Guest Minister: Rev. Mariama White-Hammond Sunday, February 13th at 10am Join us this Sunday as we welcome back to our pulpit Rev. Mariama White-Hammond.
About Rev. Mariama White-Hammond Rev. Mariama White-Hammond was appointed as Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space in April 2021. As Chief, Rev. White-Hammond oversees policy and programs on energy, climate change, sustainability, historic preservation, and open space. Over the course of her time with the City, she has supported the amendment of the Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance<https://firstparishinlincoln.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83cf1f16c97434d2dff564fd1&id=cabb23a585&e=01faa519b7> (BERDO) to set carbon targets for existing large buildings. Rev. White-Hammond has also convened a city-led youth green jobs program<https://firstparishinlincoln.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83cf1f16c97434d2dff564fd1&id=2bf9f481b5&e=01faa519b7>. Rev. White-Hammond has extensive background in embedding equity and environmental justice into Boston's communities. Rev. Mariama is the founding pastor of New Roots AME Church in Dorchester. She has received numerous awards, including the Barr Fellowship, the Celtics Heroes Among Us, The Roxbury Founders Day Award and the Boston NAACP Image award. She was selected as one of the Grist 50 Fixers for 2019 and Sojourners 11 Women Shaping the Church. Rev. White-Hammond was born and raised in Boston and began her community engagement in high school when she worked as a Peer Health Educator. She was particularly shaped by her involvement in Project HIP-HOP (Highways Into the Past - History, Organizing and Power), a youth organization focused on teaching the history of the Civil Rights Movement and engaging a new generation of young people in activism. After college, she became the Executive Director of Project HIP-HOP, where she served for 13 years. In 2017, she graduated with her Master of Divinity at the Boston University School of Theology and was ordained an elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2018, she founded New Roots AME Church. @RevMariama https://twitter.com/RevMariama<https://firstparishinlincoln.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83cf1f16c97434d2dff564fd1&id=e84c543c87&e=01faa519b7> https://www.facebook.com/mariama.whitehammond<https://firstparishinlincoln.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83cf1f16c97434d2dff564fd1&id=c3a4a331ef&e=01faa519b7> https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariama-white-hammond-20ab9911/<https://firstparishinlincoln.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83cf1f16c97434d2dff564fd1&id=3dd2e16218&e=01faa519b7> Margit Griffith, M.Ed. Director of Religious Education First Parish in Lincoln 781-259-8118 x12 (pronouns: she/her/hers) Generally, I am in the office: Sun 8-1; Tue 9-4; Wed 9-4; Thu 9-4; Fri 11-4 Oportet nos quaerere ut inveniam.
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