Helene Slessarev-Jamir
Template:TOCnestleft Helene Slessarev-Jamir is on the Board of Directors at Sojourners.[1]She is a Professor of Urban Studies and Ethics, Politics, and Society at Claremont School of Theology.
She is married to David Jamir. They live in Chino Hills, California.
Sojourners
Helene Slessarev-Jamir serves on the board of Sojourners.
Career
- Worked at The United Methodist Church
- Worked at Wheaton College
Education
- Studied American Social Policy at University of Chicago
- Studied Public Policy Analysis at University of Illinois at Chicago
- Studied Economics at UC Berkeley
Following Jackson
In 1984 Ellen Spears (Atlanta) Jack Turner (Boston), Tracy Takano (Hawaii), Helen Slessarev (Chicago), Sally Edwards (Detroit), were covering the Jesse Jackson campaign for Unity.
Unity
Helene Slessarev contributed to the February 16, 1987 issue of Unity.
Unity correspondent
In 1989 Regional Correspondents for Unity, newspaper of the League of Revolutionary Struggle included Helene Slessarev, Chicago.
Working for Rush
1996-1997, Helene Slessarev-Jamir was an urban policy consultant, strategist to Rep. Bobby Rush.[2]
Midwest Radical Scholars & Activists Conference 1997
D. Welfare Reform, Income Policy & Trade Unions
- John Hagedorn, Criminal Justice Dept. UIC
- Helene Slessarev, Director, Urban Studies Program, Wheaton College; author of The Betrayal of the Urban Poor (1997)
- Wendy Pollack, Poverty Law Center
- Ken Gagala, Labor Education Service, University of Minnesota
- Ron Baiman, Sociology, Roosevelt University, Chair