Released 18 September 2009
History was made when the Caribbean Territory held its first Social Justice
Conference in June, 2009. The conference was sponsored by Australia Southern
Territory and discussion was centred around a series of objectives as
follows:
- To empower Caribbean Salvation Army officers to complement our historical
mission with God’s call to pursue justice for all in today’s world;
- For the Army in the Caribbean to become aware of the Army’s policies
and practices on justice in the international arena;
- To give Caribbean officers an opportunity to become a part of The Salvation
Army’s strategic voice to advocate for human dignity and social justice;
- To become aware of ways in which the Army in the Caribbean can engage other
organizations to advance the cause of global justice;
- To enable Caribbean officers to challenge and address human inequity and
injustices in our Caribbean context.
The ISJC was grateful for the commitment by the leaders of the Caribbean
Territory (Colonels Onal and Edmane Castor) to signal social justice as a cause
to advance. Their participation throughout the conference and the subsequent
continuing dialogue between the Territory and the ISJC concerning this biblical
concept, are reasons enough to believe that the seeds sown at this conference
will take root and grow within the Territory.
Delegates to the Caribbean Territory Social Justice Conference
(From left) Colonel Onal Castor (Territorial Commander), Sonia Gill
(Programme Advisor), Akiko Fujii (UN Deputy Resident Representative) and
Commissioner Christine MacMillan (Director ISJC)