Seth Kaper-Dale
Seth Kaper-Dale is the Green Party candidate in the New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017.[1][2][3] He has been co-pastor at the Reformed Church of Highland Park (RCHP) in New Jersey since 2001. Before coming to RCHP, he spent time in both Ecuador and India.[4]
Education
Seth Kaper-Dale is a graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary.[5]
Advocacy and Activism
In 2006, Kaper-Dale co-founded the RCHP-Affordable Housing Corporation, which has created housing for women aging out of foster care, veterans, the homeless, the mentally ill, re-entering citizens, justice-involved youth, and refugees.[6] He is also the co-founder of Who Is My Neighbor? Inc.,[7] a community development agency in Highland Park, New Jersey.
In 2012, he received national attention when his church became a sanctuary for Indonesian immigrants facing deportation.[8][9][10][11]
Bibliography
A Voice for Justice (2013)
References
- ↑ http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/11/highland_park_pastor_announces_hes_running_for_gov.html
- ↑ http://www.app.com/story/news/politics/new-jersey/2016/11/01/highland-park-pastor-running-nj-governor-green-party-candidate/93148016/
- ↑ http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20161031/NEWS/161039958
- ↑ "Staff and Leadership". The Reformed Church of Highland Park.
- ↑ http://observer.com/2016/10/highland-park-pastor-jumps-into-2017-nj-guv-race-for-green-party/
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/seth-kaperdale
- ↑ http://www.rchighlandpark.org/staff-and/
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/nyregion/reformed-church-gives-sanctuary-to-indonesians-ordered-to-be-deported.html
- ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-jersey-pastor-seth-kaper-dale-opens-church-immigrants-seeking-asylum-article-1.1111807
- ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/US/christian-indonesians-jersey-leave-churchs-sanctuary/story?id=18533493
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/saul-timisela-refugee-deportation-church_n_1322442.html