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Jaleesa Hall is the Founder of Raising A Village, a non-profit organization that provides high-quality intervention programs and community resources to underserved children and families in Washington, D.C. It is Jaleesa’s mission to continue to improve the lives of children and families by creating innovative and sustainable programs that encourage safe, healthy, and whole communities.
Jessica L. Anschutz is the Interim Director of the Lewis Center and co-editor of Leading Ideas. She teaches in the Doctor of Ministry program at Wesley Theological Seminary and is an elder in the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Jessica participated in the Lewis Fellows program, the Lewis Center's leadership development program for young clergy. She is also the co-editor with Doug Powe of Healing Fractured Communities (Palmetto, 2024).
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