Advisory Council, complete

So the 25-member OFANP Advisory Council has finally been put together–see the White House press release after the jump. In the identity politics department, there are two bona fide Mainline Protestant leaders: the Rev. Peg Chemberlin, a Moravian clergywoman who is incoming president of the National Council of Churches; and the Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, […]

So the 25-member OFANP Advisory Council has finally been put together–see the White House press release after the jump. In the identity politics department, there are two bona fide Mainline Protestant leaders: the Rev. Peg Chemberlin, a Moravian clergywoman who is incoming president of the National Council of Churches; and the Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, head of the Disciples. Plus Harry Knox, a former United Methodist pastor who heads the Religion and Faith Program of the big mainstream gay rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign. Also on board are a couple more Jews and Catholics, another Muslim, a Hindu, and the presiding bishop of the largest black Pentecostal domination, the Church of God in Christ. They’re all meeting at the White House for a couple of days. Have fun, guys!

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THE WHITE
HOUSE

Office of the Press
Secretary

___________________________________________________________________________________________

FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE

April 6,
2009

 

President
Obama Announces Additional Members of Advisory Council on Faith-Based and
Neighborhood Partnerships

 

Washington – President
Barack Obama today announced additional members of the President’s Advisory
Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.  The Advisory Council is
part of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and
is composed of religious and secular leaders and scholars from different
backgrounds.

 

Each member of the Council
is appointed to a one-year term.  The members of the Council
are:

 

Diane
Baillargeon
, President & CEO, Seedco
New York , NY

 

*Anju
Bhargava,
Founder, Asian Indian Women of America

New
Jersey

 

*Bishop
Charles Blake,
Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ

Los
Angeles
, CA

 

Noel
Castellanos
, CEO, Christian Community Development
Association

Chicago,
IL

 

*The
Rev. Peg Chemberlin
, President-Elect, National Council of
Churches USA

Minneapolis,
MN

 

Dr.
Arturo Chavez
, President & CEO, Mexican American Catholic College
San Antonio , TX

 

Fred
Davie
,
Senior Adviser, Public/Private Ventures
New York , NY

 

*Nathan
Diament
, Director of Public Policy, Orthodox Jewish
Union

Washington,
DC

 

Pastor
Joel C. Hunter
, Senior Pastor, Northland, a Church
Distributed
Longwood,
FL

 

*Harry
Knox,
Director, Religion and Faith Program, Human
Rights Campaign

Washington,
DC

 

Bishop
Vashti M. McKenzie
, Presiding Bishop, 13th Episcopal District,
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Knoxville, TN

 

*Dalia
Mogahed
, Executive Director, Gallup Center for Muslim
Studies

Washington,
DC

 

Rev.
Otis Moss, Jr.
, Pastor emeritus, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church
Cleveland, OH

 

Dr.
Frank S. Page
, President emeritus, Southern Baptist
Convention
Taylors,
SC

 

Eboo S.
Patel
, Founder & Executive Director,
Interfaith Youth Core
Chicago, IL

 

*Anthony
Picarello,
General
Counsel , United
States

Conference of Catholic Bishops

Washington,
DC

 

*Nancy
Ratzan,
Board Chair, National Council of Jewish
Women

Miami,
FL

 

Melissa
Rogers
, Director, Wake Forest
School of Divinity Center for Religion and Public
Affairs

Winston-Salem ,
NC

 

Rabbi
David N. Saperstein
, Director & Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Washington , DC

 

Dr.
William J. Shaw
, President, National Baptist Convention, USA
Philadelphia , PA

 

Father
Larry J. Snyder
, President, Catholic Charities USA
Alexandria , VA

 

Richard
Stearns
, President, World Vision
Bellevue , WA

 

Judith
N. Vredenburgh
, President and Chief Executive Officer, Big
Brothers / Big Sisters of America
Philadelphia , PA

 

Rev. Jim
Wallis
, President & Executive Director,
Sojourners
Washington ,
DC 

 

*Dr.
Sharon Watkins,
General Minister and President, Disciples of
Christ (Christian Church)

Indianapolis,
IN

 

NOTE: Members marked with
an asterisk were announced today.
The White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships will be a resource for nonprofits and community organizations, both
secular and faith based, looking for ways to make a bigger impact in their
communities, learn their obligations under the law, cut through red tape, and
make the most of what the federal government has to offer.  Other members of the
Advisory Council were announced earlier this year.

 

 

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