Friday, January 5, 2007

Our Mission

What are religious leaders and other people of conscience to do in the face of growing poverty, homelessness, and misery? Over the next eight days faculty and students from Union Theological Seminary and the Columbia University School of Social Work, media activists, and grassroots leaders will explore the reality of poverty in Appalachia and across the United States. Together they will build relationships and learn practical tools to overcome and eliminate poverty.

A hands-on and experience-based project, the Poverty Immersion Experience will include dialogue with leaders of local and national poor people’s organizations and local congregations engaged in mission work, human rights trainings and documentation in poor communities, Bible studies, video-showings, and poverty reality tours.

3 comments:

JVD said...

Hope the trip is exciting, challenging, thought-provoking, life-changing, hope-inspiring, and as real as possible. Will be thinking of and praying for you guys over the next week -Jess VD

susan Hermanson said...

Ditto Jess's words, and greetings from semi-tropical Ct. We up here miss you and wish you all well and look forward to reading your entries, so start writing! Susie

Jenny CMD said...

Our congregation has sponsored one of the students on the trip and we are eager to hear of your experiences and learnings. We'll all learn together. Thanks for doing this and God bless you all! Jenny CMD