NCCJSTL

Join us for the 63rd Brotherhood Sisterhood Dinner:

Ameliorating Health Disparity through NCCJSTL's Training

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	Chair: Otie Cowan, AmerenUE
	Keynote: James R. Kimmey, M.D., Missouri Foundation for Health
	Honorees: Joe Edwards Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jeanette Mott-Oxford Martin Rafanan Harvey Schneider
	The Atrium and Ferrara Theater of America's Center Valet Parking Provided at 7th and Convention Center Plaza
	For more information: 314-865-3042 x 114

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Joseph B. Jordan III has been appointed Interim Executive Director of NCCJSTL effective February 1, 2008. Martin J. Rafanan, NCCJSTL's Executive Director for the last thirteen years, has accepted the position of Executive Director of Gateway Homeless Services.

The NCCJSTL Calendar is a resource designed to encourage public awareness of the great diversity of religious and ethnic groups that live in the United States. Click here for pdf version.

News and Resources

BIC Postcard:

Announcing the new Building Inclusive Communities (BIC) workshop from NCCJSTL! We're proud to reintroduce a program that has been on hiatus for a few years, in its new and improved format. Click here for more information. Download the 2008 Spring BIC Brochure.

Outstanding new series on Jewish Americans during January on PBS: The Jewish Americans
Check out ADL's new report: Immigrants Targeted: Extremist Rhetoric Moves into the Mainstream
As religious diversity grows in our region, Religion in Public Schools provides basic information and resources. Click here for web resources.
Check out No Place for Hate, a new website by A World of Difference.
Corece Smith on NPR: Challenge of Being Black and Gay Spans Generations

NCCJSTL's Anytown Youth Leadership Institute

NCCJSTL's Anytown Youth Leadership Institute is one of the nation's finest training processes for high school students, strengthening leadership skills to fight oppression and build greater inclusion in institutions. The 2008 institutes will take place June 22-29 and August 3-10 at Rickman Center in Jefferson City. Learn about this great program and prepare for stronger leadership by applying for next summer's institutes. Click here! Anytowner's in the news - check it out by clicking here
08 AYLI Application in Word
08 AYLI Application in PDF
08 AYLI Staff Application in Word
08 AYLI Staff Application in PDF

2008 Inclusion Institute for Educators - Addressing Equity in Education

NCCJSTL will deliver one session of its six day training institute for educators. The Inclusion Institute for Educators formerly known as the Dismantling Racism Institute for Educators (DRIE) in 2008. The institute will take place at ToddHall Retreat Center in Columbia, Illinois, in the summer of 2008: July 13 - July 18, 2008

NCCJSTL has updated and revised its nationally-recognized training program to address the broad range of inclusion issues faced by educational institutions and leaders today! Don't miss this opportunity! Senior administrators, principals, teachers, teacher educators, board members and parents from throughout the metropolitan St. Louis Region will participate in this intense training process that strengthens personal and professional leadership for education equity and inclusion, promoting constructive institutional change. A "new and improved" process provides a fuller range of experiences to all participants, providing support for effective leadership to build inclusion strategically and practically. To learn about impact of this training on school districts, check: One School - A Report from Regionwise and St. Louis University. Get your applications in today. "Seats" are limited for this year's institute.

Inclusion Institute for Educators Application in Word
Inclusion Institute for Educators Application in pdf

NCCJSTL Institutes and Training Programs

Participate in the nationally and regionally recognized programming that empowers leaders to build inclusive community and work collaboratively and effectively for social justice. Become a leader in the work of fighting bias, bigotry and oppression and promoting understanding and respect among all people:
Anytown Youth Leadership Institute
Inclusion Institute for Educators
Building An Inclusive Community Workshop
America's Advantage
Empowered Leadership

Matt Kincaid Keynote at 2007 Brotherhood Sisterhood Dinner

The 2007 Brotherhood Sisterhood Dinner of NCCJSTL took place on June 12, 2007 at America's Center sponsored by Citi and honoring Terry Bloomberg, Jerry and Sue Schlichter, Norman Seay and John Vatterott. We are grateful to all donors and supporters for their ongoing commitment to our mission and work. The evening focused on citizen engagement to improve educational opportunity for all. The speech by Matthew Kincaid, a recent graduate of Whitfield High School and Anytown graduate and staff member, was the highlight of the evening. You may download the audio file of the speech here: mkspeech Matt's passionate comments on what it means to be an educated person give further explication to NCCJSTL's mission to fight bias, bigotry and all forms of oppression and promote respect and understanding among all!