Featured News:

Member-Owner of the Month:

Dustin Wright 

This month, we are delighted to shine the Member-Owner Spotlight on Rev. Dustin Wright (MO#821), whose powerful commitments to expanding food access through increased sovereignty in our food systems also include leadership in the Rotterdam Community Center's food pantry and the Schenectady County Food Council Steering Committee.
 
Born and raised in Connecticut, Rev. Dustin Wright (he/ him) joined Messiah Lutheran Church as Pastor in August 2014 after graduating from United Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia. Rev. Wright received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Religion (focusing on Islam) from The George Washington University in the spring of 2008. During undergraduate studies, he interned with the Interfaith Alliance, the RFK Center for Human Rights and several congressional campaigns during undergraduate studies. He proudly served on staff for seven summers at Camp Calumet Lutheran in Freedom, New Hampshire. He LOVES to have called Upstate New York his home for over a decade and has served in leadership roles with a variety of local and statewide interfaith justice movements and nonprofit organizations as Co-Chair of the Schenectady County Food Council Advocacy & Empowerment Working Group; past Chair of the Sycamore Collaborative Interfaith Task Force; past Chair of the Schenectady Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club; and past President of the New York State Council of Churches. He is also a proud member of the Schenectady Rotary Club. Dustin is a mystic, pastor, mountaineer and suburban farmer in that order. He has a beloved little fur baby, Willard Excelsior Bear.