Dartmouth Events

"The New Poor People's Campaign: Organizing Strategies for Today Inspired by Dr. King"

Join us for a student workshop with Onleilove Alston (pronounced Only Love), Executive Director of Faith in New York. Founded in 2013, Faith in New York is an interfaith multicultural federation of over 70 congregations that seeks to engage communities in seeking solutions to New York's most pressing challenges. 

Workshop starts at 6:30 PM and dinner will be provided. Space is limited and registration is required. Register here.

Onleilove Alston was born and raised in East New York, Brooklyn. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Human Development and African-American studies from Penn State University, she completed a year of service with AmeriCorps Public Allies New York. In 2011, she received her Master of Divinity and Master of Social Work degrees from Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University School of Social Work, respectively. She is also an Alumni of The Women’s Campaign School at Yale. For more than 10 years, Onleilove has worked for various nonprofit organizations such as Sojourners, NY Faith & Justice, FPWA and United Workers. She is a contributing writer for Sojourners magazine, The Black Commentator, Huffington Post, NPR’s Onbeing blog, as well in publications. For her writing and activism work, Onleilove has received the Bennett Fellowship for Social Justice from Auburn Seminary, the National Association of Social Workers-NYC Scholarship for Social Justice, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Minority Coalition Young Adult Award, and the 2011 Evangelical Press Association’s Student Writer of the Year First Place Award.