International Development Program at Eastern University

Webinar Tomorrow at 11am: IDEV alum Janelle Anema (IDEV '07) will share about her work with Sources of Strength. Zoom link is in the comments. https://sourcesofstrength.org/

Sources of Strength Mission: Our mission is to provide the highest quality evidence-based prevention for su***de, violence, bullying and substance abuse by training, supporting, and empowering both peer leaders and caring adults to impact their world through the power of connection, hope, help and strength.

Internship Opportunity: Applications are open for a 2019 Summer Internship with Next Step Ministries.

Good fit for students interested in ministry, theology, leadership, community development, and youth ministry for these positions over the years. This is a valuable, hands-on opportunity to lead community-focused projects for hundreds of volunteers throughout nine week-long mission trips.

Interns have the opportunity to build relationships with youth pastors, students, and community members while sharing the love of Christ each day.

The positions available are Team Leader, Hospitality Leader, Community Project Coordinator, and VBS Coordinator. Next Step is looking to fill 16 Teams with these positions for Summer 2019.

You can visit the website or email
Melanie Boudreau:
mel.boudreau *at* nextstepministries.com

HOME Where short-term mission trips collide with long term community development.

Internship Opportunity: Applications are open for a 2019 Summer Internship with Next Step Ministries.

Internship could be a great fit for students interested in ministry, theology, leadership, community development, and youth ministry for these positions over the years. This is a valuable, hands-on opportunity to lead community-focused projects for hundreds of volunteers throughout nine week-long mission trips.

Interns have the opportunity to build relationships with youth pastors, students, and community members while sharing the love of Christ each day.

The positions available are Team Leader, Hospitality Leader, Community Project Coordinator, and VBS Coordinator. Next Step is looking to fill 16 Teams with these positions for Summer 2019.

You can visit the website or email
Melanie Boudreau:
mel.boudreau *at* nextstepministries.com

CCDA Chicago here we come! Will we see you there?

It was a mini IDEV reunion at ABS's Trauma Healing Training- so great to connect with these amazing ladies!

The importance of Listening and Dialog: "As we look to the future, we owe it to underserved populations to start by listening and understanding that we bring a bias into our conversation, and to try to really be conscious of that; to not use listening as an opportunity to confirm our own biases but rather to check our assumptions."

Q&A: Listening as the key to global health success How can health practitioners become better listeners on their road to global health success? Medtronic Foundation’s Global Health Director Jess Daly explains.

Don't forget about our Webinar today with Shelton Taguma, Executive Director of Forgotten Voices International. We go live at 11am. Zoom Login: https://eastern.zoom.us/j/617688439

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The "Human Capital Index" was just launched from the World Bank. Thoughts?

Human Capital A global effort to help accelerate the increase and improvement of investments in people, in order to achieve more equity and greater economic growth.

Prospective IDEV Student Virtual Open House: TONIGHT Eastern. Zoom link is in the comments below. Kindly send out to your networks or anyone who might be a good fit for the program!

Don't Forget: WEBINAR this Thursday (10/11) at 11am with Shelton Taguma from Forgotten Voices! Zoom link is in the comments below.

Forgotten Voices - Annual Come & See Event - Register Now! Register now for our Come & See Event on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Presbyterian Senior Living / Pinnacle Health, Dillsburg, PA 17019. Forgotten Voices will hold it's annual Event to raise awareness & support for ongoing orphan care partnerships with African churches in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malaw...

SCHOLARSHIPS! We are excited to announce the launch of our new scholarship campaign aimed at reducing the tuition burden for students from the Global South.

Our goal is to raise at least $20,000 to invest in student leaders. Would you prayerfully consider giving?

International Development Student Scholarships | Eastern University Eastern is committed to making the MA in International Development program accessible to emerging leaders from around the world, especially from the Global South, and we realize that there are two main barriers to this: where classes are held, and the cost of the program. We recently implemented cha...

Join Us for one of our fall webinars!

Wow! If you can get to South Africa next month, GO! Cheering on our brothers and sisters as they do the final preparations for this important conference.

The Justice Conference 2018 ||One Month To Go "We can't renew the world, we are limited and so must come to Jesus.  We are ministers, not messiahs" ~ Ruth Padilla DeBorst ~  

WEBINAR TODAY! Join us on Thursday, Sept 13th at 11am (Eastern) to hear from Ben Runyon (IDEV Alum) and Babu and Hepsyba Salagala about Friends of Children's Village in India.

For the past 35 years the Salagala's have been directing a ministry for orphaned and destitute children in southeastern India. Together the two Christian Children's Homes and the Elizabeth Barrie School, serve a total of 250 children!

Children's Village also supports local pastoral training, destitute elderly people and widows, children with HIV/AIDS, and a local leprosy colony. They are serving as a major social safety net in the absence of government aid and are building the kingdom of God in their small corner of India.

Webinar Login Info is posted below in the comments.

SAVE THE DATE: CCDA Gathering in Philadelphia. Come join us on Monday, October 8th at 6:30pm to meet Noel Castellanos and celebrate all the Christian Community Development work happening in Philly. This is a FREE event, but RSVP's are appreciated (scroll down the events page to see the Philly event)

Events » Christian Community Development Association Where in the States is Noel Castellanos? Noel is traveling to 30 cities to promote the upcoming Rooted CCDA National Conference. Check the 30-City Tour Scrapbook to keep up with his travels! 

Eastern Alumna Alma Crotz-Jones is looking for anyone working as a grant writer or fundraising coordinator. Is this YOU? She would love to talk and learn more about what you do. Send her a PM or post below.

Job Opening: MCC Representative for Honduras

The MCC representative provides leadership and programmatic direction to the work of MCC in Honduras within the MCC Latin America/Caribbean regional strategic vision. This position also represents MCC to churches, agencies, community groups and leaders in Honduras and maintains relationships with MCC partners in the country. The representative is responsible for providing team leadership and support for all MCC workers in Honduras. This position may be filled by one person or a couple.

The Rep position is open to be filled by a single person or a couple. The FTE involved ranges from 1.0 FTE (single person who may delegate some tasks to other staff) to 1.5 FTE (couple with children) to 2.0 FTE (couple with no children).

For more Info: https://mcc.org/get-involved/serve/openings/mcc-representative-honduras

MCC Representative for Honduras The MCC representative provides leadership and programmatic direction to the work of MCC in Honduras within the MCC Latin America/Caribbean regional strategic vision. This position also represents MCC to churches, agencies, community groups and leaders in Honduras and maintains relationships with MC...

WEBINAR TODAY! Join us at 1pm (EST) to hear from Amber Falcon at Mennonite Central Committee. Here's the link to join on Zoom: https://eastern.zoom.us/j/845703366

Celebrating the US residency students!

For anyone living in one of these cities:

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A few folks from our US residency opening dinner and Tony Campolo!

Tony Campolo opening up our 2018 US Residency!