Two HDS Students, Alumnus Selected to Receive 2009 Faithful Democrats Fellowship for Emerging Leaders
Contact: Rob Lalka and
Rachel Johnson,
co-directors of Faithful Democrats
Visit: www.faithfuldemocrats.com
Faithful Democrats, an online Christian community dedicated to working for the common good, recently announced the recipients of the 2009 Faithful Democrats Fellowship for Emerging Leaders. This distinction is given annually to top emerging leaders in America's progressive faith community.
Fellowship recipients are located around the country, and they have a diversity of experiences and come from a variety of backgrounds. What they all have in common is that they have demonstrated their outstanding talents and have gone above and beyond in the name of the common good.
During their fellowship year, these emerging leaders contribute regular columns to the Faithful Democrats website, where they reflect on the political issues of our day and shape the public discourse at the intersection of religion and politics. The fellowship program also specifically aims to bring together up-and-coming talent to meet with many of the foremost voices in progressive politics through exclusive skill-building events, specialized career counseling, and conference calls with distinguished guest speakers.
Faithful Democrats is proud to announce that the following 12 emerging leaders have demonstrated the passion and compassion that sets them apart as Faithful Democrats Fellows:
Brady Banks, Harvard Divinity School MDiv '05, director of Mayor Karl Dean's Office of Neighborhoods in Nashville, Tennessee;
John Cosgriff, master of theological studies degree program in the area of Religion, Ethics, and Politics at Harvard Divinity School;
Wilson Paine, master of theological studies degree program at Harvard Divinity School;
Onleilove Alston, MDiv/MSW program at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University School of Social Work;
Valerie Cousin, master of divinity program, Union Theological Seminary;
Elizabeth Berne DeGear, PhD in Psychiatry and Religion program at Union Theological Seminary;
Ian Heston Doescher, PhD program focusing on issues of racial justice in the United States at Union Theological Seminary;
Jessica Kawamura, MPP program at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley;
Tabitha Knerr, MPP/MDiv program at the University of Chicago;
William Ellis Hill, political communications consultant, Washington, D.C.;
Jonathan Patrick Levine, political campaign consultant, Washington, D.C.;
Leigh Rogers, master's degree in Theology program at Union Theological Seminary.
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