We are a small team of talented professionals with a wide range of skills and experience. We love what we do, and we do it with passion. We look forward to working with you.
Steve Park is the founder and Executive Director of Little Lights Urban Ministries, a DC ministry serving underserved children, youth, and families living in public housing. He lives in Ward 8 with his wife and two children and is passionate about seeing unity in the Body of Christ. Fun fact: Steve grew up in Houston and is a die-hard Rockets and Astros fan. #Fearthebeard #HoustonStrong.
Dr. Michelle Edwards is the Executive Director at Live It Learn It, an experiential learning education nonprofit in Washington, DC. Her concern for people, especially children of color and those in poverty, has been demonstrated through her career as an educator as well as her membership in Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. and through her recent roles as Director of Missions, Kids’ Ministry and Prayer. Michelle loves the Lord, her husband, her children, her beagle, Beauty, and people in general.
Keesha lives in Bethesda, MD and works in Higher Education. Her church home is Citizen Heights. She once heard in a class that “Politics is personal, and the personal is political.” In that same fashion, diversity, equity & inclusion work is the responsibility of us all, and as Christ-followers, we are more compelled to believe we have a greater responsibility in modeling Heaven here on earth. Her favorite Restaurant in DC is Blue44 DC in Northwest DC and her favorite D.C. activity is running along the Potomac out towards Reagan National Airport.
Terrance Moore is a Harvard graduate from Louisiana with a passion for the reconciliation of Christ, culture, and community. He is a cultural activist, writer, speaker, and budding social entrepreneur working on impacting the hip-hop industry and broader culture through creative discipleship. Terrance is a member of Anacostia River Church and is connected to the Unity and Justice Fellowship comes through years of involvement in justice work through the Christian Community Development Association. He is a renowned Spades connoisseur and also serves as the Unofficial Chaplain for Popeyes Chicken.
Jim Melson is a pastor and teacher at New Community Church in DC and directs The Cornelius Corps, a ministry that builds transforming relationships through a network of churches and individuals on a shared journey of spiritual formation and racial justice/reconciliation. Fun Fact: Jim is from New Jersey and is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan seeing him in concert over the years starting in 1974.
LaToya Archibald is a worship leader at Grace Covenant Church DC. She moved to Washington D.C. to attend Howard University and has spent the last 10 years working in educational equity, environmental justice and development. Fun fact: She saw Black Panther four times in a three-day span. #WakandaForver
Brian Bakke works at the Mustard Seed Foundation where he helps churches in key cities with funding for new evangelism and discipleship ministry. A fun fact about Brian is that he sweeps the neighborhood. Last year he collected 17 weapons and more than 2.5 tons of trash. He is also an artist working on a series of lithographs and etchings that depict life in the inner city.
Nathalie Reshard was born in Miami, Florida. A graduate of the University of Alabama and University of Central Florida, Nathalie has spent her career in the sports industry. She played professional basketball overseas in Copenhagen, Denmark and coached all levels of basketball all over the world. For the last two seasons, she has had the privilege to serve as a character coach for the University of Maryland Women’s Basketball program. She attends Grace Covenant Church DC with Pastor Donnell and Marianne Jones and loves biking around DC.
Kate Denson is on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as the Washington DC Justice programs director creating service-based education opportunities for college students to engage in biblical justice. She attends Christ City Church where she serves as a small group leader. Kate and her husband JR recently welcomed their first baby Alexander Douglass. She moonlights as a licensed dc tour guide, including one job where she dresses up as Martha Washington.
Sarah Parshall attends The District Church in Columbia Heights where she serves as a small group leader and coach. She is passionate about being a disciple of Christ and seeing others grow their love for God and their neighbor. Sarah works in the restorative justice field and moved to the DMV after spending the first eighteen years of her life in Asia.
Mark Bauer is a journalist with experience at a variety of legal, lifestyle and travel publications. He’s regularly asking why things are the way they are—and whether they have to stay that way? His curiosity about bias was spurred by the realization that if the world sometimes said untrue things about him, then he must also sometimes believe things about others that are untrue. He seeks to bridge the gap of those misunderstandings through his podcast, Behind the Seen, a weekly conversation on understanding our racial biases. Mark was born and raised in Arlington, TX and is a member of Redemption Hill Church in Washington, DC.
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