A Forum at The Riverside Church 490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY Sunday, October 23, 2011 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Reception at 1:30 pm – Assembly hall This event will highlight the crucial role of the faith community in the food justice movement and the potential to reform local and national food policy. Come [...]
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,” [...]
You are invited to participate in a Day of Action for the “With the Stroke of a Pen” Campaign on June 30th! This past weekend, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) participated in an immigration forum hosted by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke with special guest Congressman Luis Gutierrez where the Pen Campaign was a HUGE HIT! Check [...]
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 [...]
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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. [...]
Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice & Mission & Social Justice of The Riverside Church invite you to Faith & Earth Friday, May 13th 2011 9am to 5pm @ The Riverside Church of New York 91 Claremont Ave. btw 121st and 122nd St. Workshops Include: Teaching & Preaching on Environmental Justice Eco-Justice and Your Zip-Code: Place [...]