On March 4th, NY Faith & Justice held an introductory workshop for faith leaders in NYC on faith-rooted organizing. At this workshop, Lisa Sharon Harper from NY Faith & Justice and Alexia Salvatierra from www.faithrooted.org spoke about discerning “kairos,” or the time God has appointed for actions to occur (this is in comparison to “chronos/kronos,” [...]
The Farm Bill Working Group of the Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice will meet on Tuesday June 28 at 7PM at Judson Memorial Church (234 Thompson St.). The beginning part of the meeting will feature an overview of the Farm Bill from national experts Tom Forster (professor of food policy at New School and former [...]
Last week our summer intern, Kya, and I rifled through old flip-chart notes preparing them for transcription and filing. We found flip-chart notes from a 2009 board meeting that decided NYFJ’s top five-year strategic goals. We found dialogue group notes from the 2010 Food Faith and Health Disparities Summit, Action Form notes from the 2009 [...]
NY Faith & Justice invites you to NYC Faith-Rooted Organizing Training September 16-19 Tentatively @ Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 Click here to register now! Cost: $25 Come experience this four-day training on how to address injustice in our city and our world in a way that draws power [...]
The Bebop Theater Collective and NY Faith & Justice invite you to A Staged Reading of… Catch A Play in One Act by Lisa Sharon Harper Directed by SC2 THIS Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 7:00pm Reception to Celebrate 5 Years of NY Faith & Justice and to Thank and Send Executive Director Lisa Sharon [...]
Check out this story and pictures, featuring NYFJ’s Executive Director Lisa Sharon Harper, from the New Sanctuary Movement blogs coverage on the Tuesday’s press conference urging Gov. Cuomo to pull out the the “Secure Communities” program. Religious Leaders Hold Vigil to Ask for an End to NY’s “Secure Communities” Program Clergy and Advocates Urge Gov. [...]
SPECIAL: Faith-Rooted Organizing Training March 4, 2011 Faith-Rooted Organizing Training NY Faith & Justice Invites you to… Faith-Rooted Organizing Training Friday, March 4, 2011 9:00am to 5:30pm (with break from 11:30-1pm) Hosted by Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 Come experience this one-day introductory training on how to address injustice [...]