Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding & Restoring Hope in the City is a compilation of the stories of many women in mission. In these stories, themes of belonging, identity, calling, loss, and privilege emerge, outlining the difficulties in missions and challenging the image of this type of work by including new voices to help shape the narrative. Each author's story of embracing her calling traces the discourse of intersectionality, margin, colonialism, and Scripture, aiming to invite and encourage others to participate in the mission of God within our world, and in whatever they may do.
Janet is a Thai-American woman who grew up in Indiana. She worked on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship on campus and as Global Urban Trek Coordinator. Janet directed Treks with teams of college students living and serving alongside the urban poor in Bangkok, Thailand for many years. She and Andy are on staff with Servant Partners as the directors of the San Jose site in California.
Shabrae Jackson Krieg is a facilitator and practitioner with more than 18 years of experience working in the United States and internationally. She enjoys creating community-based tools and shaping spaces for creativity through processes such as experiential learning, the expressive arts, sports, and movement-based methodologies - exploring the spaces where play and transformation can meet.