Illinois Disciples Foundation's Board of Directors
Grant Antoline - gantoline@gmail.com
Katie Coombes - katie_coombes@yahoo.com
Tim Green - tfgreen@uiuc.edu
Kurt Hilgendorf - kurt.hilgendorf@comcast.net
Allison Jones - allison@healthcareconsumers.org
Claudia
Lennhoff - claudia@shout.net
Jeff Machota - jmachota@shout.net
Joseph T. Miller - zhuxiu@earthlink.net
Robert Naiman - naiman.uiuc@gmail.com
Ron
Neimark - ronneimark@gmail.com
Martin Nieto - m-nieto@uiuc.edu
Illinois
Disciples Foundation's Staff
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Executive
Director and Campus Minister |
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During
the summer of 2002, Jen joined us as Administrative Assistant,
and those of us at the IDF couldn't be happier! Originally from
Bal'more, Jen came to UI to study Chemistry, but is now part of
the community. Jen has been involved in PRC for years and is one
of the founding members of WDAC. She is also a volunteer advocate
at Rape Crisis Services. Jen's introduction to social justice
came through personal avenues. Growing up multiracial and understanding
her father's struggles growing up in East Africa opened her eyes
to all the many forms of inequalities and those who are blind
to them. Strong and fearless (one word: skydiving), Jen is a perfect
leader for the IDF Office. She knows what to do and how to do
it! |
| Kate
Hathaway |
Campus
Ministry Associate |
| Mark
Kenny |
Campus
Ministry Associate |
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Originally
from Chicago, Mark moved to Champaign-Urbana to study journalism.
He plays in the local band JigGsaw and continues to play an active
role in the Champaign-Urbana music scene. He continues to volunteer
much of his time to playing and organizing benefit shows and participating
in the anti-war movement. Mark has a healthy amount of community
service under his belt. Whether it's a food drive for the homeless,
fundraisers for music programs, promoting organizations like Food
Not Bombs, the Independent Media Center, or the anti-war movement
in general, Mark believes our community is the most important
thing we have! |
| Colleen
Klein |
Campus
Ministry Associate |
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As
an import from beautiful Chicago, Colleen has certainly found
a soft spot for Urbana-Champaign. After acquiring her degree
in Psychology from the University of Illinois, she has decided
to dedicate more time to her favorite mini city and is thrilled
to hit the ground running in gathering volunteer and community
experience with the IDF. Colleen is also the nation's leading
goal scorer for the Parkland College Women' soccer team, and
is a company member of the Celebration Company at the Station
Theatre in Urbana where she can be seen in multiple productions
this upcoming season. Also, keep an eye out for her feature
film debut in the independent film 'Welcome to Tolono'! Be it
advocacy for equal rights for the gay/lesbian/transgender community,
social justice, blood and organ donation, or conservation work,
Colleen hopes to be a valuable addition to the IDF family.
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Campus
Minister Emeritus |
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Everyday
at the Illinois Disciples Foundation we are struggling to discern
our role as a peace with justice organization in the little
known tradition of left-wing, Anabaptist Christianity. It is
a struggle that was brought to the IDF and made a central part
of our mission due to the legacy of our Campus Minister Emeritus,
James B. Holiman. The struggle for discernment, to see how best
one can serve the mission of working for peace with justice
within the framework of American Empire, has also been Jim’s
personal struggle for much of his life. He brought that sensibility
to the IDF and helped direct our work in that spirit for the
37 years he served as the Campus Minister of the IDF. That tradition
continues to guide the IDF today, and although Jim has been
retired since 2000, he still drops by every once and a while
to keep us to task maintaining that mission as a priority in
our work. Beginning in 1963 Jim helped lead the IDF’s
social justice work into new directions: civil rights, work
against the war in Vietnam, providing local services to low
income people who lived in the neighborhood which lead to the
creation of what would become the Common Ground Food Cooperative,
Latin American solidarity and the Sanctuary Movement, and the
movement against the first Gulf War and the racist mascot at
the UI, “Chief Illiniwek.” We could try to summarize
more about his formative years, but whenever you ask Jim about
it, he’s likely to go back all the way to when his ancestors
arrived here in the 1700’s. |
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