{"id":3386,"date":"2014-10-23T20:20:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T02:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2015-10-05T20:23:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T02:23:51","slug":"treasure-mapping-from-charity-to-justice-with-the-cicba-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/treasure-mapping-from-charity-to-justice-with-the-cicba-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasure Mapping \u2013 From Charity to Justice with the CICBA Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"author\">Kathee Forrest<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ExternalClass72479CAAA1F94A66B18073CA5C6A3C2E\">\n<p>At a recent congregational meeting of MacArthur Park Lutheran Church in San Antonio, Texas, a corny skit about a treasure hunt triggered memories of all the &#8220;treasures&#8221; we&#8217;ve discovered through our work this past year with the Southwestern Texas Synod&#8217;s pilot <strong>Congregation-Initiated Community Based Advocacy<\/strong> (CICBA) program. It&#8217;s often tempting to look at what lies ahead in our journeys without reflecting on and celebrating where we&#8217;ve been and what we&#8217;ve learned along the way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3387\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/1-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/1.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>MacArthur Park Treasure Hunters (L to R): Brenda Krueger, Jeanette Pierce, George Pierce, Lisa Hooter and Jean Schriever<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is <strong>CICBA<\/strong>?\u00a0 Well\u2026it&#8217;s a mouthful!\u00a0 Congregation-Initiated Community Based Advocacy.\u00a0 As one of six congregations in this three-year pilot program, we are on a journey as people of God to develop skills to identify systemic (real and permanent) causes of poverty in our communities using the tools of community organizing.\u00a0 We are engaging in conversation and action with community partners and people living in poverty in our neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Our group of congregations is diverse in settings and contexts, and each has their own unique CICBA journey \u2013 border ministry, mission start, rural and urban congregations among them.<\/p>\n<p>But all share one goal: to \u00a0<strong>move from charity to justice<\/strong> and to know the difference between the two.<\/p>\n<p>As we started out over a year ago, most of the CICBA team was new to advocacy and community organizing. So our first retreat was a &#8220;Community Organizing 101&#8221; intro from Sue Engh, ELCA Program Director for Congregation-Based Organizing. The retreat focused on power analysis (Who has power in our community?\u00a0 What power do <em>we<\/em> have?) and <strong><em>cara-a-cara<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Cara-a-cara<\/em>, or &#8220;one-to-ones,&#8221; are relational meetings with each other that give the space for natural, yet uncommon conversation; this paradox emerges as we speak candidly about the parts of our everyday lives we often ignore or cover up. This type of conversation is at the heart of connecting with community leaders and our neighbors to identify assets, priorities and hopes of our community.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3388\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/2-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/2.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also began to use new language \u2013 the vocabulary of community organizing, including concepts such as &#8220;problems vs. issues&#8221; and strategies to cut big problems into &#8220;bite-sized&#8221; action items.\u00a0 Team member Bee Moorhead, Executive Director of<a href=\"http:\/\/texasimpact.org\/\">Texas Impact, <\/a>talked about public policy and &#8220;issues,&#8221; along with important data, including the fact that Texas ranks in the bottom half of the states for political action and electoral participation!\u00a0 This is pretty disappointing, but it also presents a real opportunity for this kind of work here.<\/p>\n<p>After the first retreat, our team practiced one-to ones with each other and the congregation, gaining confidence in the process and learning about gifts, values, passions, and concerns in our midst!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen, God Is Calling!<\/strong> \u2013 At the second retreat, we kicked the &#8220;treasure hunt&#8221; into full swing. The stages of community organizing are much like a treasure hunt. By digging deeper into one-to-ones, power analysis, and community partner identification, we unearth riches.\u00a0 In this retreat, we practiced listening as a form of spiritual hospitality and as an opportunity to find out what God is already up to in our neighborhoods, connecting with Jesus&#8217; great commandment to love God and our neighbors as ourselves (Matt 22:27).