2023–2024 Site Placements

Church of Our Saviour, Milton

Church of Our Saviour is a neighborhood Episcopal Church, part of the worldwide Anglican communion, based in Milton, Massachusetts. We worship God through formal liturgy, impromptu prayer, and our work in the world. We warmly welcome all people in keeping with our deep commitment to God’s inclusive love. Our priest works in partnership with our members in a leader-filled church; all people, young and old, have a voice here. We are not a place to be anonymous. We wholeheartedly welcome those new to church or new to our church, and we support work for healing and social change in our communities.

The Life Together Fellow’s work is tailored to the interests, skills, and growth areas of the fellow. Primary areas of the fellow’s work include assisting the congregation in community engagement and relationship building in the Milton-Mattapan-Quincy area and supporting the church’s Christian formation program for children, youth, and adults. Fellows also play roles in enhancing the church’s communications efforts; plan, lead and participate in liturgy; and practice vocational discernment with the mentorship of the parish’s priest. Each fellow will create their own project that works to build capacity and leave their mark in Milton.

The Family Van

The Family Van is a mobile health clinic that works to improve health equity using their “Knowledgeable Neighbor” model of care. The “Knowledgeable Neighbor” model of care is a community-based approach that increases access to quality, affordable healthcare; promotes healthy behaviors; expands screening and early detection efforts; and facilitates strategies for appropriate management of existing chronic diseases. The neighborhoods served by the Family Van, including Dorchester, East Boston, and Roxbury, continue to have the highest rates of preventable diseases and chronic health conditions in Boston. The Family Van operates in a non-hierarchical environment and focuses on leveraging and building their team members’ strengths to achieve their shared goals. Trained staff members on the Family Van live in the communities that they serve and always strive to cultivate a friendly, nonjudgmental, and comfortable atmosphere that invites local residents to seek care.

The Outreach & Communications Coordinator works to raise awareness about our programs and services with external partners and in target communities. They work with our team and volunteers to do community outreach, both in the community and via social media; deliver workshops with staff; and collaborate with other organizations. The fellow executes communications strategies and projects, including creating content for programs for social media presence and overseeing our Twitter feed. They are trained to provide culturally appropriate health education, information, and outreach in community-based settings, assist community members with access to community resources, engage target populations in wellness activities as well as chronic disease self-management and provide outreach to potential and existing clients in the community and at events. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Outreach & Communications Coordinator will collaborate with a wide range of partners and manage volunteers to support the development of programmatic strategies.

Grace Episcopal Church

Grace Episcopal Church is a multigenerational, diverse and welcoming Christian community that values shared leadership, service to those in need, and nurturing all in the love of God. Our mission statement is to love God, love your neighbor, and change the world. In the recent past, the parish has begun to explore advocacy, especially in the areas of environmental justice, gun violence, elder care and sexual injustice, with an interest in expanding our advocacy and involvement in mental health and wellness. Grace has become committed to understanding not only how to respond to needs directly, particularly through its involvement in clothing and food pantries, but also in educating the congregation and the community about the systemic circumstances behind issues such as hunger. We are highly innovative, interested in trying new things and in finding new ways to reach out to the wider community. We have a culture of encouraging and enabling growing community leaders, making Grace a wonderful space in which to explore vocation. 

The Grace Life Together Fellow initiates and leads a social-justice related project that evaluates the demonstrated need in our service area, as well as the gifts and abilities which Grace members may bring to the need at hand. While creating this community outreach project, the Grace Life Together fellow engages and motivates Grace members to move out into the community and bring Medford community members into Grace. This encourages the fellow to practice community organizing skills through one-to-ones with community leaders and folks outside of the church. This fellow takes part in lay leadership development by providing administrative and communications support to projects initiated by parish leaders. Other duties and responsibilities include regularly assisting in worship services and special liturgical events and offerings with the opportunity to preach as well, teaching weekly for our Wednesdays at Grace program, generating content for our social media, and supporting our 20s/30s ministry.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) is a nonprofit organization and community development corporation, offering affordable housing and supportive programming to increase social and economic mobility for the families they serve. IBA is one of the few bilingual (Spanish/English) organizations that addresses the specific needs of the city's Latinx community. Born out of Puerto Rican tenant organizing to fight displacement in 1968, IBA has grown to offer a variety of leadership programs alongside affordable housing. Programming includes financial empowerment, resident services, the arts, preschool, and youth development.

The Academic Coordinator fellow works within the Youth Development Program to offer neighborhood students academic support and enrichment, assess student progress, and connect with teachers and parents to support success. This work is especially critical as neighborhood youth return to the classroom after a year of remote learning. The Academic Coordinator also has the opportunity to participate in the program's Art for Social Justice campaign, addressing social issues chosen by the cohort.

Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life (ORSEL) is a student life department devoted to supporting Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students in their religious identities, spiritual wellness, and ethical growth. We offer worship services, programs, and community gatherings for approximately 4,500 undergraduates and 6,500 graduate students who study at the Cambridge campus of MIT. Our team represents much of the breadth of the world’s religious and ethical traditions. Our spiritual wellness offerings include community meals, PE courses, and workshops. Our contributions to ethical life include applied ethics seminars, a Humanist chaplaincy, and Radius, a program designed to mentor and support student activists. We also lead a robust interfaith dialogue program where students make a year-long commitment to weekly conversations with a diverse small group.

The ORSEL Fellow supports programming in ORSEL and two of our affiliated chaplaincies, Thrive on Campus and Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT (LEM). This includes supporting Thrive on Campus’ weekly free farmstand, and community meal, and assisting with LEM’s weekly worship service on campus. The fellow is also part of planning and executing ORSEL events, including the department’s interfaith dialogues throughout the year and Radius ethics seminar in the spring.