Making a Difference Throughout Boston (Dr Hammond) (4/14/14)
Notes by Lana
Bethel’s Mission:
· Youth Development Services
· Local Partnerships
The Fatherhood Program:
· Piloted by Bethel in 2000, this program has been replicated successfully around the state
· A model training course offered in partnership with local courts to 300 fathers & their families
Generation Excel:
· Year-brown mentoring, academic support, mental health services, arts, sports & leadership development for 500-600 high-risk youth
· “Do The Write Thing”, a creative writing & performing arts, & therapeutic program for at-risk & high-risk girls
· 90% of our girls graduate from high-school in 4 years, versus 67% for other Boston Public School females graduating
Bright Horizons:
· A youth development program for Juvenile male offenders
Local Partnerships:
· Boston 10 point Coalition
· Black Ministerial Alliance ~ 20 year leader
· Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO)
· Nursing Home Partners
· Educational Partners – MATCH School, Parkside
From Boston to Sudan
· Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) – I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of 2 things I had a right to, liberty or death if I could not have one, I would have the other
· Slavery: not long ago – Estimated # of slaves in the world today = 10-30 million
· Modern day slavery: 600K – 800K (>70% females, >50% children)
· International crime industries: $32 billion generated annually
· Life is cheap – average price of a slave in 2009 = $90
· Sudan: generations of conflicts
· The work of the Kingdom is not pretty, & not easy
· Sudan was predominantly a Muslim country, but South Sudan is now a Christian country & the churches get to stay (7thday Aventist, Catholic churches)
Sister’s Keeper
· Who will be my sister’s keeper? My sister’s keeper envisions a world where all women across the globe can imagine, create & sustain vibrant & joyous communities
· Hebrews 10:35
· Partners with resourceful & resilient Sudanese women & girls living in Sudan & throughout the Diaspora community
United Nations: Millennium Development Goals
· Eliminate gender disparity in primary & secondary education preferably by 2005, & at all levels by 2015
· Girls wanted to become doctors, teachers, pilots & business women
· In 2007 – Women’s Peace School was started – Next steps is to do teacher training & development
· Be faithful to what God has called you to, even right now
Questions for Reflection:
1. Where is your Sudan?
· Push against your back against the wall, & coming to realize that Jesus is all you need, & Jesus is all you have!
· It is not going to be an easy place, & maybe it will be a lonely place- but it is the place that you will really grow in Christ
2. Who will be your sister’s keeper?
· If it is not you, then who?
· If it is not now, then when?
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