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Trinity Transformational Fellows

The Trinity Transformational Fellows Program is designed to give experienced clergy and lay leaders in Metropolitan New York the opportunity to renew and strengthen their work in social transformation through a six week self-designed fellowship. The Fellows are supported by a $20,000 grant to cover their time and professional development activities. Trinity Fellows are recommended by "spotters," local church leaders who anonymously nominate candidates for the program.

2009 Trinity Transformational Fellows

The Rev. Yamily Bass-Choate
Vicar, San Andres Episcopal Church, Yonkers, New York Mother Bass-Choate is a priest in the Diocese of New York, and serves as the Bishop’s Vicar for Iglesia San Andres in Yonkers.

Ms. Wendy Reynoso
Executive Director, Grace Opportunities (GO Project), Grace Church, Manhattan Ms. Reynoso leads the GO Project, providing academic assistance and social services to low-income, underperforming elementary school children in Lower Manhattan

2008 Trinity Transformational Fellows

Ms. Christina Hing
New York coordinator of Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry and member, Church of the Good Shepherd, Manhattan. Ms. Hing has worked for transformation throughout her career as a nurse and through her work within the Episcopal Church.

The Rev. Theodora Brooks
Vicar of St. Margaret's Church in the South Bronx Mother Brooks serves St. Margaret's in the South Bronx, the poorest congressional district in the country.

The Rev. Fletcher Harper
Executive director of GreenFaith, New Brunswick, NJ Father Harper empowers people of faith to embrace environmental issues.

2007 Trinity Transformational Fellows

Dr. Nell Braxton Gibson
Coordinator of the national Episcopal Urban Caucus and chair of the Reparations Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (2005- ) Dr. Gibson has worked for social transformation in Metropolitan New York and nationally for almost fifty years.

The Reverend Canon Petero A. N. Sabune
Protestant chaplain at Sing Sing Correctional Facility (2004- ) Canon Sabune's ministry engages Episcopal faith communities in both prison ministry and work with immigrants.

The Reverend Ninon N. Hutchinson
Priest-in-charge, St. John's Church, Monticello, NY (1995- ) The Reverend Hutchinson has been an active collaborator on worker rights and farmworker issues. She engages her small congregation in projects beyond providing basic hospitality.

2006 Trinity Transformational Fellows

The Reverend Diego A. Delgado-Miller
Priest-in-Charge, Church of the Mediator, the Bronx (2004- ) Father Delgado has revived a dying Irish parish in the northwest Bronx, drawing immigrants from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

The Reverend Martha R. Overall
J.D., Vicar-in-charge, St. Ann's Morrisania (1993- ) Mother Overall's ministry focuses on making the church an effective presence for the most marginalized people in the South Bronx, especially children.

2005 Trinity Transformational Fellows

Ms. Marion Peng
Parishioner, Church of St. Edward the Martyr, East Harlem Ms. Peng is a retired New York City public school teacher, a published poet, and a former warden in her parish. She has been a leader in community organizing for more than 25 years.

The Reverend Richard L. Witt Jr.
Executive Director, Rural and Migrant Ministry (1991- ) Father Witt has directed of Rural and Migrant Ministry since 1991. He is instrumental in building coalitions that bring suburban and urban allies in support of farmworker issues.

2004 Trinity Transformational Fellows

The Reverend Bertram G. Bennett Jr.
Priest-in-Charge, St. David's Church, the Bronx (1980- ) Father Bennett has devoted over two decades to the redevelopment of the South Bronx.

The Reverend W. Earl Kooperkamp Ph.D.
Rector, St. Mary's Church, Manhattanville (2001- ) Father Kooperkamp has long been a voice for social transformation within the Episcopal Church and the wider community.

Mr. Peter Ng
Executive Director, Church of Our Savior Jubilee Center, Manhattan (1991- ) Mr. Ng created the Episcopal Church's first Jubilee Center in an Asian congregation.