Grass-Roots Practitioners, in Their Own Words

From September 7 to 11, the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) celebrated 20 years of restoring under-resourced communities. The following are reflections from some grass-roots practitioners about what drew them to this conference.

• Lisa Sharon Harper, New York Faith & Justice
• Onleilove Alston, Leonard Gray, and Dorren Hicks, United Workers
• Gabriel Salguero, Director, Hispanic Leadership Program, Princeton Theological Seminary
• Andrew Marin, The Marin Foundation
• Mark Van Steenwyk, Jesus Radicals

Becky Garrison is the author of Jesus Died for This?: A Satirist's Search for the Risen Christ. Follow Becky's travels on twitter @Jesusdied4this.