Hope for Peace & Justice - Equipping progressive people of faith to be champions for peace and justice.



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About Hope for Peace & Justice

Hope for Peace & Justice : Equipping Progressive People of Faith to be Champions for Peace and Justice.

Hope for Peace & Justice seeks to give voice to these core values:

Create a culture of peace
Advocate for equal rights and opportunity for all people
Counter the toxic effects of fundamentalism

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H4PJ Board of Directors
Bob Shea , Chair
Michael Piazza, President
Coy James, Managing Director


	Nancy E. Algert, Ph.D., LPC, DAPA Ph.D., Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, 1998 LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor and Mediator DAPA - Certified Diplomate of The American Psychotherapy Association TMCA Distinguished Mediator Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University Educator, Trainer and Researcher in organizational change, conflict management and diversity issues, behavior and disability issues
	Blake Ashlock is Director of Patient Services for Bright Now! Dental Corporation. He earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Human Relations Counseling from the University of Oklahoma. Blake is an active member at the Cathedral of Hope and is a leader of the Church’s new Singles Ministry. Additionally, Blake volunteers in Family Programs at the Dallas Museum of Art and he volunteers with Big Brothers and Sisters of North Texas. Blake’s volunteer experience is focused on valuing people. Blake is also a promoter of planting trees. He has worked on several tree planting campaigns and is a member of Trees for the Future.
	Dennis Bolin has over 20 years experience working with health care and not-for-profit organizations in the areas of strategic planning, marketing, customer service and product development. He has worked with top management and boards of directors on vision and mission development and operational implementation. He has developed and implemented branding and marketing strategies. He has a Master of Management from Northwestern University and has completed Advanced Graduate Studies in Dispute Resolution and Mediation at Southern Methodist University.
	Ferrell Drum is president of Garland Insulating Ltd., a thermal building products provider and installer for the building trades with locations in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, Texas. He has a B.S. in Business from Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas. He has served on the Finance and Development Committee of the Board of Directors of Dallas Christian School, on the Board of Directors of Heartbeat, and as founder and director of both First National Bank of Rowlett and Centennial National Bank.
	Wesley English is the president and CEO of HomeVestors Calient Properties, LLC, a franchised real estate investment company, a partner in Hodge Homes LP, a residential property management company and the managing member of Caliente Holdings, LC, a real estate holding company. He received his B.S. from Texas A&M University and an M.S. in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Texas at Arlington. He serves as secretary for the North Texas Franchisee Council for Homevestors, is a founding member of National Association for Responsible Home Re-builders and Investors (NARHRI), and belongs to the National Association of Realtors, the Texas Association of Realtors, the Greater Dallas Association of Realtors, and the Association of Independent Real Estate Investors. He is a corporate partner for Habitat for Humanity.
	DeSorrow Golden is currently a software developer at Argo Data Resource Corporation. He owns Global Investment Solutions LLC which is a real estate investment company. He serves as a facilitator for the 20 Something and 30 Something ministries at the Cathedral of Hope. His heart is for reconciliation and peace building. He has a bachelors in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
	Jo Hudson is Rector and Senior Pastor of the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, Texas. Rev. Hudson recently finished her 7th year as pastor of Friends Congregational Church-UCC in College Station, Texas. A native Texan, Rev. Hudson received her PhD in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University in 1993 and graduated with honors from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in 1994. She was ordained into the United Church of Christ in 1997. Currently, Rev. Hudson holds clergy standing in the Brazos Association of the South Central Conference of the United Church of Christ, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Justice & Witness Ministries of the UCC. In 2001 Rev. Hudson received a Pastoral Renewal Grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc., which promotes leadership education and financial self-sufficiency in the nonprofit, charitable sector.
	Tim Hurst is a professional residential Realtor from Dallas. A native Texan, Tim has spent most of his career life in Dallas with stints of time in Los Angeles and New York. Prior to forming his Real Estate Co., Tim held management positions with The Los Angeles Times, America Online and Times Mirror Co. Tim holds degrees in Advertising and Public Relations/Marketing from Texas State University and sits on the Board of Directors of several community and national charitable organizations. He has two wonderful teenage daughters and recently had a civil union ceremony performed in Stowe, Vermont with his partner of eight years, the artist, Jay Shinn.
