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By Jeremy | May 17, 2007
Last year at the national UYWI conference, World Vision, Fuller Seminary, and UYWI convened 30 urban youth practitioners to explore whether and how to collaborate around a national social justice initiative. The consensus was:
1. The time is right to collaborate.
+ Biblical Justice imperative
+ Increased national consciousness
+ U.S. urban youth realities
2. But it’s premature to decide how.
Based on this feedback, the initial conveners asked me to facilitate a year-long discovery process to bring more voices to the table to explore:
+ What is justice?
+ What is God already doing around justice?
+ How can a collaborative initiative support it?
With Kara Powell's assistance from Fuller, we designed and hosted social justice conversations in eight Reload cities: Fresno, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Memphis, Bay Area, and Pittsburgh. Fuller processed the data, I composed recommendations, and today Kara and I presented both at a pre-conference conversation. Here's the agenda, report, and presentation, and tomorrow we'll post the notes.
Meeting Agenda
May 17, 2007
UYWI / Azusa Pacific University
Desired outcomes:
1. Review and improve upon the Reload focus group summary report.
2. Identify an action plan in 1-2 areas.
➢ Introductions (Name and Ministry)
➢ Presentation (Kara Powell and Jeremy Del Rio)
o Recap
o Reload Report & Discussion
What resonates as particularly true or insightful?
What is missing from this report?
o Networking and Awareness proposals
➢ Lunch & Group brainstorming
➢ Designate action steps
Downloads
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Social Justice Focus Group Report
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Presentation and Recommendations
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www.UrbanMinistry.org
+ Notes (will be posted tommorrow)
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