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MEDIA ADVISORYKAIROS Announces New Board ExecutiveJanuary 9, 2008
For Immediate Release(Toronto) – - KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives is pleased to announce the following appointments to the executive of its board of directors effective January 1, 2008: Cheryl Curtis (Chair): Cheryl Curtis is the Executive Director of the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF). PWRDF is the Anglican agency for development, relief, refugees and justice. Prior to this role, Cheryl worked with the Toronto Conference of the United Church of Canada as Conference Minister for Social Justice and Ethnic Ministries for eleven years and with the Working Group on Refugee Resettlement, an Anglican and United Church ministry, as Executive Director. Omega Bula (Vice-Chair) – Omega Bula is Executive Minister in the Justice Global and Ecumenical Relations Unit of the United Church of Canada, a post she has held since 2005. Omega has also worked as UCC Area Secretary for Southern Africa for eight years and as General Council Minister for Racial Justice for two years. She is a social worker and sociologist with a commitment to working locally and globally on issues and processes that enhance transformative justice in church and society. Jane Orion Smith (Treasurer) - Jane Orion Smith is the General Secretary of the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has been reappointed to the position of treasurer of the KAIROS board for a second term. The CFSC is the peace and justice arm of Quakers in Canada. Jane Orion’s work experience spans the peace, environment, development and arts sectors. She has done extensive voluntary service and academic work among Quakers, in Canada and internationally. Jim Dekker (Secretary) - Rev. James Dekker has been a minister in the Christian Reformed Church in North America for 30 thirty years. He is currently serving as the senior pastor of Covenant CRC in St. Catharines. Jim has always been passionate about social justice and has engaged in a variety of activities to promote and educate churches in the area of justice. Benoit Bariteau (Member at Large) - is the Associate General Secretary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishop. Mr. Bariteau holds degrees in theology as well as in administration. He has served several Catholic dioceses in Quebec and held many administrative positions within the public service for Quebec. His expertise is in administration, health services, higher education, finance and strategic analysis. The KAIROS board of directors is also comprised of: Stephen Allen, the Presbyterian Church in Canada; Ryan Andersen, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada; Michael Casey, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace; Alice Jean (AJ) Finlay,(past Vice Chair), the Anglican Church of Canada; Joe Gunn, the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC); Paul E. Hansen, C.Ss.R. (past Chair), the CRC; the Rev. Gordon Haynes, the Presbyterian Church in Canada; Joanne McFadden, United Church of Canada; and Lois Coleman Neufeld of the Mennonite Central Committee Canada. Media contact: Adiat Junaid
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