This important forum is gathering faith leaders from around to borrow to provide access to information and promote a conversation to mobilize the faith community to serve and support those in our communities struggling through mental illness.
Many people in the faith community also struggle with making sense of the relationship and the tension between faith and mental illness and this forum is an opportunity to bring that conversation into the light
The goal of this project is to celebrate the everyday heroes of Fort Greene, residents who have taken it upon themselves to organize for good in the neighborhood.
Read MoreThe great urban poverty paradox is that if a city improves life for poor people currently living there by improving public schools, or mass transit [and health], that city will attract more poor people
Read MoreWhat would it look like to include opportunities over our lunch break or shorter week to serve those who can't escape and those who continue to face the harsh realities of a hot, hungry and perhaps homeless summer?
Read MoreStreet 2 Street builds on this by organizing basketball tournaments in communities all around New York where these teenagers meet coaches and volunteers who will take a weekend to cheer them on and spend time with them. It is through the tournaments and moments with the volunteers, that these students can be introduced to the One who made us and loves us not because of our skills on the court, One who promises to redeem and restore the brokenness and who doesn't abandon us when things go bad or get hard.
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