After the Dean and President of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), the Very Reverend Mark Richardson, participated in the school's community organizing course, he had this to say:

"The Gospel was never meant to be a private affair of the heart alone, so learning the skills taught in Industrial Areas Foundation's community organizing program, of building public relationships and community modes of interaction, is in keeping with the mission impulse found in CDSP's curriculum."

The Church Divinity School of the Pacific is the only Episcopal seminary on the West Coast. Each year, it sponsors a community organizing training in collaboration with the IAF.

Blessed Are the Organizers, Crossings

California Organizers Prepare Seminarians for Public Life, Interfaith Education Fund