Tracy Young's Page

The Office of Social Justice is excited to share the CRC Teachers' Lounge with you - a place for Christian K-12 educators to access justice-related resources for the classroom, share ideas and lessons plans, and give one another support.

Last spring, GR Christian High School teacher Jane Hilbrands came to the OSJ with a great observation and a question. The CRC, she noted, has so ma… Continue

Aw, this is a nice article! (Full disclosure, I was on the team that awarded the grant.) I think it's great that this is an article not in the local rag, but Sioux City's newspaper (about an hour from Sioux Center, and much bigger)- so hopefully lots of new eyes will see this and maybe even get a little inspiration! And perhaps those that never thought about faith and… Continue

I found this article to be touching - sort of sad and sort of hopeful.

It reminds me of the horticulture program through Criminal Justice Chaplaincy, a group associated with Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids. I find the use of tending the land as a recovery/renewal tool to be a really interesting. Does anyone else know… Continue