(May 30, 2018) Host Catherine read sits down with Rebecca Kolowe, Executive Director of Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM). Formed in 1987, WFCM is a coalition of 12 area churches from Centerville and Chantilly that provide life-essential services to reduce hunger and the risk of homelessness amongst the most vulnerable residents of western Fairfax County….
(Jan 22, 2018) Catherine Read interviews Dale Stanton-Hoyle, Executive Director of Five Talents. Five Talents is a micro-enterprise development organization (MED) aimed at eradicating extreme global poverty by restoring human dignity and creating strong, sustainable communities. Their mission is to transform lives through economic empowerment. The Anglican and Episcopal Churches came together 20 years ago…
(Sept 2017) This book is extraordinary – as is the woman who wrote it. One of the great strengths of the book is how it weaves staggering facts and statistics about mass incarceration into Susan Burton’s deeply personal story. Each chapter begins with facts about different aspects of our criminal justice system, and the sprawling…
So I’m not black, I did not grow up in inner city poverty, my father was not incarcerated for murder and I did not attend Yale. That is Rob Peace’s world in East Orange, NJ. I cannot know that world except through the story of his life told by his Yale roommate of 4 years,…
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