About JESUSpolitik (& YOU!)

Melissa N. Davis, President

"Awareness without action, just like faith without works, is dead. And it will make you feel dead, too. It is unjust to fill a person's spirit with information and images of attacks against human rights and dignity without providing a means of acting against those attacks."

Melissa Davis, president of JESUSpolitik Melissa holds a BA in Psychology with a focus on working with victims of sexual abuse and has a minor in Human Rights Pre-Law.

In 2005, she spent time overseas working with victims of human rights abuse in Thailand at one of International Justice Missions' aftercare centers, the New Life Center. In addition to the time she spent with the girls there, she also edited the English script for a radio soap opera project in the Lahu language. This project, funded through UNESCO, provides education in the area of HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and drugs; and it broadcasted throughout northern Thailand, Southwest China, eastern Lap PDR, northern Myanmar and parts of northeast India. She also attended Chiang Mai University through the Spring Semester in Thailand Program.

Melissa also got the opportunity to participate and present at a special two-day workshop on human trafficking, held with 14 senior leaders of the Myanmar Council of Churches, International Justice Mission, United Nations Inter-Agency Project to Combat Trafficking in Women and Children and NGOs in Thailand.

This opened doors for her to edit the English script for Heifer International Mekong Region Program's Training and Education Program, as well as do the voice over for their promotional video of the work they have done and are doing in the Yunnan Province of China.

Melissa also lived in a Karen Hill tribe village in the Northern Thailand for a month doing ethnographic research on the Karen people, comparing their creation accounts and eschatology to that of Christianity.

Melissa was a student activist throughout college. She was the agency coordinator for service trips at the Agape Center at Messiah College, led an International Justice Mission chapter for 3 years, as well as an Invisible Children chapter and led service trips in Harrisburg, PA; South East DC; Camden, NJ; and New Orleans, LA.

In 2006, she was 1 of 3 students from her school selected to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and layout the groundwork for future help.

Melissa is also the director of Outreach & Evangelism for her home church, heads up their Harvest Program Food Distribution Ministry, organizes community outreaches.

"Too often students are inundated with all that's wrong in the world and not any viable options of how they can directly change it using their specific talents and gifts God has given them. People want to give of themselves, not just donate their money, and that's an approach that is needed. JESUSpolitik provides students with creative ways to get involved, where their interests and talents specifically matter."

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Terra Tuono, Internship Director

internship director "I personally feel that God has called me to minister to His youth. As a result of God's calling on my life, several opportunities to encourage the advancement of youth have been laid in my path."

Terra has obtained a BA in Psychology and a MA in Rehabilitation Counseling, as well as two counseling licenses. Over the past eight years, she has spent time as a mentor for Baltimore City youth, Youth Leader for the youth ministry at The Worship Center in southern, MD, career counselor and job placement specialist for Latin American youth in Washington, DC. Currently, she is practicing as a clinical therapist in Montgomery County MD and specializes in adolescent psychopathology, substance, abuse, and juvenile delinquency. These experiences prepared her to reach out to youth in post secondary settings and to encourage them to get involved as a way to fulfill God's call on their life.

"What attracted me to JESUSpolitik is that I loved how they give meaningful opportunities for young people to directly engage their talents in a positive way that can help people in other countries."

TerraTuono@JESUSpolitik.com

                                                                         Katie Miller                       Casey Davis                             David Stuebing
         Financial Officer       Resource & Development                Grant Writer

JESUS - We operate under His name. This keeps us focused; it reminds us of why we do what we do and Who gave us this work. Not just "acting for acting's sake", but acting as an outpouring of our heart for JESUS and His people. We aren't moved by empty religion, money, or political agenda. We are moved by compassion.

Politik - The communal sense of the word "politic", referring to a community that is purpose oriented. We represent a worldwide community of mission groups, human rights organizations and concerned individuals that want to reach their world for JESUS.

JESUSpolitik President, Melissa Davis, speaks on Spanish / English Radio WWGB1030 AM about JESUSpolitik, the Love Maputo Project in Mozambique & ways YOU can get involved right now... click here to read more!

JESUSpolitik's Love Maputo Project thanks bands & volunteers involved in "World Speaks: Benefit for Love Maputo" concert this summer in this article in the Maryland Independent... click here to read more!

President of JESUSpolitik, Melissa Davis, is featured in an article in Southern Maryland: This is Living Magazine... click here to read more!

4 Areas YOU Can Get Involved in Right NOW!

What is JESUSpolitik?

JESUSpolitik is a registered 501 c3 US nonprofit organization, that connects local missionaries overseas to human rights groups and mission groups, in lieu of a more efficient, more effective outreach that is locally sustainable. They collaborate their efforts - joining forces and sharing resources.

JESUSpolitik then gets the word out about these international projects to groups and individuals in the US, so they can get involved too. We encourage people to not just "raise awareness" but to use their talents & interests to actually DO SOMETHING to help people.