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Community-Based Mission with Sandhya Rani Jha

You are invited to participate in a Class on COMMUNITY-BASED MISSION

Sandhya Rani Jha M. Div., MPH, University of Chicago

Sandhya Jha serves as Founder and Connections Consultant for the Oakland Peace Center, a collective of 40 organizations working to create equity, access and dignity as the means of creating peace in Oakland and the Bay Area. An ordained pastor with a masters in public policy, Sandhya is comfortable in the pulpit, on the picket line or hanging out with friends and friends-to-be over a good cup of tea and a good story.

When:    Thursday and Friday, May 13 and 14 – 7:00 to 9:00 pm
                 Saturday, May 15 – 9:00 to 11:30 am; 1:00 to 3:30 pm

Where:  Zoom Class – Register on the links below:

Cost:      $100 for credit for Commissioned Ruling Elder Candidates

$40 to audit and open to all

Class Description: This course on Community-Based Mission will be grounded in three main components:

  • Talking with the community
  • Diagnosing the issue to address
  • Asset mapping your community

Required Reading: Jha, Sandhya. Transforming Communities: How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhoods, Chalice Press, 2017

Questions, please contact CRE/CLP Coordinator , 510-828-5596

For a full course description, please download the following PDF.