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Ruth Rosenbaum, TC, PhD - Executive Director
David Bolan - Research & Technical Associate
Sean Murphy - Research Associate
Consuelo Gomez - Office Assistant
Volunteers
Kathryn Wrinn, RSM - CREA
Co-Founder and Editor
CREA
Board of Directors
David Gleason - Chief Technology Officer, Planned Parenthood League of
Massachusetts (2007-present)
Robert Ludwig, MBA - Human Resources Management Consultant (1999-present)
Ruth Rosenbaum, PhD - Social Economist, CREA Founder & Executive
Director (1995-present)
Janie Simmons, EdD - Senior Host Doctoral Fellow,
National Development & Research Institute, NY (1997-present)
Mark Sullivan, PhD - Director, Labor Education Center, University of
Connecticut (2003-present)
Kathryn Wrinn, RSM (Ret.) - CREA Co-Founder (1995-present)
Patricia Zerega, MA - Director for Corporate Social Responsibility,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, PA (2005-present)
CREA Europe Board of
Directors
Alan Christie - Director of Private Sector Policy, UK Commission for
Racial Equality
Patrick Neyts - Senior Advisor, VECTRA International
Vic Thorpe - Founder/Coordinator, Just Solutions Network
Margaret Wachenfield - Director of Children's Rights Policy, UNICEF
CREA House
CREA's original vision and statement of mission
included the idea of a center. Here a faith community would live, research
would be done, and persons who work for justice could come to share
experiences and ideas in an understanding and welcoming atmosphere. We
hoped the house would be situated where it belonged: among poor and
low-income people.
In January 1999, an amazingly generous
benefactor made possible the purchase of a 90-year old, 3-story house. It
is located in a predominantly working-class and low-income neighborhood in
Hartford, Connecticut. The vision moved into reality.
A loan from a religious community and a grant from the
Sexton Foundation provided funding for essential repairs. Generous CREA
supporters provided building materials and cash donations. Volunteers,
including people from the neighborhood, worked faithfully to transform the
house into a warm, welcoming dwelling: CREA House.
Now CREA House resembles the original dream. The
first floor includes a welcoming room, a room for reflection, offices and
a common work space. The second floor provides living space for our faith
community. The third floor has the computer network, research space and a
guest room.
One of the major thrusts of CREA's mission is to provide space for
like-minded and like-hearted persons to meet and to spend time together in
sharing and reflection on their work for economic justice. CREA has
welcomed persons from many states and also from El Salvador, Guatemala,
Brazil, Kenya and China.
Living right within a neighborhood keeps us connected to the realities of life as experienced by struggling workers, and provides for our organization a culturally rich and diverse location. In turn, our work on the building and grounds helps stabilize an inner-city neighborhood.
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