Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation: November 2013

Monday 11 November 2013

Serving and Loving Children With Special Needs

Brett McMichael, a psychologist from New Jersey, USA and a member of the Executive Team of Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation, reflects on his life of service to children with special needs and young adults in Honduras, Romania and Croatia. Brett lived and served in Croatia for more than ten years, establishing camps for children fighting various kinds of illnesses, such as cancer, down syndrome, diabetes. Since 2004 Brett has also served as the core member of the leadership development and reconciliation initiative ROM – Renewing Our Minds that serves the entire Balkan region. Brett continues to serve with passion and compassion children with special needs and young adults despite having to face himself some health challenges in recent years. Brett shared his story at the end of ROM Gathering 2013 in Fuzine, Croatia. Time 9:23.

Video Feature

Meet the Renewing Our Minds Core Group Leaders: Heather Staff is a director for the youth leadership board of Christians in Politics UK. She is a legal associate with a conflict resolution think tank and a consultant with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. She works on Conflict resolution, human rights, political engagement and rule of law programs. Heather is a regular speaker at events around the UK and Europe and a panelist for national and international media. She is often on Christian media channels UCB, TWR, TBN. Most importantly she is a committed follower of Jesus. Heather Staff serves also in the Renewing Our Minds Core Leadership team. She was also one of the key speakers at the 2017 ROM Gathering in Fuzine, Croatia, and at other ROM events in the past few years. This is what she said about the ROM Gathering 2017.