Congratulations to The Spiritual Edge, winners of 1st and 2nd place for Outstanding Religion Story in Radio and 1st and 3rd place for Best Podcast! Religion News Association USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture Jahd Khalil @MoniqueFParsons Hana Baba KALW Judy Silber Jeb Sharp Shaina Shealy Heidi Shin @0212crd

Congrats to the winners of Religion News Association #RNAAwards2022! We're especially proud of The Spiritual Edge for taking home awards for 2 stories that are part of our #engagedspirituality project. You can see award-winning stories here: crcc.usc.edu/the-spiritual-…

Go team! Especially Noe Kasali for sharing his story (+ singing into a recorder over zoom interviews!) - USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture for making it possible - and @0212crd Judy Silber and Tarek Fouda for making it shine ✨

At our “Reimagining Ministry (Again)” conference, Stacie Ottley shared how thriving congregations can work with the LA County Dept. of Children and Family Services to support foster youth that attend or are looking for a church in their area. Link: dcfs.lacounty.gov/youth/jobs-int…

At our “Reimagining Ministry (Again)” conference, Kisha Thompson, LCSW of the LA County Department of Mental Health welcomes faith leaders to participate in SPA6 and city-wide efforts to connect. Learn more: dmh.lacounty.gov/about/service-…

Together LA At Together LA, “Our city-focused strategy seeks to connect, develop and resource local leaders who are asking and answering the question: ‘How do we love our city?’” Learn more: togetherla.net

Check out AIS's #Diwali program Sunday Oct 30th at 7pm in Bovard Aud.

Interesting event from our friends at USC Public Diplomacy:

At our “Reimagining Ministry (Again)” conference, Brenda Solorio of LACl shared how thriving congregations can get involved in environmentally focused programs from e-bike sharing to community pilots and workforce development. Learn more: laincubator.org

Join the USC Center on USC Public Diplomacy on 10/25, 10-11 am PDT, for a screening of Symphony of Courage and a conversation with Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Learn more and register here to attend online: usc.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

CRCC is a proud contributor to this national study by @covidreligion on the pandemic's effects on churches. Research shows median worship attendance is on the decline, but for some small churches, the move to online worship has sparked new life. covidreligionresearch.org/during-pandemi…

Frank Jackon Jr. shared w/leaders of thriving congregations at our “Reimagining Ministry (Again)” conference: Village Solutions Foundation bridges gap btwn energy orgs & underrepresented communities to funnel information abt environmental sustainability. villagesolutionscdc.org

Fernando Tamara at our “Reimagining Ministry (Again)” conference: At Made to Flourish, “We empower pastors and their churches to integrate faith, work, and economic wisdom for the flourishing of their communities.” Learn more: madetoflourish.org

IRF_Roundtable - Talking about public narratives and visual story telling. National Press Club Launching the FIRST Global Womens Movement for Religious Freedom RNS The Parliament of the World's Religions USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture Commissioner Frederick Davie (USCIRF) Women's Ordination Conference The Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon KCMG UK FoRB Envoy Anila Ali Religious Freedom Institute Saroj Pathirana / සරෝජ් පතිරණ

On life, death and human dignity - Catch up with stories from CRCC, including our response to LA's City Hall crisis, grappling with life and death, and resources for thriving congregations - mailchi.mp/usc/rev-murray…

Joe Paul at our Reimagining Ministry (Again) conference: LARRP is a network of public, community and faith-based agencies ensuring that our reentry system meets the needs of the people we serve, both in terms of capacity and public policy.” lareentry.org

Caroline Sato at our “Reimagining Ministry (Again)” conf: “God has called us to love and serve our West Long Beach neighbors in practical ways.” Fountain of Life Covenant Church hosts programs like tutoring to English-language education and youth groups. folcov.org/in-the-city

Alfred Lomas at our “Reimagining Ministry (Again)” conference: His organization, Inner City Visions, focuses on community violence prevention, with on the ground initiatives like safe passage through local parks and school intervention. innercityvisions.org

Our friends at the Pillars Fund are hiring!

Wonderful to have ⁦USC Religion⁩ grad students over for lunch today! We look forward to continue the conversation and enable these scholars to bring their ideas into public square.