<\/p>\n<p>At this retreat, we put on our <strong>Grace Goggles. <\/strong>\u00a0Mikka McCracken, Program Director of Constituent Engagement and Interpretation with ELCA World Hunger, accompanies our CICBA program.\u00a0 She spoke about the ELCA&#8217;s method of<a href=\"http:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Accompaniment_%28full%29.pdf\">accompaniment<\/a>, reminding us to always listen through a lens of grace amidst cultural and economic differences.\u00a0 So, we all put on &#8220;Grace Goggles,&#8221; seeing each other as beloved children of God, created in God&#8217;s image.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3389\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/3.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haven for Hope<\/strong> \u2013 Retreat number 3!\u00a0 We listened to a one-to-one conversation of &#8220;holy curiosity&#8221; between Sue Engh (see picture at right) and Ruth, a woman who, over the course of several months, went from middle-class to homeless due to a series of unexpected health and family events. CICBA groups asked Ruth and her husband questions, which were answered in a friendly and candid way, embracing the &#8220;natural, yet uncommon&#8221; essence of <em>cara-a-cara<\/em>. Ruth and her husband shared their journeys into and out of homelessness.\u00a0 The couple met at San Antonio&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.havenforhope.org\/new\/\">Haven for Hope<\/a>, whose mission is &#8220;to offer a place of hope and new beginnings&#8230;by providing, coordinating and delivering an efficient system of care for people experiencing homelessness.&#8221; We heard their hard truths.\u00a0 Ruth offered us advice when talking to people in poverty: &#8220;It&#8217;s okay not to be perfect, but [at least] be honest. Walls may be put up \u2013 it depends on the day \u2013 don&#8217;t take it personally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Time Has Come to Act! \u2013 <\/strong>At Retreat #4 we are called to action \u2013 to keep this at a level of crisis.\u00a0 The crisis is clear:\u00a0 1 in 6 families live in poverty.\u00a0 1 in 4 children live in poverty.\u00a0 We have the resources, yet there is the risk of doing nothing because the task is so big.\u00a0 And what happens when we do nothing?\u00a0 Who benefits when we do nothing?\u00a0 We were challenged by a question posed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer:\u00a0 &#8220;Are we still of any use?&#8221;\u00a0 We then worked to develop a 6 week action plan and Collaborative Table Team, to include new members with gifts to help us identify emerging patterns and clarify the actions of an ongoing Organizing Cycle:\u00a0 <strong>LISTEN, RESEARCH, DEVELOP LEADERS, ACT!<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next?<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our conversation and learning do not end here. We continue to seek more community conversation partners. CICBA Team members have talked with an apartment manager, riders on the local bus, a neighborhood barber, pharmacist, pastor and elementary school counselor. We are also looking for ways to further engage in conversation with people experiencing poverty within our neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some of our other ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\"><p><strong>1) Community Partner Program<\/strong> \u2013 We are also exploring the possibility of becoming a resource to assist the community with online applications for services such as SNAP food benefits, CHIP health care benefits, Medicaid, Medicare, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).\u00a0 We heard about the need for application assistance through Texas Impact and will explore working with a neighboring church.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Economic Justice Workshop \u2013 <\/strong>We have recently joined with other faith-based groups, schools and non-profit institutions to launch a community-wide <strong>Living Wage and Economic Security<\/strong> campaign in San Antonio.\u00a0 The rallying cry is &#8220;Si, se puede!&#8221; \u2013 &#8220;Yes, we can!&#8221;\u00a0 Our team made a commitment to talk to our congregation, city councilperson and county commissioner about the issue, and to bring more people to a large, city-wide rally this November.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) The Cross Marks the Spot \u2013 <\/strong>Okay, back to the corny skit.\u00a0 We had some fun pretending to search for exotic treasure as we introduced our congregation to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasimpact.org\/TreasureHunt\">Community Treasure Hunt<\/a> which consisted of twelve important community topics paired with challenges and field trips for further digging.\u00a0 Each month, we will have a congregational conversation based on Matthew 25:34-37 on issues that matter within our community: employment, education, homelessness, food assistance, etc.\u00a0 The topics and challenges were created by <a href=\"http:\/\/texasimpact.org\/\">Texas Impact<\/a> and can be used for any community, so check it out! Throughout the treasure hunt we learned that &#8220;the cross marks the spot.