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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T180000
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SUMMARY:MLK Shabbat Speaker: Rev. Philippe E.C. Andal
DESCRIPTION:During Shabbat Services on Friday\, January 17\, 2025\, Reveran
 d Philippe E. C. Andal\, Ph.D.\, who serves as the senior pastor of the Co
 mmunity Baptist Church and as President of the Hananiah Community Foundati
 on Corporation in New Haven\, Connecticut will join us. Under his leadersh
 ip\, several ministries have been developed and re-organized to meet the n
 eeds of a changing intergenerational and hybrid faith community in the hea
 rt of the Newhallville neighborhood.  With a heart for the community\, Pa
 stor Andal established a partnership with Lincoln-Bassett Community School
  that provides for the social and learning needs of 25 students and their 
 families\, a monthly grocery giveaway distributing over 2\,000 pounds of f
 ood to 100+ families\, and has raised significant funds to support disaste
 r relief locally and abroad.\n\nLeading beyond the church\, Dr. Andal serv
 es as the Co-Chair of Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut\, an i
 nterfaith collective of 37 congregations representing over 30\,000 people 
 who work together through building relational power to effect change for t
 he common good on the local\, state\, and national levels.  Under his lea
 dership\, the CONECT has adopted an anti-racist commitment\, has doubled b
 oth membership dues and grant income\, and  continues to lead in advancin
 g a grassroots policy agenda on issues of equitable education funding\, re
 ducing health care costs\, affordable housing\, and automatic expungement 
 implementation.  Additionally\, Dr. Andal serves as a member of Agora Str
 ategy Council of the  Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice of the
  Thurgood Marshall College Fund\, a nonprofit national think tank and rese
 arch center\, rooted in the Black American community with the intent of co
 nvening scholars\, public policy leaders\, social advocates\, and solution
 -makers.\n\nDr. Andal earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administrat
 ion from Fisk University\, a Master of Divinity from Yale University\, and
  a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy from Southern University and A &a
 mp\; M College.  Additionally\, he is a 2017 Fellow of Fellowships at Aus
 chwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics and completed a Certificate in
  Executive Church Leadership from the Howard University School of Business
 .  Dr. Andal holds appointments at Yale Divinity School as Lecturer in Pa
 storal Leadership and Church Administration\, founding member of the Black
  Church Study Certificate Program Faculty Committee\, and as a member of t
 he Alumni Board.
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