Kinship Circle: The Food Connection
w/ Jemaluddin Bolling
Friday, December 17, 3 – 4:30 pm ET
The Kinship Activity of North America invites you to join us for a special Kinship Circle on the current global Ecological Crisis, with a special focus on its connection to food security.
Jemaluddin will describe his experience of taking the “teachings” to the street, where he found that food can be a means for relieving spiritual as well as physical hunger, and a tool for social and individual transformation. His ministry also led him to bring different civic and faith groups together in dialogue, as well as shoulder to shoulder, to help those in need. Following this, we will explore his insights into the potential impact of the global ecological crisis on food security here and around the world, highlighting pitfalls and remedies.
This Kinship Circle is open to all who are sincerely interested. Registration is not required. Please see the sidebar for the time in your local area.
If you have questions about the Inayatiyya Kinship Activity and/or about this special Kinship Circle, please email kinship@inayatiyya.org.
Speaker
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Jemaluddin Bill BollingJemaluddin Bill Bolling has quietly carried the teachings of Murshid into the complex realm of civic leadership at a remarkable scale. It began in 1975 with becoming a leader of the Atlanta Sufi Center (Khanqah) which was devoted to community service. His professional work began when he volunteered at a local church community kitchen as a way to help the homeless, particularly fellow veterans of the Vietnam War. Being with and listening to the stories of others, especially those who had experienced trauma in their lives, allowed him to go more deeply into the inner thinking of those in need.
His work there expanded along with his vision, and within a few years he founded the Atlanta Community Food Bank and grew it, over 36 years, into one of the largest, most innovative programs of its kind, serving a network of over 600 community-based organizations. Through the years he helped start food banks in Georgia, across the Southeast, and in a number of countries around the world.
His gift for bringing diverse people together to help those in need at all levels has made him not only a national voice in addressing food security, but also a respected convener and mentor to others, helping create enduring alliances and institutions addressing issues of poverty, affordable housing, urban agriculture, resiliency, equity, and civic engagement.
