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Molly Jasinski is the Christian Reformed Office of Social Justice's social media organizer for 2017-2018.

Carissa has a MA from the university of Waterloo and studied Indigenous youth's recreation patterns. After graduate school, she worked for an organization that helped at-risk children and youth. She is now a stay-at-home mom in Waterloo, Ontario to her daughter. She is an active member in her church and community, most recently as part of a small group that has weekly potluck meals with newcomers to Canada.

I work with two ministries of the CRC - Disability Concerns (2/3) and Safe Church (1/3). Prior to this role, I worked as a volunteer coordinator at a local art gallery in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. As a volunteer coordinator, I loved watching people give of their time in order to make our city a more community oriented space. Prior my work at the art gallery, I worked as an art therapist. In that role, I was able to walk alongside individuals living with autism, intellectual disabilities, dementia, brain injuries and many other physical and mental health challenges that impacted their life. I loved watching individuals connect with art and use it as a new form of communication and connection. I truly appreciated being able to advocate for them. I enjoy connecting with people, but I also appreciate the value of leaning into hard conversations and situations and finding a way through. I am thankful to be able to serve in both Safe Church and Disability Concerns.

Daniel José Camacho is currently a Masters of Divinity student at Duke Divinity School. Originally from Uniondale, New York, Daniel graduated from Calvin College in May 2013 with a B.A. in Philosophy. He is passionate about combining academics, faith, writing, and social justice work. Daniel has worked in multiple congregations, residence life, as a research assistant at The Colossian Forum, and for the Long Island civil rights non-profit ERASE Racism. His writing has been published in places such as the Perspectives Journal of Reformed Thought, Christian Century, and Religion Dispatches, and his commentary has appeared in the New York Times. Daniel is pursuing ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). 

Faith Juma (OCT) is a teacher and researcher based in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Her work draws on themes of Cultural-based Education and Storytelling. Faith holds a Master of Education in International Education from the University of Toronto/OISE and an undergraduate degree from Redeemer University College, in Ancaster. 

Daniel Jung is pastor of Stockton Bansuk Presbyterian Church in northern California. He is a graduate of Calvin Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Debbie, have two children.

We believe that many marginalized voices are speaking but not being heard, both in our churches and beyond, and we're passionate about changing that reality. We believe that when the Gospel is seriously lived, it is liberating for all people, and we look forward to the day that a kaleidoscope of people with diverse lives and experiences will worship God together as the unified Body of Christ. We are...the Canadian Aboriginal Ministry Committee, Centre for Public Dialogue, Disability Concerns, Friendship Ministries, Home Missions, Office of Social Justice, Race Relations, Safe Church, World Renew, and World Missions. [Image: Flickr user 1upLego]

Ida Kaastra-Mutoigo is the Director of World Renew Canada. 

Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is the author of Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear. He is an assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary and a fellow at the Center for Public Justice in Washington DC. He is an ordained minister in the CRCNA.

Sam Kamminga is partnered with Resonate Global Mission and is part of the Trellis Collective who eat, pray and seek peace together on the unceded land of Kjipuktuk, Mi'kma'ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia).

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