Mar 15, 2018
This episode is the final installment of a three-part series of live recordings from the Prophetic Resistance Summit. The Summit was held in Indianapolis in late October 2017. Our diverse panel of guests - including Rev. Sharon Avril, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, Fr. Tom Smith, Hajj Reza Nekumanesh, Teresa Pasquale Mateus, Pastor Matt Prinz - wrestled with questions about providing Sanctuary for targeted communities, including immigrants, living into a vision for multi-faith leadership and what it means to be Prophets of the Resistance. Show Notes:
Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp of Cincinnati,
OH
Rabbi Miriam
Terlinchamp is the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom and she serves
as the president of of the board of The Amos Project, a PICO
federation. Learn more at http://templesholom.net/
Fr. Tom Smith of Las Cruces, NM
Father Tom Smith, OFM Conv. is the director of
the Holy Cross Retreat Center near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Since May, the Center has been offering sanctuary to Jorge
Taborda. Learn more about Jorge’s story at
https://thinkprogress.org/holy-cross-retreat-center-franciscan-hospitality-9c2aa2491536/
Hajj Reza Nekumanesh of Fresno,
CA
Hajj Reza Nekumanesh
is the Executive Director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno.
He serves on the Board of Directors for Faith in the Valley, a PICO
federation and he is the chair of the Fresno Clergy Caucus. Read
the Fresno Bee coverage of his Sancuary work:
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article156216584.html
Teresa Pasquale Mateus of Chicago,
IL
Teresa Pasquale
Mateus is the Executive Director of the Mystic Soul Project which
aims to create spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices,
and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism and
activism. Learn more about The Mystic Soul Project,
https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/
Pastor Matt Prinz of Oakland,
CA
Pastor Matt Prinz
pastors and preaches at Ygnacio Valley Presbyterian Church in
the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a member of the Bay Area Clergy
Cohort and serves on the Board of Directors of Oakland Community
Organizations, a PICO federation. Learn more about Ygnacio Valley
Presbyterian Church: http://www.yvchurch.org/
Rev. Sharon Avril of Fresno, CA
Rev. Sharon Avril is the pastor of Carter
Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fresno, California
and a clergy leader in the Fresno Chapter of Faith in the Valley.
Read the Fresno Bee coverage of Rev. Avril’s Sancuary work:
http://www.fresnobee.com/living/religion/article136634213.html