We were excited to hold a Just Speak! event again at this year’s national orientation. This is a chance for church and community leaders to encourage, inspire and challenge our incoming Volunteers as they start their year seeking peace with justice. Each of the speakers also took up our theme of the inner work of social justice work. Our second speaker was the amazing and talented Maya Camille (Maya Gaines), Baltimore spoken word artist and our new LVC Operations Coordinator. Follow Maya on Twitter to keep up with her awesomeness. Maya camille Posted by Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) on Saturday, August 6, 2016Read More →

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We were excited to hold a Just Speak! event again at this year’s national orientation. This is a chance for church and community leaders to encourage, inspire and challenge our incoming Volunteers as they start their year seeking peace with justice. The first speaker was Rev. Dr. Reggie Williams, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. Dr. Williams dug in to understanding what racism is, and is not, with plenty of time for Q&A at the end. For more from Dr. Williams, check out his recently published book Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance (Baylor University Press,Read More →

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We had a great national orientation last week in Chicago and our 89 incoming LVC Volunteers started at their placement sites today! Check out photos on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram #LVC16. We’ll be sharing videos from our Just Speak speakers in the coming week, too. If you’re thinking about a year of service, watch for our application to open this October. If you have questions now, check out our Become a Volunteer page.Read More →

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In the fall 2015 Esprit de Corps, meet the 2015-16 Volunteers, get some tips for living a life of service from speaker and activist, Kim Bobo, hear from a second year LVCer in the Twin Cities and read about the Food Justice House in Milwaukee.Read More →

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