April 6, 2010

The Faith and Public Policy Roundtable will hold a conference on immigration reform from faith perspectives, featuring as panelists leading New York religious leaders:

• Rabbi Michael Paley, Scholar in Residence and Director of the Jewish Resource Center at UJA-Federation of New York,

• Bishop Robert Rimbo of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and

• Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York.

The conference will be held on Wednesday, April 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Ceremonial Hall at the Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th St., Manhattan. Admission is free.

The Faith and Public Policy Roundtable is a coalition of mainstream clergy and academics from houses of worship, seminaries and universities, and ecclesiastical organizations throughout New York City. Its purpose is to provide a New-York based voice of faith in the American public square.

STEERING COMMITTEE
(in alphabetical order)

• Noah Arnow, Senior Rabbinical Student, Jewish Theological Seminary of America

• Sister Judith Brady, O.P.

• Rabbi David Lincoln, Rabbi Emeritus, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, N.Y.

• The Rev. Gary Mills, Ph.D., Co-Chair – Assistant to the Bishop for Global and Multicultural Administration, Metropolitan New York Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

• Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, National Education Director, Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps

• The Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, S.J., Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society, Fordham University

• Henry Schwalbenberg, Ph.D., Director, Graduate Program in International Political Economy and Development, Fordham University

• The Rev. Jared R. Stahler, Associate Pastor, St. Peter's Church, New York, N.Y.

• Rabbi Abraham Unger, Ph.D. , Co-Chair – Assistant Professor and Director of Urban Programs, Department of Government and Politics, and Campus Rabbi, Wagner College – Rabbi, Congregation Ahavath Israel, Staten Island, N.Y.

Faith and Public Policy Roundtable