JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH

As a free social space, Judson tries to help people connect the dots between the personal and the political. Experimental art and political activism are main components of the Judson legacy. Historically the church has been identified with rights-based liberalism: free expression, gay liberation, reproductive freedom, etc. More recently, Senior Minister Peter Laarman has made market determinism and the new corporate agenda a principal focus for discussion and action, with particular emphasis on the downgrading of work and working conditions. Since 1997 the church has co-sponsored the Workfare Campaign of Resistance in an effort to mobilize faith-based communities against the Giuliani Administration's abusive WEP program. The church also hosts The Employment Project, a "safe space" resource for downsized and discouraged workers.