Local service agencies supported by Shalom
volunteers
and our Service Outreach Committee
Ten Thousand Villages
¨
Ten
Thousand Villages is part of a worldwide movement striving to practice
fair
trade. We are one of over 200 IFAT members in 55 countries. IFAT
members agree
that fair trade is an alternative
approach to conventional international trade. It is a trading partnership aimed at sustainable
development for excluded
and disadvantaged producers. It seeks to do this by providing better
trading
conditions, by raising awareness and by campaigning.
Interfaith
Hospitality Network of
4290
¨
“Our
mission at Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is to provide food,
shelter and
comprehensive services in a caring atmosphere of dignity and safety. More
than providing just a bed and a roof for families at Alpha
House, our
goal is to support the families in securing and maintaining their own
home.”
Samaritan Counseling
Services
Executive director, Jocelyn H. Pyett, M.A
¨
“Samaritan
Counseling Services is the nonprofit professional pastoral counseling
and
psychotherapy extension of Washtenaw, Livingston and
The Interfaith Round
Table of
Executive Director, Rev. George Lambrides
¨ “The Interfaith Round Table of Washtenaw County is an alliance of clergy and lay people of faith communities in Washtenaw County working with mutual respect for one another as equal partners, to further the following purposes: 1. To provide forums for conversation among people of different religious traditions, including interfaith and ecumenical dialogue, to build bridges of friendship and understanding; and 2. To cooperate together in responding to shared concerns by articulating a larger religious perspective in our secular context, and facilitating ways in which people of faith might work together to respond to shared oncerns.”
Interfaith Council
for Peace & Justice [ICPJ]
730 Tappan,
Director: Chuck Warpehoski, Jason Crosby, program coordinator
¨ The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice is a non-profit education/social action organization which brings together people of various faiths who believe the world is one family. We believe that love, commitment to future generations, wise stewardship of the environment and promotion of social, political and economic justice are religious responsibilities.
Executive Director: Bonnie Billups, Jr.
www.peaceneighborhoodcenter.org
¨
Religious Action for
Affordable Housing [RAAH ]
c/o St. Andrews Church, 306 N.
Division, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, P 821-0345
Board Chairperson: James Morgensen
¨
“RAAH
seeks to achieve a significant increase in the supply of permanently
affordable
housing in Washtenaw County, in collaboration with religious
congregations and
non-profit housing groups. RAAH directs financial contributions to
efforts that
increase housing opportunities for low income households. RAAH provides
educational
presentations to congregations and advocates before governmental
bodies. RAAH
seeks to leverage funds for affordable housing through local non-profit
housing
organizations. RAAH supports the