	Coy James is the Canon for Evangelism at the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, Texas. He is also the Managing Director of Hope for Peace and Justice. In addition to numerous other volunteer positions, Coy served on the Cathedral of Hope Board of Directors for 16 years, the last three as Vice-Moderator. He received degrees in Mass Communication and Medical Instructional Design from Abilene Christian University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, now UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. His experience includes over 20 years as a manager of various communications related organizations within Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division.
	Lory Masters, CRB, owns Master Realtors in Dallas, Texas, a Residential and Commercial Real Estate firm founded in 1986. She has been a pioneer for human rights since the age of twenty and has helped create and/or founded such organizations as The Oasis Drug and Alcohol Program, The Women’s Chorus of Dallas, The Extra Mile Awards and The Women’s Motorcycle Club of Dallas. She has served the local, state and national community as an emcee, fundraiser, facilitator, and speaker. She is currently National Human Rights Campaign Board Emeritus; National Board Emeritus Member of An Uncommon “Legacy” Foundation and a National Advisory Board Member of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Past state service has included The Texas Association of Appointed and Elected Officials. Her local involvement includes 30 years of service to many boards, committees, training sessions and fundraisers that include: serving on the Honorary Steering Committee for the Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity (October 2002 to Present) and the Arlington Hall Conservators Committee.
	Steven Million is the National Lead Faculty for Finance and Law in the Ed.D. Program for Educational Leaders, Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services Nova Southeastern University, North Miami Beach, Florida; Professor Emeritus, Center for Pedagogy, Richard W. Riley College of Education, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina; and AACTE representative to the Board of Examiners, National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Washington, DC. He received his Ph.D. from University of Florida, his M.S. from University of Kansas and his B.S. University of Missouri – Columbia. He has served as principal investigator for a number of educational grants and has published dozens of books, journal articles, conference papers, monographs and reports in the field of education.
	Michael Piazza serves as the Executive Director of Hope for Peace and Justice. Named in August 1999 by The Advocate magazine as one of the most influential people in the gay and lesbian movement, Michael S. Piazza is a spiritual visionary, author and social justice advocate who also currently serves as Dean of the Cathedral of Hope. A native of Georgia, Rev. Piazza has served in the ministry for over three decades, pastoring churches in Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and Florida. He holds Bachelor Degrees in history and psychology from Valdosta State College in Georgia and a Master of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta. Since he came to Dallas in November of 1987 to pastor the Cathedral of Hope, the church has grown from a few hundred to nearly 4,000 members.
	Bob Shea is president of Shea Consulting Services, LLC, in Dallas, Texas. He has served as a Catholic school teacher, department chairperson, Director of Student Activities, Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs, Principal, President, and Consultant. As President of an independent Catholic secondary school, he organized a ten million dollar capital campaign to meet the costs associated with the design and construction of an academic wing and the establishment of an endowment program. His development efforts included successful solicitation from foundations, corporations, and individuals. Building upon his teaching and administrative experiences, he founded Shea Consulting Services in 1991. He holds degrees from La Salle University and the University of Notre Dame. Mr. Shea has been published by the United States Catholic Conference, the National Catholic Reporter, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Richard J. Burke & Associates, The Consultum, and St. Mary's Press. He is a founding Director and current Chair of the Angela Foundation of St. Louis, MO.
	Troy Sims manages the office of the HUD closing agent for North Texas. He is also a partner in a start-up market and advertising business. He majored in Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas and Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has volunteered with the Human Rights Initiative, the Harryette Earhardt for County Judge Campaign and the Martin Frost Campaign.

H4PJ Staff

Rev. Michael S. Piazza, President
Coy D. James, Managing Director
Dr. Tim Seelig, Director: Art for Peace & Justice
Lynn Walters, Director of Programming
David Plunkett, Media Relations
Robert Huneke, Event Coordinator
Roger Stanley, Special Events
Kevin DeCloux, Data Manager
David McCollough, Webmaster
Marinell Wilkerson, Research Associate