QUESTION;Analytical paper on summary of my vision, what authors, individuals, organizations or others that influences or inspires my decision to do interfaith and social justice work. And the importance of preserving and promoting religious identity in social& professional settings.
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Footnote
In this assignment was supposed to interview the following individuals;
Janet Penn (Founder YouthLEAD)
Reverend Soren Hessler
Associate Director of Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership
Nancy Nienhuis, Safe Havens Interfaith Partners against Domestic Violence but I couldn?t due to short time i have left, however, I think we can pull some information online about those organizations these ones served, I know Janet Penn have a rich profile on linkedin use it to respond on question like, what inspired me about the model
My vision is to work in multicultural/interreligious setting with diversity matters, social justice issues and other concerns. To positively interact with community, staff and others from diverse religious backgrounds in secular and professional settings. Maybe, gain employment that will allows me to serve as a Human Resource to help trained new recruiter how preserve and promote their religious identity as team member of professional setting (Miller Center for Interreligious learning and leadership; educational model is an inspiring model for this work type of work since mission is based on providing individuals skills to serve in a religiously diverse society and offer the communities faith professional development, and this is ingrained at the core of their paradigm. leaders are trained to embrace various profession in life, and this has been effective according to the information obtained. Also, there is another possibility to serve as case manager in Interfaith/ social services agencies, see INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES is a nonreligious organization that was founded by faith community mission is to improve life for families and individuals in need. Their model centered on programs that are focused on hunger, mental health and emergency assistance. Since I have MSW in children, Youths and Families(Macro)
Youth LEAD organization, here talk about the founder Janet Penn, you can obtain her profile information through linkedin;https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetpenn
E.g, Janet gives young people across the country the skills to navigate in our diverse society. As Founder and Director of Youth LEAD
The Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership,
Youth Lead Organization,
Safe Havens Interfaith Partners against Domestic Violence?, and few others in the list.
List of different Interfaith Initiatives working for social justice in Greater Boston;
1. GREATER BOSTON INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION (GBIO) a broad-based organization that works closely with faith-based organizations to train and organize the communities of Greater Boston across all religious, racial, ethnic, class, and neighborhood lines for the public good. The primary goal of GBIO is to develop local leadership and organized power to fight for social justice. (www.gbio.org/about-gbio)
2. TRINITY CHURCH is a member of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization; the church strives to hold both public and private power-holders accountable for their public responsibilities, as well as to initiate actions and programs of our own to solve community and economic problems. Over the past years, their Major campaign efforts have centered on issues like universal health care, affordable housing, and youth and public safety. (trinitychurchboston.org/social-justice-and-outreach/groups)
3. KIDS4PEACE INTERFAITH BOSTON is also a member of the GBIO; the organization primary goal is to educate and inspire Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth to become interfaith peace leaders. They create a diverse community of young people between the ages of 12-18 to develop skills to work towards justice and peace and to promote interfaith understanding. The Kid4peace interfaith holds summer camps and program for youth to develop a global perspective on peace through interactions with Muslim, Jewish, and Christian peers from the Jerusalem area and the West Bank and learn how faith can nurture peace and understanding. (Website: http://kids4peaceboston.org)
4. COOPERATIVE METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES (CMM) the ?oldest interfaith social justice network? in the Boston area, with a mission of mobilizing congregations and communities, across economic, religious, racial, ethnic lines both urban and suburban, to build partnerships that work for the justice the community since 1966. (www.firstchurchcambridge.org/first-church-in…/cooperative-metropolitan-ministries)
5. MASSACHUSETTS POWER AND LIGHT; is a membership non-profit according to their mission, the agency is committed to helping faith communities become better stewards of the earth. MIPL helps congregations conduct energy audits, develop Environmental Stewardship Plans and encourage parishioners to reduce their home energy usage. First Church has been an active member since 2010. (www.mipandl.org)
6. MASSACHUSETTS INTERFAITH WORKER JUSTICE CATHOLIC ASSEMBLY (MASS IWJ) and our partners lead multi-faith movements for justice workplaces. (www.iwj.org/locations/massachusetts)
7. INTERFAITH INITIATIVES; the primary goal is to work for Interfaith couples and families within the community. They welcome persons who are looking for connections with Judaism and synagogue life to share and to together personal insights during special events and discussions, learn in stimulating classes, experience Jewish rituals and holidays and enjoy each other?s company while socializing and celebrating. All of their events are open to interfaith families and couples. Once a year, they host an Interfaith Journeys Shabbat Dinner to create a space for interfaith families and couples to get together and share their experiences and enjoy one another.
