Picture the Homeless

 

SAVE THE DATE

INTERFAITH CONFERENCE

THE BECK INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND POVERTY

of the

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

 

will be convening an all day interfaith conference on

 

CELEBRATING FAITH IN ACTION

The Religious Community’s Response to the Challenge of Poverty:

“What Works”

 

 Monday, April 16, 2007

9:00-4:30

McNally Auditorium

Fordham University School of Law

New York City

 

Morning Speakers

 

Rev. Dr. Bryan Hehir, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Dr. John Kretzmann, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, Northwestern University

Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr., Senior Pastor, The Riverside Church

 

Afternoon Workshops

Advocacy  - Cathedral Community Cares, St. John the Divine

Congregational Organizing  - B'nai Jeshurun and Jewish Funds for Justice

Creating Service Programs - The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies

Education as a Human Right - National Center for Schools and Communities

Homeless Shelters and Addictions - The Bowery Mission

Housing  - Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement

Inter-Religious Dialogue - TBA

Immigration - Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation and The Latino Pastoral Action Center

Life Skills/Mentoring Programs - St Xavier's Church and Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing

Living Wage - The Labor-Religion Coalition

Post-incarceration - Exodus Transitional Program

Poverty and the Law - Legal Services for New York City

Soup Kitchens -West Side Campaign Against Hunger, Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew

Food Pantries - St. John's Bread and Life