ARTICLES ABOUT RC: "Making his own path" in Faithworks • "The Color of Love: In a neighborhood where racial barriers are a fact of life, Kafi & Rudy Carrasco are showing others there is hope for unity" in Marriage Partnership • "Serving the Hood: Rudy Carrasco" in Men of Integrity • "Putting charity on the table" in WorldNet Daily • "Business sense plus faith transforms at-risk youth" in Religion and Liberty ABOUT HARAMBEE: Harambee Center offers Afterschool, Summer and Teen programs for African American and Latino children and youth. Harambee has received numerous awards including a 2005 Youth Appreciation Award from the Altadena Optimist Club, a 2003 Neighborhood Award from the Coalition for Zero Violence, a 2003 Best Practices in Children's Ministry Award from Teaching Like Jesus Ministries, a 2001 John Anson Ford Award from the Los Angeles Commission on Human Relations, a 2000 Digital Steppingstones Award from the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, and a 1999 Peacemaker Award from the Community Nonviolent Resource Center. The majority of staff at Harambee Center, as well as many of its volunteers, live in the immediate community surrounding the center, in an effort to be good neighbors as well as incarnational servant leaders. Harambee was founded by Dr. John Perkins. In 1995 Harambee incubated and launched the Harambee Preparatory School, a private Christian elementary school targeting children from northwest Pasadena. ARTICLES ABOUT HARAMBEE: Inner City Ministry Pushes For Change In Jesus' Name in The Christian Examiner • "Want better grades? Go to church?" in Christianity Today • "Church seven days a week" in Next-Wave • "Do more than cheer for urban youths" in Religion News Service OTHER: Speaking engagements, Awards & Training, Boards and Associations
Meeting with President Bush and Latino faith-based leaders at The White House, May 2001 Past Speaking Engagements
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2005: Christian Community Development Association 2005 National Conference, Indianapolis, IN • Latin American Bible Institute @ Harambee • Santa Barbara Community Church, Santa Barbara, CA • Altadena Optimist Club, Altadena, CA • Fuller Theological Seminary panel w/ Brian McLaren, Pasadena, CA • Hispanic Journalists of Faith conference, La Mirada, CA • National Outreach Convention, San Diego, CA • Glenkirk Presbyterian Church men's fellowship, Glendora, CA • Samford University, Birmingham, AL • Toward a Free and Virtuous Society conference, Washington DC • National Youth Summit, Washington, DC • Fresno Institute for Urban Leadership, Fresno, CA • Acton Institute Summer Symposium, Grand Rapids, MI • Rio Hondo Prep, Temple City, CA • Altadena Rotary Club, Altadena, CA • Presbyterian Church of the Master, Mission Viejo, CA • Parkcrest Christian Church, Long Beach, CA • Gateway Community Church, Alhambra, CA • DeVos Urban Leadership Institute National Reunion, San Antonio, TX • Church of Our Savior, San Gabriel, CA • Toward a Free and Virtuous Society conference - Acton Institute, San Juan Capistrano, CA • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship national staff conference, St. Louis, MO • International Network of Children's Ministry, Anaheim, CA 2004: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship's La Fe national conference, San Diego, CA • Baptist University of the Americas' Father and Son retreat, San Antonio, TX • Biola University alternative chapel, La Mirada, CA • Love and Light Mission Church, Montebello, CA • AC4 Los Angeles Regional Conference, Los Angeles, CA • Urban Youth Workers Institute, Azusa, CA • Trinity Presbyterian Church Justice Conference, Tustin, CA • Los Angeles Bible Training School, Los Angeles, CA • National Hispanic Task Force Campaign Kickoff, San Antonio, TX • Monte Vista Grove Retirement Home, Pasadena, CA • ShareFest 04 - King's Harbor Church, Redondo Beach, CA • Acton Institute's Toward a Free and Virtuous Society conference, San Juan Capistrano, CA • CityChat - Fresno Institute for Urban Leadership, Fresno, CA • Fresno Pacific University college hour, Fresno, CA • Covenant College - Chalmers Center, Lookout Mountain, TN • Pasadena Community Foundation, Pasadena, CA • Kairos Los Angeles leadership training, Hollywood, CA 2003: AC4 National Conference, New Orleans, LA • Christian Community Development Association national conference, New Orleans, LA • John Muir High School, Pasadena, CA • Gordon College chapel, Wenham, MA • Rediscovering the Church, Chattanooga, TN • Calvin Crest Camp, Oakhurst, CA • Evangelicals for Social Action's 30th Anniversary of the Chicago Declaration, Philadelphia, PA • Soul Liberation Festival, Minneapolis, MN • Five Weeks of Reconciliation, Harambee Center, Pasadena • Vision LA youth worker training, Los Angeles • Hispanic Scholarship Fund / Los Angeles Tech Center opening, Los Angeles • California Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug - Faith-based Training, Los Angeles, CA • Westmont College chapel, Santa Barbara, CA • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Racial Reconciliation Training Conference, Pasadena, CA • The Emergent Convention, San Diego, CA • Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church, Santa Ynez, CA • Acton Institute's Toward a Free and Virtuous Society conference, San Juan Capistrano, CA • Latin American Bible Institute chapel, La Puente, CA • Church Multiplication Forum, Colorado Springs, CO 2002: Christian Community Development Association, Pasadena, CA • The Ooze Soularize, Minneapolis, MN • Hispanic Scholarship Fund Alumni Hall of Fame gala, Washington, DC • Harambee Preparatory School chapel, Pasadena, CA • Pasadena Christian School chapel, Pasadena, CA • Presbyterian Church of the Master, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA • Pasadena Kiwanis Club, Pasadena, CA • Cumbre Young Latino Leaders, Anaheim, CA • Evergreen Baptist Church family camp, Irvine, CA • Lake Avenue Warehouse, Pasadena, CA • World Vision International, Monrovia, CA • La Cañada Presbyterian Church, La Cañada, CA • Acton Institute for Religion and Liberty, San Juan Capistrano • The Vine, Seattle, WA • Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles 2001: Capo Beach Calvary Chapel, Dana Point, CA • L.A. County Commission on Human Relations, Los Angeles • Leadership Network: New City, New Church 2, San Diego, CA • Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, CA • Amanacer X: Youth church planting in Latin America, Cartagena, Colombia • Fuller Theological Seminary - Urban Ministry course • Breakaway Technologies, Los Angeles, CA • White House Consultation: Hispanics and the Faith Initiative, Washington, D.C • Toward a Free and Virtuous Society Conference, San Juan Capistrano, CA • Digital Steppingstones, Los Angeles, CA • Rosemead School of Psychology, La Mirada, CA • Great Commission Roundtable, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Evangelical Press Association, San Diego, CA • Urban Youth Workers Institute, Azusa, CA • Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene, Pasadena, CA • Independent Writers of Southern California, Pasadena, CA 2000: Santa Barbara Community Church, Santa Barbara, CA • Christian Community Development Association, Plenary on Technology, New York, NY • Clark Magnet School, Crescenta Valley, CA • Shield of Faith Church, Wednesday Speakers Series, Pasadena, CA • Acton Institute's Toward a Free and Virtuous Society conference, Hartford, CT • Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA • UCLA Veritas Forum, Los Angeles, CA • Presbyterian Church of the Master, Misson Viejo, CA • Emerging Urban Leaders Forum, Pasadena, CA • Acton Institute's Toward a Free and Virtuous Society Conference, San Juan Capistrano, CA • Crown City Kiwanis Club, Pasadena, CA 1999: Christian Community Development Association Conference: Internet Workshop, Chicago, IL • Youth Specialties: Racial Reconciliation workshop, San Diego, CA • Learning from South Africa: A Consultation on Community Conflict Resolution, Los Angeles, CA • Acton Institute's Christianity in the Age of Capitalism conference, La Mirada, CA • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship L.A. Urban Project, Pasadena, CA • Urban Youth Workers Institute, Azusa, CA • Young Leader Network Southern California Regional, Costa Mesa, CA • University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA • Valley Christian High School, Downey, CA 1998: Christian Community Development Association Annual Conference: Emerging Leaders Forum, St. Louis, MO • College Briefing: Forest Home Christian Camp, Big Bear, CA • Young Lions Promise Keepers Youth Event, Pomona, CA • Center for Religion and Civic Culture conference, Los Angeles, CA • Coalition for Christian Outreach annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA • Point Loma Nazarene College chapel, San Diego, CA • Leadership Network - Ministry in the Postmodern Transition, Glorieta, NM 1997: Biola University - Chapel, La Mirada, CA • Emerging Urban Leaders National Conference, Washington, DC • Harvard University Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Chapter, Cambridge, MA • National Short-term Missions Conference, Los Angeles, CA • SoCal Urban Theological Education Partnership: Urban Youth Ministry, Los Angeles, CA • Network 2000: Reaching The Unreached Ethnic Conference, Fort Worth, TX 1996: UC Santa Barbara Intervarsity Fellowship, Santa Barbara, CA • Evangelical Press Association Conference, Colorado Springs, CO • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship - National Multiethnic Conference, Chicago, IL • Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
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BIO:
Rudy Carrasco is the executive director of the 
