The Founders Wall
As we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, we are reminded that America is not a finished story—it’s being written every day. The people who show up and fight for positive change in their schools, churches, communities, and neighborhoods are the ones who continually found our country, shaping it into a place that lives up to Constitutional ideals of liberty and justice. Scroll through to read the stories of people and organizations across time and geography who truly make up the founding generation!
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Dr. Kylan Pew
Kylan promotes positivity and accessibility as a “Black Theological Creative.” In 2019, he created The Black Seminarians Table, an incubator of black theological imagination and expression to support the voice and experiences of black seminarians. His social media content serves as a gentle reminder to be kind to ourselves in a world that seems determined to break us.
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Lorraine and Chris Harry
Lorraine and Chris lead Claremont Christian Fellowship: a queer-affirming, justice-seeking, question-loving community at The Claremont Colleges in Southern California. Their organization strives to make space for students to wrestle with and live out their faith in tangible ways. “That can look like building community, fostering dialogue, volunteering together at food banks, participating in protests, or simply resting together,” Lorraine says.
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Matthew Best
A Lutheran pastor, Matthew is a co-founder of the Memorial Blanket Project, a homelessness awareness initiative that is going into its 6th year. The Project asks people to make and send in blankets, and they are made into a large display to highlight the issue of homelessness and what can be done about it. All the blankets are given out at the end of the night to those who need them.
We Want to Hear From You
Who is a founder in your view? Is it you? Someone you know? Someone from history? We want to hear from you!
