Engaging Community with Jeanine Reardon and Julie Boleyn

The Rev. Julie Boleyn is a pastor in Berwyn, Illinois, a town of approximately 56,000 people. She serves as pastor to both Unity Lutheran, and Comunidad Unida (a new bilingual, intercultural worshiping community). Under her leadership Unity Lutheran launched Awake! Time to Rise, a community development organization that specializes in education and engagement. This organization has incubated other groups, of which Julie has been a part. This includes Berwyn Comunidad en Accíon, a group that has organized around social justice issues in Berwyn, including facilitating the passage of a Welcoming City Ordinance, and increasing the minimum wage. The group is currently working to support DACA recipients, and other immigrants. Julie lives in Berwyn with her spouse, Jeanine Reardon, and their 8-year-old daughter Madelyn.The Rev. Jeanine Reardon is a pastor serving as a Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor. In her work, she helps her students understand their own gifts as resource in their ministry. She also serves Berwyn on city council as the 3rd Ward Alderman. She uses her gifts as a chaplain in tending to the heartbreak and hope of the community, helping the community connect across difference. Jeanine was elected as part of a slate of candidates that drastically improved the diversity of civic leadership, raising up Latino and gay and lesbian candidates for service.To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.org or to listen to more audio recordings visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org