Book Release: Breaking Through Gridlock
When was the last time you tried to talk with someone about political, social, or environmental issues who didn’t already agree with you. How well did it go? Breaking Through Gridlock: The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World, authored by our cofounder Gabriel...
Climate salvation will be collective
Minister, PhD student and Byron Alumni Abby Mohaupt is a member of the Sojourners. Together with Aric Clark she looks at the biblical basis to climate salvation. They conclude that climate salvation must be collective in this very interesting article. The Sojourners...
Byron Alumni testifies against senate bill.
On Wednesday 22nd March, Director of Sustainability at Prosperity Indiana and former Byron Fellow Allyson Pumphrey Mitchell testified at the House Utilities, Energy & Telecom committee meeting. Allyson testified in opposition Senate Bill 309 – a bill which could remove the net metering incentives from home owners and businesses who install solar panels and wind turbines.
Berekuso Library Project
As a young girl, 2016 Byron fellow Grace Amponsah was blessed. Her parents were keen in helping her succeed in school by making sure that she had the necessary educational materials and a conducive environment to study. Even though they were low income earners and did...
Byron Alumni Recognized in Kazakhstan
Byron alumni Parkhat Yussupjanov was recently recognized in his home country of Kazakhstan when he was awarded a medal – 25 years of Kazakhstan’s Independence – on decree of the Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Help Alleviate Energy Poverty by Supporting Bright Books
Amy O’Shea, 2011 Byron Fellowship alumni, recently founded a startup called Bright Books which aims to alleviate energy poverty through social enterprise. Amy is seeking your support for Bright Books' Indiegogo Generosity Campaign. Bright Books sells high-quality,...
Cooking for Standing Rock
Byron alumni Anna Nicole Powell has set herself the ambitious goal of providing a meal to the Indigenous brothers and sisters at Standing Rock, N.D. She will make the pilgrimage over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and do what she loves the most, cook for people...
Upcoming Music Concert with Harry Pickens
Harry Pickens, a mentor of the Byron Fellowship will be one of the many highlights at the upcoming Festival Week of Prophetic Ministry at the School of Divinity, Wake Forest University. The festival is aimed at promoting and practicing the prophetic spirit of the...
Riding the Uncertainty Wave
By Sunghee Tark (2015 Byron Fellow) My summer before Byron was like a calm sky before a storm. I was calm on the outside, but I was nervous, insecure and vulnerable on the inside. I was about to start my last year of college and had just returned from studying abroad...
Vision and Vulnerability: Reflections of a 2015 Byron Fellow
Realizing the importance of carrying my vision is definitely the most important thing that I took away from Byron. Byron shifted my focus and way of being from discouragement, back to my original vision…