Save a Date in 2008 for Faith + Justice!

Environmental Justice Faith Leaders Breakfast

Environmental Hazards are Making Children Sick,
But we can make a difference.

This Thursday, January 24 @ 8:30am.

@ The Point (Located at 940 Garrison Avenue, on the Corner of Garrison & Manida)

Directions: Train: 2/5 to Simpson Avenue - 6 to Hunts Point Avenue.

For more information please contact Chris Johnson at 212-244-4664 or cjohnson@nylpi.org

Please join your fellow faith leaders for a breakfast meeting convened by Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice and other advocates to discuss Environmental Justice in the Bronx and community-based responses to these problems.

Cosponsors include: The Interfaith Center of New York, NY Faith & Justice, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Riverside Church and The New York Labor Religion Coalition

One Day with God

Next Saturday, February 2, 2008 @ 10am - 4pm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Register by Wednesday, January 30 by emailing Anna Lee at Alee@nyfaithjustice.org
Cost: $15(pay online or on site)

Once every quarter, come practice spiritual disciplines of silence, solitude, relfection, listening and learning how to enter into Sabbath rest, in the midst of a frenetic city life.  This is especially important for activists, known more for our "doing" than our reflection on who we are and who we are becoming.

These retreats are an act of faith: to believe that God desires to meet with us and give us good gifts, and that the worlds that we juggle will not fall apart if we enter nto God's rest for One Day.

This February's retreat will incorporate the spiritual discipline of "spiritual friendship."  We suggest that each participant come with a friend or colleague, if possible--someone with whom you can be vulnerable and share the day's jouney in a "road-to-Emmaus" type experience.  Our day will be grounded in the Luke 24:13-35 story of two friends walking with Jesus.

The Bridge

Saturday, February 23, 2008 @ 12 - 2pm
(The Fourth Saturday afternoon of Every Month)
Check the website and emails for location and updates.
RSVP to Peter Heltzel @ PHeltzel@nyfaithjustice.org

Come to The Bridge! Experience God through monthy worship gatherings that touch the soul and offer practical ways to do justice in our city.  Hear great speakers and the latest info on NY Faith & Justice initiatives and network with other Christians committed to justice.

This Spring on The Bridge...

The Shalom Talk Series

Feb 23. Shalom & The Fall: Lisa Sharon Harper
Mar 22. Shalom & Environmental Justice: Lisa Sharon Harper
Apr 26. Shalom & Systemic Justice: Speaker TBA
May 2-3. Special Conference: Brian McLaren, "Everything Must Change"
June 28. Shalom & Politics: Shane Claiborne, "Jesus for President"


South Bronx Conversations for Change

Spring Pilot Conversations to begin April '08.
Community-wide Conversations to begin Fall '08.
Please check the website for updates.
Contact Derrick Boykin @dboykin@nyfaithjustice.org.

Galvanized by a spate of police shootings throughout the city in late 2006, NY Faith & Justice is partnering with the South Bronx Coalition Against Violence to launch community-wide "Conversations for Change" between the South Bronx police and community members.  These conversations aim to affect the policies that influence police relations within the South Bronx community.  Come stand in solidarity with the community and help make a difference in the quality oflife in the South Bronx.

Envision: The Gospel, Politics, and The Future