At the first Youth Listening Session held in June, 2023 at Watts Street Baptist Church, a small but mighty group of  9 youth and 3 adult leaders met to discuss ways youth can lead the charge in the Creation Care movement!   They were from Beth El Synagogue, Watts Street Baptist Church, and Binkley Memorial Baptist Church.

At the first ICCT/NCIPL Youth Listening Session, held in June, 2023 at Watts Street Baptist Church,  a small but mighty group of  nine youth and three adult leaders met to discuss ways youth can lead the charge in the Creation Care movement!   They were from these faith communities –  Beth El Synagogue, Watts Street Baptist, and Binkley Memorial Baptist .

Liz Becker, Youth Engagement Leader for ICCT, said the youth seemed very interested and ready for next steps.   She also noted strong leadership qualities demonstrated in the group.  Liz, Ian McPherson, who is youth and outreach minister at Pullen Baptist Church, and Ren Martin from NC Interfaith Power & Light  along with the other adult leaders listened as the youth reported on their ideas for the vision and activities for future events.
Here’s what the Durham group came up with; it sounds fun and challenging:

The Vision

• Energy
• Food
• Democracy
• Extinction
• Carbon Footprint/Awareness
• Trees and Amazon forests
• Theology
• Addressing and overcoming toxic 

Suggested Events

• Movie night
• Celebrations
• Speakers
• Involve Youth in All Faith Communities  in Combined Action to Make Ourselves More Sustainable
• Creek cleanup – trash dash
• Tree planting

At the second session, we’ll see what the Raleigh youth want.  Those attending in Durham are invited to the 2nd session to meet their Raleigh counterparts.  

To sign up for the session contact Liz Becker at ICCTliaisons@gmail.com