Prepared to Drown: Meet April 4th Special Guest 2

Prepared to Drown is a monthly recorded podcast & live event with a variety of exciting themes exploring the intersection of faith & the world we live in today. Our next live recording is Friday, April 4th. This is not our usual recording day.

The Podcast Episode is “Dinghies and Yachts: Rising Tides and Other Fish Tales”

Podcast features: Rev. Bill Weaver, Rev. Joanne Anquist, Ricardo De Menezes and special guest MLA for Calgary-Acadia Diana Batten and Derek Cook

Derek Cook serves as the Director of the Canadian Poverty Institute at Ambrose University where he also teaches courses on poverty and Community Development. Derek’s work includes extensive experience in social research and policy development at The City of Calgary and in community development with various organizations across Canada. In 2018 he was appointed to the federal Ministerial Advisory Committee on Poverty, guiding the development of Canada’s national poverty strategy. Previously he served as the Executive Director of the Calgary Poverty Reduction Initiative, leading the Mayor’s task force on poverty reduction. Currently, Derek is a member of the Commission on Justice and Peace of the Canadian Council of Churches, serves on the Board of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta, and is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Poverty Research and Management (InsPeK) at the University of Malaysia - Kelantan. Derek holds a graduate degree in Community Development from the University of Guelph, a BA in Political Studies from McGill University and is a Registered Social Worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers. 

He recently published the book “The ART of Hope” which is available through Tyndale Academic Press. Regarding the Canadian Poverty Institute, information about the Institute is available at www.povertyinstitute.ca. The Canadian Poverty Institute is hosting their annual Summer Institute which offers a range of public workshops related to poverty ongoing through the month of May.

We hope that you will consider coming out and joining us live.

To learn more about the live recording and register to attend, please click here.

Prepared to Drown is part of our Soul Cellar. You can learn more about it here.