The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a voluntary, nonsectarian organization working to advance justice throughout the world.

YWCA is a nonprofit, global membership association run by and for women and their families that advocates peace, justice, human rights, environmental awareness and the rights of women.

The Center for Public Justice is a Christian-democratic organization dedicated to public policy research, leadership development, and civic education.

Chaya Halberstam is a professor of religious studies at King’s University College in London, Ontario, Canada. Her research focuses on ancient Judaism, with an emphasis on rabbinic Judaism, and the Hebrew Bible. She is the author of Law and Truth in Biblical and Rabbinic Literature.

The Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality is a program for the American Society of Muslim Advancement. It is a global social network and grassroots social justice movement designed to empower Muslim women, including promoting religious leadership roles for women. Its website posts a list of Islamic women’s organizations. Contact through the website.

Read a Feb. 2, 2012, column at Sojourners about some of the social justice issues that might get short shrift amid the “super excess” of the Super Bowl.

Read an April 5, 2013, article published by Reuters about Pope Francis’ first statement on clergy sex abuse. He urged the church to “act decisively” when dealing with accusations of sexual misconduct.

Read a June 18, 2013, article published by The New York Times about the release of documents that trace the beginnings of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy back to 1932.

Read a July 2, 2013, article published by The Christian Science Monitor about the clergy abuse scandal in Milwaukee. Newly released documents reveal plans to pay abusive priests to leave the church. The Milwaukee archdiocese is currently enmeshed in bankruptcy court after facing accusation of fraud from victims of sexual abuse.