Author: Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

We are hiring! Cultural Strategist

Post author By Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Post date August 10, 2023

Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity is seeking a part-time cultural strategist or creative changemaker to join our team to help us develop creative, artistic, and powerful ways to engage grassroots communities in our campaigns through art and Spirit. The Cultural Strategist will specifically help to deepen our Love Over Fear campaign which has the goal to build deeper connections between API, Black, and Latine communities in Oakland seeking belonging, safety, and beloved community. Applicants should have 5-10 years of experience as a cultural strategist or community artist and have deep ties to one or more of the following communities in Oakland: Chinatown/Little Saigon, West Oakland, East Oakland, and/or the Fruitvale.

This is a one-year temporary employee position, funded by the Bay Area Creative Corps, beginning on Sept 1, 2023 and ending August 31, 2024.

This position has now been filled. Thank you for your interest.

Events

2023 Pilgrimage to HEAL Our Communities

Post author By Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Post date August 9, 2023

October 26th – October 29th, 2023

The 2023 Pilgrimage to Heal Our Communities is an interfaith, spiritual pilgrimage to Bakersfield, Adelanto, Calexico, and San Diego as part of a multi-year effort to transform the six remaining immigrant detention centers into thriving communities with a priority on well-being and life-sustaining economies. Our journey will inform California communities, elected officials and impacted families about a new opportunity to access funds from recent CA legislation, Healthy Economies Adapting to Last (HEAL), that the Dignity Not Detention (DND) Coalition won in 2023. HEAL divests in detention centers and invests in high road jobs and building a sustainable economy.

During this pilgrimage we will bear witness to the sacredness of the land, the ancestors, and the preventable harm and suffering caused by immigrant detention in California. We will gather in reflection, prayer and action at six immigrant detention centers, other carceral institutions and meet with local organizers along the way. We will reflect on the impacts of settler colonialism on Indigenous peoples, the land, and the waters of California, and how this has paved the way for a carceral state that can and must be transformed.

The Pilgrimage is organized by the Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity, the Dignity Not Detention coalition, local community organizations, and the co-collaboration of each participant who joins us. We are inviting directly impacted community members, faith leaders, and organizational partners to gather together to undertake this journey.

Join Us!

Event flyers (PDF) in both Spanish and English can be downloaded here:

Bakersfield – October 26th
Adelanto – October 27th
Calexico – October 28th
San Diego – October 29th

Our powerful Pilgrimage Resource Guide (PDF) in both Spanish and English can be downloaded here:

Pilgrimage to HEAL Our Communities – Resource Guide for Learning, Reflection and Action (PDF, 52 pages, 39 MB, 5MB)
Peregrinación para el Sanamiento de Nuestras Comunidades – Guía para el aprendizaje, la reflexión y la acción (PDF, 27 pages, 35 MB, 4MB)

Questions? Contact Matthew: pilgrimage@im4humanintegrity.org

2023.10.26-Pilgrimage-Bakersfield Download PDF Flyer – BaKersfield

2023.10.27-Pilgrimage-Adelanto Download PDF Flyer – Adelanto

2023.10.28-Pilgrimage-Calexico Download PDF Flyer – Calexico

2023.10.29 Pilgrimage – San Diego Download PDF Flyer – San Diego

2023-HEAL-Pilgrimage-Guide-English-5-MB Download – HEAL Pilgrimage Resource Guide – english

2023-HEAL-Pilgrimage-Guide-Spanish-4-MB Download – HEAL Pilgrimage Resource Guide – SPANISH

Updates

IM4HI’s Journey in Faith: A Decade of Growth, A Decade of Impact

Post author By Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Post date July 31, 2023

Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity is a faith-rooted organization for social justice.

Over the past ten years, we have been supported in our work by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund’s Flexible Leadership Award program (now The LeadersTrust), offering us tools of capacity building to deepen our impact, increase our long-term sustainability, and develop our leadership. In 2023, we engaged independent consultants Shiree Teng and Nadine Wilmot to listen and gather our stories, to help us reflect on our growth, and celebrate our journey with the Flexible Leadership Award program. Their work was informed by conversations with IM4HI staff, board members, capacity building consultants, and FLA staff. President and CEO of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Cathy Cha, also contributed her perspectives.

From these conversations, woven together, emerged an oral history of IM4HI’s capacity building journey, which they presented in the following four documents. We hope you will join with us as we continue our journey towards justice and Beloved Community for all.