The REMERGE Institute

Research and learning at the intersection of Christian thinking and community-centered action.

Deadline to Register: July 31st

Designing Community Solutions

Real problem. Real place. Real solution.

Course begins August 12, 2024

3 College/Graduate Credits

10 Days in Atlanta, GA

Designing Community Solutions is a cross-disciplinary, experiential learning course applying reconciliation thinking, human-centered design and systems strategies.

Come to Atlanta, learn how to identify and solve problems, then join with real stakeholders to create real solutions to a real challenge.

LEARN

COURSE: Next course begins August 12th

Designing Community Solutions

10 days in-person in Atlanta

Earn 3 college/graduate credits

A cross-disciplinary, experiential learning course applying reconciliation thinking, human-centered design and systems strategies to create solutions to a real community challenge.

WORKSHOP

Playbook Tools

2-Hour Workshop

Through these one-off workshops, we take you on a deep-dive into the different tools used by Remerge to design our various solutions and strategies. 

CONVERSATIONS

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Community Conversations

Approximately 2-hours

These topical conversations bring together stakeholders to discuss issues and solutions to community challenges.

EXPERIENCE

TOUR

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Sweet Auburn Walking Tour

Approximately 2-hours

This tour has a specific emphasis on the history of the neighborhood, the effects of built infrastructure on culture and community, and a perspective towards reconciliation. The tour can be customized according to your organization’s specific interest, time constraints and physical limitations.

MISSION TRIP

Mission Trip: High School

6 Days in Sweet Auburn and Metro-Atlanta

Our experiences are a unique alternative to traditional mission trips. Rather than “fix” the poor or pop in-and-out for a work project, we invite you into community to connect with people from different backgrounds. This experience is an intense crash course in joining lives.

SERVICE LEARNING

Service Learning: University

6 Days in Sweet Auburn and Metro-Atlanta

Join us in the historic Sweet Auburn neighborhood of Atlanta for an experiential service-learning opportunity. 

In the home of Dr. King and the civil-rights movement, experience the history and learn mindsets and skills for developing reciprocal relationships and engaging in the practical work of reconciliation.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Research

We conduct actionable research that advances thought, practices and strategies related to place-based community-building that is inclusive of the most vulnerable.

Joining Lives: A Primer on the Ministry of Reconciliation

We live in precarious times and are seeking to make a lasting impact through immediate solutions. But in our haste we often make decisions to fix problems and persons, forgetting that we are not called to fix but rather to reconcile. In this wide-ranging collection of essays we explore what it might look like if we were to live in the world first with the purpose of reconciling and then all that vision to guide our actions. This book engages with reconciliation in different contexts providing meaningful and potentially transformative insights that will lead the reader to more faithful lives and activities. The essays are not filled with theoretical reflections but hard-earned wisdom from proven thinkers, practitioners, and innovators.

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The Reconciler's Imagination

4-Hour Workshop 

Align your purpose and activities in the pursuit of reconciliation and innovative, collaborative community-centered solutions.

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Neighboring the Vulnerable

4-Hour Workshop

Learn how to understand poverty through a lens of practical theology, gain the mindsets of engagement with vulnerable neighbors, and begin to build a strategy for building meaningful relationships.

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The Reconciler's Playbook

3 weeks total: 1 week in-person in Atlanta

Integrating placemaking, design thinking, and culture curation, we share with you mindsets, methods and tools to foster change in your community.

Immersion Experience

Mission Trip: Experiential Service Learning

Our experiences are a unique alternative to traditional mission trips. Rather than “fix” the poor or pop in-and-out for a work project, we invite you into community to connect with people from different backgrounds. This experience is an intense crash course in joining lives.

Learn mindsets and practical skills for developing reciprocal relationships and engaging in the practical work of reconciliation. This experiential learning opportunity will also guide you in developing a better understanding of poverty and life on the margins. This experience is perfect for senior-high youth and college students.