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DJAN History, Purpose & Structure |
DJAN Disciples Justice Action Network [07-01-04] (Chicago, IL). The Disciples Justice Action Network (DJAN), a multi-racial network of diverse individuals, congregations and organizations within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), today officially called the Rev. Dr. Ken Brooker-Langston to be its first Director. The call was unofficially offered in early May at a meeting of the DJAN Decisions Team in Kansas City. This call to leadership was later accepted by Ken and confirmed by the Decisions Team. “I very much look forward to working with concerned Disciples everywhere to promote the issues of peace and justice about which we all care so deeply,” said Rev. Brooker-Langston. “Especially in times like these, we need to work together and find new ways to make our voices heard.” Rev. Brooker-Langston has served for the past six years as the National
Field
Director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Before
that, he served as the Director of Education and Religious Outreach
at the
Interfaith Alliance. He currently serves as the co-convener of DAWN
(Disciples
Advocacy Washington Network), the co-facilitator of Protestant Justice
Action, the
co-chair of Equal Partners in Faith, a member of the Board of Directors
at the
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, and a member of the regional Ken, who has been a highly committed member of DJAN since it formation in 1996, is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He received his Master of Divinity from The University of Chicago and his Ph. D. in Theological Studies from Emory University in Atlanta. He is a member of National City Christian Church, an associate member at Pilgrimage Christian Church in Suitland, MD, and a frequent participant (with his Episcopal wife and daughter) in worship services at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis, MD. Leadership of DJAN passes to Ken from May and Harvey Lord, the founding co-coordinators of this network. The Lords will continue as active volunteers, but will move from the position of voluntary staff to become members of the Executive Committee of the DJAN Decisions Team. “We are so excited about Ken’s leadership and the new possibilities that he will bring to the urgent task of recruiting, organizing and mobilizing more Disciples, and then helping them work together for peace and justice,” said Nancy Hunt Wirth, co-chair of DJAN . “We know Ken will do a great job building on the solid foundation laid by our incredible and much beloved founders, May and Harvey Lord.” -end- |
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Disciples
Justice Action Network (DJAN) is
an unofficial peace and social-justice organization of the |
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