8. THE BOSTON WORKMEN?S CIRCLE CENTER for Jewish Culture and Social Justice is a multigenerational community, as well as an arts and culture center, where Jewish identity is rooted in cultural heritage and the pursuit of a better world. (www.circleboston.org/about-us)
9. SAFE HAVENS is an interfaith organization that promotes hope and justice for victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse. The organization is a national leader mainly developing partnerships between faith communities and victim service agencies to elder victim?s abuse. Safe Havens passionately advocates ensuring older survivors with a strong faith are not forgotten or invisible. (nonprofitcenterboston.org/safe-havens-interfaith-partnership-against-domestic-violence)
10. INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES is a nonreligious organization that was founded by faith community mission is to improve life for families and individuals in need. Their unique approach relies on a team of volunteers, donors and community partners to deliver compassionate, client-centered programs focused on hunger, mental health and emergency assistance since 1947. (interfaithsocialservices.org/)
11. THE WALKER CENTER; is a multicultural organization committed to addressing social justice issues and providing a ministry of hospitality in the greater Boston area and the world. Her traditional campus has served as a center for international and interfaith groups and projects that promote dialogue, peace, empowerment, healing, education and hope for all people. The organization mission includes providing a place where the people of the world can gather and share, learn and laugh, heal and experience the presence of the sacred and holy. They are welcome groups and individuals committed to racial, economic and social justice and whose work promotes healing, multi-cultural understanding, and peace. Also, celebrate special relationships with international students and scholars who are studying topics of social justice such as theology at Boston-area institutions of higher education. ( walkerctr.org/)
12. TEMPLE ISRAEL OF BOSTON is a social justice initiative that includes the interfaith community. It is a platform that is ideal for connecting communities to engage in grassroots organizing to address the root causes of injustice through building relationships within and outside of our congregation and participating in a variety of issues which reflect our values and our stories. (www.tisrael.org)
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13. ANNUAL INTERFAITH TRIALOGUE is a series that brings together teens from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith traditions for focused discussions on religion. It usually holds in late February through early March, the Teen Trialogue; the Series provides an opportunity for high school students from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faith traditions to meet in consecutive sessions to learn about other religion.
(www.occjok.org/programs/interfaith.html)
14. INTERFAITH YOUTH CORE (IFYC) mission of making interfaith cooperation a social norm believe that interfaith leaders are the key to achieving our goal and since our inception have been training young people across the U.S. to create movements for interfaith cooperation in their communities and campuses since 1998. (https://www.ifyc.org)
15. YOUTHLEAD formerly known as Interfaith Action, Inc., is youth oriented organization that pioneer in engaging young people in the interfaith movement through its youth-led leadership training programs. (www.youthleadonline.org)
16. INTERFAITH PEACE CHAPLAINS are commissioned by the Peace Abbey to participate in peace and social justice activities and are registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with authority to officiate at wedding ceremonies and to perform infant blessings, wedding vow renewals, funerals, memorial services including invocations at peace events. (www.peaceabbey.org/chaplaincy)
17. JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE (JVP) members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law. Their primary goal is to oppose anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and anti-Arab bigotry and oppression. (https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org)
18. BOSTON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE is a Jewish-Christian-Muslim trialogue whose members are committed to relationship building in a small group setting and networking with other interfaith organizations in the area to help publicize larger, public interfaith events as well as learning about other?s tradition. The mission statement is to bring people from these three faith organizations together for education, social action, and relationship building in smaller group setting because the group believes that smaller groups lend themselves more favorably to making connections on a broad level, the team has kept its numbers low and tried to keep a consistent group of members. (trinitychurchboston.org/…/groups-within-trinity/interfaith-dialog)
