN GIRLS Stories of Hope and Courage by Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett
- The Hole In The Gospel by Richard Stearns, World Vision President
Movies
- Yesterday (released in 2004) ~ movie about a women in South Africa who learns what the stigma of HIV/AIDS as she cares for her husband and herself. This is a movie that shows the stigma's of AIDS and the challenges women face.
- Beat the Drum ~ movie which shows the challenges of AIDS through the eyes of a young boy in South Africa who is orphaned.
- Miss HIV (website: http://www.misshiv.com/) ~ documentary which shows tackles the problems of stigma and prevention models and methods.
- Angels in the Dust ~ true story of a young women and her family as they seek to care for orphans of the AIDS pandemic in South Africa
Internet
Child Soldier Resources
According to UNICEF, there are 250,000 children forced to be child soldiers, some as young as 7 years of age.
Books
- The Massacre at El Mozote by Mark Danner~ true story of a women who faces the horrors of war in El Salvador
- Girl Soldier by Fiath McDonnell and Grace Akallo ~ true story of a young girl, Grace, who at 15 years of age was kidnapped into the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
- Healing the Children of War by Phyllis Kilbourn, ed.
Movies
- Innocent Voices ~ a true story of a young boy, age 11, who is caught in the middle of the El Salvador Civil War. This movie highlights the horrors of war as children are forced to serve in the goverment army.
- Invisible Children ~ documentary which highlights the plight of Uganda's children as they flee the LRA and as many are forced to become child soliders.
Internet:
- Invisible Children Organziation: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/
Slavery/Sexual Exploitation Issues
Today millions of children, men and women are held in bondage. More than 2 million children are trapped in forced prositution.
Books
- Terrify No More by Gary Haugen
- Good News About Injustice by Gary Haugen
- Shapping the Future: Girls and our Destiny by Phyllis Kilbourn, ed.
- Sexually Exploited Children: Working to Protect and Heal by Phyllis Kilbourn, ed.
- Be the Change: Your Guide to Freeing Slaves and Changing the World by Zach Hunter
- Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade--and How We Can Fight It by David Batstone
- To Plead our Own Cause: Personal Stories by Today's Slaves by Kevin Bales and Zoe Trodd
- Ending Slavery: How we Free Today's Slaves by Kevin Bales
- Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales
- Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader by Kevin Bales
- The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today by Kevin Bales
Movies
- The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo: A HBO documentarty filmed int eh Congo which explores the shocking plight of women and children caught in the sexual crossfire.
- Amazing Grace -- http://www.amazinggrace.com/
- Call and Response -- http://www.callandresponse.com/
- At the End of Slavery -- http://www.attheendofslavery.org/ (this is an educational piece put out by International Justice Mission)
Internet
- International Justice Mission: http://www.ijm.org/
- Free 2 Work-- look up which companies use slaves to make their goods sold to Americans. Become educated and stop buying from these companies. http://www.free2work.org/
- Free the Slaves -- http://www.freetheslaves.net/
- Not for Sale Campaign to end slavery -- http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/
Other Resources
Books--Children in Crisis
- Children in Crisis: A New Commitment by Phyllis Kilbourne, ed.
Books -- Prayer Guides and Devotionals
- Freedom of Simplicity by Richard Foster
- Let Justice Roll Down by John Perkins
- Rich Christians in the Age of Hunger by Ron Sider
- Operation World by Patrick Johnston and Jason Mandryk-- a guide to praying for other countries and people groups
Books -- People
- God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
- Peace Child by Don Richardson
- Mother Teresa
- Corrie Ten Boom --a Christian women who lived through the Nazi period during WWII. Her books talk about Christian reponse during war, love and forgiveness. Some books of hers are The Hiding Place, Amazing Love: True Stories of the Power of Forgiveness, and Defeated Enemies.
- Bruckho by Bruce Olson --true story of a young man who goes to live among the Motilone tribe in South America
World Religions
Books
Muslim
- The Lost Land of the Bible: Turkey by Dr. Andrew Jackson
- Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges with Muslim Women by Miriam Adeney
- The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Indfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Secret Believers: What Happens when Muslims Believe in Christ by Brother Andrew and Al Janssen