At ICJS, a “justice leader” is a community, civic, or nonprofit leader who seeks to understand how the religious diversity of our communities is an asset that can anchor Baltimore’s health and growth.
At ICJS, a “justice leader” is a community, civic, or nonprofit leader who seeks to understand how the religious diversity of our communities is an asset that can anchor Baltimore’s health and growth.
The ICJS Justice Leaders Fellowship gives community or civic leaders a 12-month opportunity to use interfaith learning and collaboration to advance a more just and prosperous Baltimore. Under the guidance of ICJS scholars and staff, Justice Leaders meet monthly for interreligious study and dialogue to consider how religious texts and traditions can provide rich resources to inform their own work and journeys.
The Justice Leaders Fellowship is supported in part by the Henry Luce Foundation in partnership with Morgan State University’s Center for the Study of Religion in the City, with additional funding from the David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation.
This four-part original video and discussion series, originally part of an initiative called Imagining Justice in Baltimore, provides resources for a robust study and dialogue experience on water justice in the Islamic, Christian, and Jewish traditions for diverse interreligious groups, including students and adults.
I came to Baltimore for my first job, as the first full-time employee at Dent Education, a youth-centered social enterprise empowering Baltimore youth to be social innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs. There are many ICJS Justice Leaders Fellowship (JLF) concepts that have evolved my understanding of economic justice through a religious lens and informed how I…
The human experience is a complex and often disorienting ride. Collectively, we encounter common questions over and over again through the chapters of our lives and the long arc of human history. We ask: “What’s it all for? What is my purpose in this life? How can we be good to one another?” These questions…
Interacting and engaging with peers and colleagues from other faiths has opened my eyes to a few issues. I realized that prejudice and bias exist not only towards Muslims, but also other groups. In many situations it manifests its ugly face as an outcome of unintentional ignorance and cultural baggage, influenced by media and societal…
I lead a Baltimore nonprofit that operates from a foundation of faith and explicit values that acknowledges the following: Work is fundamental to the dignity of the person; Work is God’s invitation to be co-creators and co-laborers in creation’s unfinished work; every person is created in God’s image; and that through our own lived experiences,…