&#8221; It is always Jesus&#8217; commandment to love our neighbor as ourselves and Jesus&#8217; love on the cross that informs our commitment to justice.\u00a0 As people of faith, we should know our community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>O<strong>ur final retreat<\/strong> is planned for February 2015 at Texas Lutheran University, opening with a conference event on Faith-Based Organizing:\u00a0 Our guest speaker will be Alexia Salvatierra, ELCA pastor and co-author of <em>Faith-Rooted Organizing:<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World<\/em>, and Dr. Ray Pickett, professor of New Testament at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, will be our guest preacher.\u00a0 Ray is currently working on a resource to look at the work of Jesus through the lens of community organizing.\u00a0 We will also be among Texas Lutherans at the First Annual ELCA Legislative Event in Austin, Texas in February 2015!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Live the Gospel.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Change the World.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is a bold vision statement for MacArthur Park Lutheran Church in San Antonio, as the CICBA team and congregation celebrate treasures of community organizing \u2013 those already identified and those yet to be unearthed.\u00a0 But we know through faith that we, and the people in our community, are being called &#8220;to ventures of which we cannot see the ending\u2026through Jesus Christ.&#8221;\u00a0 And with the tools we&#8217;ve gained through CICBA, we are ready to start the adventure!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESOURCES YOU CAN USE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3390\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"128\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ruby Payne&#8217;s book <strong>A Framework for Understanding Poverty<\/strong>, was especially helpful in understanding the culture of poverty, specifically noting the differences between generational and situational poverty and the &#8220;hidden&#8221; rules, behaviors and language gaps between those in poverty, the middle class and the wealthy. The book is full of case studies, examples and comparative charts.\u00a0 For example, one of the quizzes asks readers if they could survive living in poverty or living in wealth with a checklist of life situations in each economic level.\u00a0 The exercise was very eye-opening!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3391\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/5.jpg\" alt=\"Layout 1\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/5.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2015\/10\/5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hope at Work<\/strong> \u2013 This comic book is about, well\u2026not Superman or Batman\u2026but superheroes of community organizing!\u00a0 &#8220;<strong>Hope at Work&#8221;<\/strong> is an imaginative, fictional cartoon story about a couple from Hope Church who are called to move beyond canned goods drives to &#8220;feed God&#8217;s sheep&#8221;, and the excitement of working with a community group appropriately called &#8220;MISHPAT&#8221; (Metropolitan Initiative for Strong, Hopeful People Acting Together).\u00a0 The Hebrew term &#8220;mishpat&#8221; refers to acts of justice in societies and is an important quality of godly communities in the Old Testament.\u00a0 &#8220;Hope at Work&#8221; was written by Sue Engh, ELCA Director for Congregation-Based Community Organizing and the CICBA leadership team.\u00a0 (The comic book is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Resources\/Congregational-Based-Organizing\">http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Resources\/Congregational-Based-Organizing<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ELCA Social Statement \u2013 A social statement on economic life: <strong>Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All<\/strong> \u2013 an important resource as we work on the &#8220;Living Wage and Economic Security Campaign&#8221; \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Economic_LifeSS.pdf\">http:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Economic_LifeSS.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>With thanks to Vi Lien, Mary Lou Walther, Pastor Herb Palmer, Pastor Charles Fredrickson, Sharon Wiggins and the Southwestern Texas Synod for the CICBA Pilot Program.\u00a0 The CICBA program is supported in part by your gifts to ELCA World Hunger.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathee Forrest At a recent congregational meeting of MacArthur Park Lutheran Church in San Antonio, Texas, a corny skit about a treasure hunt triggered memories of all the &#8220;treasures&#8221; we&#8217;ve discovered through our work this past year with the Southwestern Texas Synod&#8217;s pilot Congregation-Initiated Community Based Advocacy (CICBA) program. 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