19. WESTON-WAYLAND INTERFAITH ACTION GROUP (WWIAG), is an interfaith group whose conversations began between Christians and Jews and expanded to include Muslims. Historically, the group transcends dialogue through action. Their commitment to promoting interfaith awareness is based on building close relationships with team members through dialogue and exerting influence over controversial community issues like education and Health, For example; it questioned public school administrators why children participating in Ramadan might face health risks if required to attend gym class. (www.wwiag.org)
20. SOCIAL ACTION MINISTRIES MASSACHUSETTS (SAM) deals primarily with homelessness and hunger issues. SAM is a coalition of religious members, social service organizations, and individuals concerned with alleviating the problems of hungry and homeless individuals in the greater Boston area. Also, the members and supporters are motivated by spiritual and social values to uphold the dignity of each. The group exists to promote the collaboration of various social issues and religious organizations to respond to issues of injustice, poverty, homelessness and hunger. (www.mhsa.net/get-involved/social-action-massachusetts)
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROPOSAL
COURSE TITHLE: INTERFAITH WORK AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Course Description
? Given the religious diversity in today?s secular world and the conflict caused by religious multiplicity. Religion should be seen as a force to unite members of communities rather than divide them. That is why Activist Leadership/spiritual organizers and other religious leaders across faith lines need practical skills and experience to work to bring faith communities together and to start the dialogues that can ultimately make the society a more productive, harmonious place.
? As a result, this direct study will focus on developing skills and capacities for interfaith work and social justice.
? The purpose of Study: The primary goal is to resolve religious conflicts within our communities and to organize workforces to fight for social justice. This Independent study will provide the opportunity to engage in an individual reading studies through library research and a one-on-one discussion session with the instructor on a particular topics or creative projects such as conducting a survey of faith-based organizations, religious communities, and secular arena. And other agencies like NGOS in the Greater Boston that works across diverse religious, racial, ethnic, class, and neighborhood lines for the public good.
? The course will meet once a month during the fall semester of 2016. Also, I will have the opportunity to conduct an interview with interreligious /social services agencies from Boston area working on interfaith work and social justice to review the organizational visions, missions and what are needed, cross-cultural education and spiritual identity. After gathering unique data, I will explore incorporating develop training model to Human Resource.
Course Objective: Upon completion of the independent study, I will have:
? Acquired knowledge and leadership skills to build inclusive, just, and equitable communities within and beyond faith lines? Involving communities with or without identities in interfaith work for social justice and fighting against exclusivity; the belief that one?s own religion is superior to all other faiths, or that it is the only true faith.
? Acquired knowledge of incorporating Religious identity like a cultural identity to form part of orientation training models for new recruiters (Human Resource), since ?Identity? is a core and unavoidable part of all our lives.
? Gained confidence in gathering faith-based organizing in Exploring the Intersections of Faith, Love & Justice.
Course Expectations/ Assignments
? To accomplish the objectives named above, I will attend a monthly discussion sessions /meetings with Prof. Jennifer Howe Peace to will help to build a sense of professionalism in work ethic and other.
Assignments:
? Survey of Faith based organization/agencies; conducting a survey of faith-based organizations through online resources or interview project within twenty interfaith/Social Justice based on organizations in greater Boston areas as my first assignment with the help of Prof. Peace.
? The analytical paper; I will utilize the information I gather to write a paper about three groups centered on what theological model, a book that inspired their works. And criticize what motivated me in their or what I did not like about the work these groups are doing and using background information gathered from required or outside reading completed. Attendance at monthly meetings with Prof.Peace will help to build a sense of professionalism in work ethic
? Final Paper; Produced a reflection or analytical paper on a summary of my vision, what authors, individuals, organizations or others that influences or inspires my decision to do interfaith and social justice work. And the importance of preserving and promoting religious identity in social& professional settings.