Sustainable Alamance

The Designated Local Re-Entry Coordinator for Alamance County

Sustainable Alamance

Phil Bowers:
phil@sustainablealamance.org
715 N. Church Street, Burlington, NC 27217
www.sustainablealamance.org

Sustainable Alamance is a Christian Community Development Organization (www.ccda.org) engaged in development work to assist the underprivileged. They seek to not do for people what they can do for themselves. In fact, they believe that when we only do “to” and “for” the poor, we send signals that they have little that we find valuable in exchange. Sustainable Alamance positions their ministry in the middle of the community they are serving, to do life “with” them and to help them become all God created them to become.

Sustainable Alamance helps formerly incarcerated men and women become restored to the local community in part by developing mutually beneficial relationships with local employers that will provide employment opportunities. It is their mission to rebuild and strengthen family relationships and provide opportunities that serve as alternatives to incarceration, minimizing negative impact on families, communities, and society.

SERVING OPPORTUNITIES:

Potential Future Project: Community Action Poverty Simulation 

Description: Participate or volunteer at a poverty simulation, designed to help churches and organizations better understand the poverty issues in our community and how best to respond.

Day & Time: 3-4 times a year

Location: Alamance County

Requirements:

  1. Be available for pre-simulation training

  2. Help with setup, tear down, and repacking materials

  3. Help lead discussion on what was learned

  4. Help spread the word about how Christians can help impact poverty

Become a Strategic Partner 

Description:  Join the conversation with our clients, staff, local clergy, and other strategic partners as we discuss overcoming the barriers to community restoration for men and women who were formerly incarcerated.

Day & Time:  Wednesday afternoons from 1-2pm

Requirements:  Big-picture thinker, challenge the status quo,  quick to listen.