Chicago Surprised by Teen Deaths

Bobby Duran, our RELOAD producer, happened upon some compelling polling done in the Chicago Sun-Times in the wake of 20 public school students killed since September. The data from 14 thousand polled said 68% were concerned, but more shocking was that 64% are not surprised that homocide was 2nd among deaths ages 10 to 24…

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Sojourners’ Justice Revival in Columbus

On April 16-18th in Columbus, OH, Sojourners and the Columbus Vineyard are holding a Justice Revival featuring Jim Wallis, bishop Timothy Clarke, and our friends Shane Claiborne of The Simple Way, and Juanita Irizarry of CCDA. Click here to find out more, register, or contribute.

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Lift up Minneapolis (updated)

photos via Star Tribune, Aug 2nd, 2007. (updated) Eric Iverson, a Minneapolis-based youth worker who has trained at our UYWI national conference and several RELOADs, got back to me with how he would suggest responding. Eric passed on some pictures he had and suggested visiting the Star Tribune and Red Cross for information and how…

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