Category Archives: Social Change
At the Japanese Summer Festival
On July 27, 2024, a group of 30 attended the Japanese Summer Festival at the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL. This outing was sponsored by the Antiracism Taskforce of the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) of the United Methodist Church, … Continue reading
Anti-Racism for Youth
On May 18, 2024, the committee I chair met for the second time with a few youth leaders from the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church. The committee had developed the conference’s anti-racism workshop “Becoming the Beloved Community: … Continue reading
The Neighbor Project Recieves $2 Million Grant
Note: In addition to the honor reported below, read about how The Neighbor Project’s precursor, Emmanuel House, was named one of the Top 100 Most Innovative social change organizations in world in 2016, and how executive director Rick Guzman was … Continue reading