Organizing Rockford - Stanley Campbell & Rockford Urban Ministries

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Stanley Campbell has served Rockford Urban Ministries for almost 25 years, a voice for peace, justice and care for the disadvantaged of Illinois' second city. Stanley knows the ropes, having started as a John Birch conservative who volunteered to fight in Vietnam and having learned to question and reexamine what he's been told.

Whether it's workcamps rebuilding the inner city, support for Fair Trade goods, or highlighting injustice in the Middle East, Stanley is at the forefront, combining religious motivation with social justice zeal.

Music Featured:
O Say Shalom - One Drum (including David Stocker)
I'd Just Like to Know - Bryan Sirchio

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Organizing Rockford - Stanley Campbell and Rockford Urban Ministries
United Methodists and peace activism
Used to be run by clergy but they needed people that could speak out without making trouble for the church.
He is asked if it is better to be doing it as a secular or a religious service
Everybody is called to do good in the world.
How he is the Peace Man for the city he lives in
How he gets by helping his community without causing a lot of problems for himself
Causes of urban sprawl
How the idea that people have the right to live next to whoever they want and other bad ideas have caused urban sprawl.
His history during the Vietnam war
and how he went from volunteering for vietnam to becoming an antiwar activist.
Work Camps
To help people that are unable to take care of their homes and the people that do the work.
Catholic
Methodist
Non-denominational Christian
Stanley Campbell
Rockford Urban Ministries

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