Streams of Justice Public Action

Streams of Justice

Public / Symbolic Action
Lenten Acts of Mourning and Lament

Why

We want to raise a public witness to the suffering and exclusion of the
poor in our city, and to our own participation in the structures and
perspectives that sustain and deepen their marginalization. The action
testifies to the dehumanization that we all experience as a result of the
injustice and inequality that has become normalized in our society. The
action dramatizes the destructive exclusion of the poor and mourns our
own complicity in the unjust social & economic patterns of our world.

What

The action will consist of a gallows (used in the play we did in October)
set up in a public area, adorned with various symbolic items. A sign
above the gallows will read: “The Crime: Being Poor in a World Class
City.” We will gather around the gallows, dressed in black, holding
candles; this symbolizes the act of repentance and mourning. There will
also be opportunity to write and wear a sign that names the ways we
participate in social and economic inequality.

When

Every Monday during Lent: Feb 26, March 5, March 12, March 19,
March 26, April 2. We will gather just after 6 pm, and remain on site
until 6:45 pm. Then we will go to the church.

Where

South East corner of Broadway and Commercial, just outside the
skytrain station.

Check Out my map in the sidebar

I am starting a map with restaurant recommendations.

Drop a place you like in your city.

It doesn’t have to be in Vancouver.

My family is in DC, I will be there in May so drop in some new restaurants that have come up since I left 3 yeras ago.

Job Openings

I used to work for Little Lights.

It is a great organization.

If you are looking for a job look at the listings below from Mary:

Here are some job openings at Little Lights and also our summer missions brochure.  The job openings we have are:

1)  Special Events/Fundraising staff (Americorp VISTA–full-time)
2)  Volunteer Coordinator staff (Americorp VISTA–full-time–available fall 2007)
3)  After-school program coordinator/Administrative Assistant (Full-time staff)
4)  After-school program assistant (part-time)
5)  Summer Missions (Day camp counselor–9 weeks summer–support raising)

If you have any questions, please email Mary Park at maryyun at yahoo.

Windows out the Window

Check out Graceful Flavor’s blog on a kid who gets angry at his Dell and throws it out the window b/c it was not a Mac!

Quality Film

I just saw the movie Quinceanera.

Anybody seen it?

It is a story about Latin families in Cali.

More reflections to come, but I was curious to see if others have seen it.

I think it does a great job of showing some of the effects of gentrification on a community.

Shout Out

This is a shout out para mi amigo Eliacín.

I met this cat in Seattle on Mon.  Check out his blog.

He hosted Rudy Carrasco.

It was a talk on Multi-ethnic ministry.

A great talk.

I don’t know if it is online, but Eliacín’s blog might have it.

Streams of Justice

Here is a new website of a group getting the ball rolling on addressing justice issues here in Vancovuer.  Check out Streams of Justice.  They got some cool stuff going on.

Check out this great Devotional

Are you looking for a Lenten devotional with some substance.

Check out Christine Sine’s work on Lent.
She has a Lenten discipline that I find very challenging.   Instead of giving up a trivial thing like chocolate how about trying to live on $2/day for 1 week and then giving all the $$$ you save to an organization that is trying to end hunger?  Wow what a great concept.  Check out the devo and see what you think.

May we not move too quickly to the resurrection during Easter, but live in the shadow of the cross and grow deep roots in the Lenten season.