Co-Sponsors

First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley

First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley is a university church located two blocks from the University of California (www.berkeley.edu) in heart of downtown Berkeley. We are a community thoughtfully engaged in our faith, embracing people of all ages, ethnicities, backgrounds, and circumstances. First Pres is a place where questions can be asked, honest reflection is encouraged, creativity is cultivated, and where faith is not a formula, but a life lived. We seek to be engaged locally and around the world, to listen and to learn, to embody justice and compassion, and to share the love of Jesus Christ in tangible ways as we journey together. For more information, please visit the First Pres website at www.fpcberkeley.org.

Global Strategies for HIV Prevention

Global Strategies for HIV Prevention is a non-profit, independent organization whose mission is to respond to the international HIV/AIDS crisis through healthcare worker training, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and orphan support programs. By facilitating collaborations with strategic partners in resource-poor countries, Global Strategies seeks to prevent the spread of HIV and to alleviate suffering. Global Strategies focuses its programs primarily in countries where issues of poverty, slavery, and war exacerbate the already-rapid spread of HIV.  For more information, please visit the Global Strategies website at www.globalstrategies.org.

International Justice Mission Institute

The International Justice Mission (IJM) Institute is a community of Christian leaders advancing solutions for overcoming injustice by sharing ideas, resources, and tools to raise awareness of injustice. The IJM Institute inspires members of the Body of Christ to move from thought to action. It is affiliated with International Justice Mission, a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression in 12 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. To learn more, please visit www.ijminstitute.org.

New College Berkeley

New College Berkeley provides high-caliber, interdisciplinary studies to equip the lay Christian for active ministry. An affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union, New College Berkeley seeks to recover an understanding of ministry as bringing God's presence into the public world of work, politics, and commerce, as well as into the private spaces of personal discipleship, family and friendship. For more information, please visit the New College Berkeley website at www.newcollegeberkeley.org.

Not For Sale

Not For Sale aims to educate and mobilize an international abolitionist movement through the innovation and implementation of open-source activism. Inside the United States, the campaign identifies trafficking rings and collaborates with local law enforcement and community groups to shut them down and provide support for the victims. Internationally, the campaign partners with poorly resourced abolitionist groups to enhance their capacity. To learn more, please visit the Not For Sale website at www.notforsalecampaign.org.

Trade as One

Trade as One is a fair-trade organization that exists to change the lives of the global poor. The organizations from which products are sourced work with the poorest of the poor, the abused, trafficked, and those suffering from HIV/AIDS. By meeting others' needs through the vehicle of trade, consumers have the opportunity to create a powerful and sustainable way to change the world for good. Trade as One will have a boutique of gift items available for purchase at various times throughout the conference. For more information, please visit www.tradeasone.com.

Christ Church (Berkeley, CA)

Christ Church of Berkeley seeks to be a bridge between our community — Berkeley, the East Bay, and the Bay Area — and our God. Christ Church is a worshipping community that seeks to announce and embody the story of Jesus that brings about changed lives, social healing, and cultural renewal in Berkeley and Oakland, and through these, the world. For more information, please visit www.christchurchberkeley.org.

Escalon Presbyterian Church (Escalon, CA)

Escalon Presbyterian Church exists to seek to bring others to faith in Christ; to serve in mission locally and globally; to support personal growth through learning, teaching, and sharing God's Word; and to sustain a Christ-centered fellowship. For more information, please visit www.escalonpres.org.

Open Door (Walnut Creek, CA)

Open Door, a collaborating community with Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church, is a simple, hands-on expression of the Church. We are a community of people walking in the Way of Jesus for the good of the whole world. We're committed to learning the Story, living the Story, and telling the stories, believing that when we do, others will want to live into the Story they hear. For more information, please visit www.abluedoor.com.

University Covenant Church (Davis, CA)

University Covenant Church is a community of ordinary people experiencing the extraordinary, life-changing love of Jesus Christ. Revived by faith, renewed by hope, and restored by love, it is our purpose to bring people to Jesus and membership in His family, love and nurture each other to Christ-like maturity, and equip each individual for service in our church, our community, and the world so that we may joyfully bring honor and glory to God. For more information, please visit www.ucov.com.