The Reverend

Karen Brau

Creating Sacred Spaces in Marginalized Communities

Social Justice:  EquityAccessDignityOngoing

struggle

Jeremiah 1: 9-10The Lord said to me, "Now I have put my words in your mouth.  See today, I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant."

Environmental Justice & Social Justice:

Desecration and disconnection Toxic living Urban deserts

Learnings from the inner city

"Pluck up and pull down, destroy and overthrow"

Attitudes Trash Weeds Toxic Stakeholders

“To build and To plant" Organize people and money Organize vision and hope Reclaiming space

Consecration -- digging in Planting, harvesting,

celebrating Ongoing consecration