Faith in Place

Join our Annual Environment and Spirituality Summit for a bonus session of our Tree Grant Opportunity session ! We are granting up to $30,000 to qualified organizations interested in carrying out a tree planting and maintenance project on their property. Attending a Tree Grant session is a great first step. Not sure you will be available on September 26th? Register anyway! All registrants will receive the recordings and resources after the summit! bit.ly/aes-summit-2024

Join us for the Annual Environment and Spirituality Summit on September 22-24! ???? Dive into inspiring talks that explore the powerful connections between spirituality, the environment, and social justice. We have an exciting speaker lineup that will share their wisdom and vision for the future and how our care for the earth can ground us within ourselves. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in conversation! Register now for FREE and take a step toward a more sustainable future! ??? RSVP: aes-summit.org Can't make it to the sessions? Register anyway as all registrants will receive the recordings and resources after the summit! ?? #AES2024

We are working together to improve the Chicago region’s urban forest alongside The Morton Arboretum's Chicago Region Trees Initiative and our partners, including The Nature Conservancy in Illinois, Openlands, Urban Growers Collective, and USDA Forest Service. We’re thrilled to co-host the CRTI Partner Recognition Celebration and highlight our collaborative work to plant and protect trees for generations to come. #urbanforestryawards #urbanforestry #trees?

Saturday, Meteorologist Elisa Raffa shared on CNN how Georgia Interfaith Power & Light (GIPL) is helping communities of faith tackle the climate crisis by taking advantage of benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Learn more at gipl.org/solar! #ActOnClimate Partners: Neha P., DRUID HILLS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Capital Good Fund, Sunpath Solar, Be Smart Home Solutions, Interfaith Power & Light, and Climate Action Campaign DC.

Excited to be featured on Natural Awakenings Chicago about the Annual Environment and Spirituality Summit! Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gasTtJdf

Dr. Harris is a Professor of Black Feminist and Womanist Theologies jointly appointed with African American Studies at Wake Forest University, also serving as the Director of Food, Health, and Ecological Well Being at the university. Dr. Harris is also the author of many books and a former broadcast journalist who served as a news producer for ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates. We're excited to have Dr. Melanie L. Harris as our guest speaker for Session 5 of the Annual Environment and Spirituality Summit, "Sacred Earth: EcoWomanism's Invitation to Environmental and Social Justice." Have you registered for the summit yet??Register for free here: bit.ly/aes-summit-2024 We can't wait for you to join us!?

Join us for Session 4 of #AES2024 with Hilary Giovale. Hilary is a mother, writer, and community organizer who lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. A ninth-generation American settler, she is descended from Celtic, Germanic, Nordic, and Indigenous peoples of Ancient Europe. As an active reparationist, Hilary is guided by relationships, love and intuition. Hilary seeks to follow Indigenous and Black leadership in support of human rights, environmental justice, and equitable futures. She is the author of Becoming a Good Relative: Calling White Settlers toward Truth, Healing, and Repair (Green Writers Press).? RSVP to the Summit (September 22-24): bit.ly/aes-summit-2024

Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner is a climate change chaplain, educator, and innovative spiritual leader. Founder of Exploring Apocalypse - a trauma-informed climate chaplaincy practice - she helps individuals and communities across faith traditions explore the spiritual disruptions, invitations and reorientations of climate change. We are thrilled to have her join us as a guest speaker for Session 3 of the 2024 Annual Environment and Spirituality Summit, "When All Feels Lost, Look Back: Spiritual Wayfinding in Times of Crisis." Register for AES today: bit.ly/aes-summit-2024

Our grantee partners and peers are hiring! Learn more about open opportunities to join organizations, coalitions, and nonprofit sector peers that are making an impact, including Alliance for Community Services, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago Foundation for Women, Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL), Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI), Enlace Chicago, Faith in Place, HANA Center, Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative, Michael Reese Health Trust, Mujeres Latinas en Acción, The People's Lobby, Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and Woodstock Institute. Learn more about job opportunities with our grantee partners and peers at the link in bio. #JobOpportunities #NonprofitCareers #CommunityOrganizing

Join us and guest speaker, Gopal D. Patel, for Session 2 "Spiritual Wisdom for Ecological Action" of #AES2024! Gopal D. Patel has been an environmental activist, campaigner and consultant for over 15 years. He is Co-Founder and Director of FutureFaith, a new think-and-do-tank that helps international leaders and institutions harness the power and wisdom of faith to address global challenges. Gopal's Ted Talk, "The unexpected way spirituality connects to climate change" has more than 700,000 views online. Learn more about Gopal D. Patel: bit.ly/aes-gopal The Annual Environment and Spirituality Summit (September 22-24) consists of 5 inspiring conversations exploring the connection between spirituality, the environment, and social justice.??? RSVP for the summit: bit.ly/aes-summit-2024