“Mailboxes, Stucco and Graffiti: The Built Environment as Narrative” –
Prof. Michael Mata
Speaker: Prof. Michael Mata, Point Loma Nazarene University –
Knowing how to read the physical landscape can uncover clues to the history, current concerns and values, and even the future of an urban neighborhood. Learning the story of a place can better inform the curation of culturally relevant and hope-filled engagement with that community. Join us to learn skills for reading your neighborhood.
Michael Mata, for over three decades, has designed and implemented community and faith-based programs in the areas of community organizing and development, intercultural engagement, organizational and leadership development, and community youth development. Mata is the Community Transformation Specialist with Compassion Creates Change, Inc. and most recently was the director of the Transformational Urban Leadership Program at Azusa Pacific Seminary. His prior assignments have included the Tools for Transformation Director for World Vision U.S. Program, the Mildred M. Hutchinson Assistant Professor of Urban Ministry and Director of the Urban Leadership Institute at the Claremont School of Theology. He holds degrees in Biblical Literature, Religion and Urban Planning.
Introduction: Hal Durian
Fellowship: Michael Fay
Greeter: Peter Boniface