We are reveling in our 10 year anniversary celebration this year. The MA in Global Development and Justice (MAGDJ) program prepares students to work across the nexus of justice, transformational development and peacebuilding work. We started our classes with cohort 1 in the Fall of 2013. Over the past 10 years we have seen students come into MAGDJ with passionate callings to impact lives and to be better prepared in their work. It has been a joy to witness the results of their hard work and dedication to serving their communities around the world. Hope you enjoy a few memorable moments over the past 10 years (video below).
On a personal note: This program was developed with great input from faculty and administrators at Multnomah University as well as practitioner colleagues, former professors and mentors from my Fuller days. I am grateful for the support we have seen by the administration here at Multnomah over the years. I need to also point out that Dr. Bryant Myers was gracious enough to provide me with a bibliography of Transformational Development sources that helped us get started with our book lists. Dr. Jude Tiersma Watson played a critical role in helping me think about inclusive community development from the first day that I stepped into her class back in 1997. Dr. Doug McConnell’s mentorship, without a doubt, has impacted how I teach and mentor my own students.
I am incredibly grateful to the team of professors I have had the privilege to teach alongside over the years. Dr. Karen Fancher has played a key leadership role in MAGDJ since day one and has mentored our students with dedication. Others who have supported MAGDJ with their leadership, creative thinking and dedicated teaching over the years include Elizabeth Sethi (J.D.), Rodney Green, Adrienne Livingston, Dr. David Brewer, Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber, Dr. Leah Wheeler, Rev. Dr. Ulf Spears, Ruben Alvarado, Dr. Sean Benesh, Dr. Domani Pothen, Brandon Stiver, Dr. Paul Metzger, Dr. Martin Alphonse, Dr. Michael Pucci, Mark Loomis (J.D.), Marcel Newsome, Christa Foster Crawford (J.D.), Adam Moore and too many guest lecturers to mention, but all of them have made a profound impact in the lives of our students.
There really is no greater stakeholder in MAGDJ than our students! They have deeply impacted and even crafted MAGDJ into the program it is today. Their feedback, evaluations, emails and long conversations over coffee has played a significant role in creating courses, study abroad trips, dinners out and developing community.
Enjoy a look back on the past 10 years (my sincerest apologies for not getting everyone in this video, but with limited time and resources we did our best to collect photos of all the cohorts, but no doubt, we missed a few valuable members of the MAGDJ community).
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