Create or Join a Group
All across the country and around the world people from all walks of life are getting together in NSP Groups to inspire one another, incarnate community and influence legislation to build a caring society.
If you are looking for a local group not listed below – or if you are part of one that would like to be listed here – or if you’d like to create one in your area or profession, please contact us!
NSP Chapters (in process of being updated):
Alabama
Birmingham:
George Thompson (Faith In Community Work Group of Greater Birmingham Ministries)
Arizona
Flagstaff:
Jed Schenck
Golden Valley:
Kellie Russell
Phoenix:
Lauren Chamberlain
Tuscon:
Vincent Pawlowski
Arkansas
Little Rock:
Nicole Winstead
California
Alameda:
Kathryn Neale Manalo
Donna Pedroza 510.769.1575
http://www.nspalameda.org
Arroyo Grande:
Anne Lee
Danville:
Arlene Reed
Grass Valley/Nevada City:
Shera Banbury
Grass Valley/Nevada City:
Shera Banbury
Long Beach:
Shaya Benyamin
Los Angeles
McKinleyville:
Ruth Davis
Malibu:
Elizabeth Whitney
Monterey County:
Kathy MacKenzie
Oakland:
Betsy King (Montclair Presbyterian Church)
Joya Heart (Small Relational Group Focus)
Deborah Brooks (Small Relational Group Focus)
Ojai:
Daraksham Farber
Palo Alto:
Jean Ramacciotti
Pasadena:
Lauren Nile
Riverside:
Roseville
Lee Gilbert
Sacramento:
Patt Scott
San Diego:
Dan and Joy Meyer
http://www.nspsandiego.org/
El Dorado County
Jamie Warren
Northern San Diego County:
Rev. Bonnie Tarwater
San Francisco:
Patricia McBroom
San Mateo:
Ruth Sheldon
www.nspsmc.org
San Rafael:
Constance Barker
San Jose:
Socorro Reyes-McCord
Christine Emmerling (Divine Science Community Center)
Santa Barbara
Tom Robinson
Santa Monica:
Sue Griffin
Santa Cruz
Rick Meyer
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/nspsc
Sonoma County:
Paul Burks
Todd Soares
StanislausShelly Scribner
Stockton:Stanley Thomas
Sunnyvale:
Neil Penn (Media Critique Focus)
http://communitysoul.wordpress.com
Colorado
Boulder Valley:
Twyla Reece
http://www.SpiritualProgressivesColorado.org/
Denver:
Rev. Bill Kirton
http://grassrootsprog.meetup.com/25/
Fort Collins:
Richard Jones
Greeley:
Bob Stewart
Connecticut
Statewide contact: Marian Dobbs
www.SpiritualProgressivesCT.org
Fairfield County
Stephanie Carrows
Hartford:
Herb Gerjuoy
Mystic:
Maggie Hardy
Old Saybrook:
Marian Dobbs
Boca Raton / Deerfield Beach:
Tom Tift
Judy Kraft
Illinois
Greater Chicago:
Daniel Balsam
Oak Park:
Betsy Davis
Pat Allen
Peoria:
Dave Weiman
Rockford:
Don Hecklemeyer
Waterloo, IL/East St. Louis, MO:
Rev. Dennis Gilbertson
Quad Cities:
James Lee
Indiana
Indianapolis:
Richard Brendan
Muncie:
Rebert Hughes
Iowa
Quad Cities:
James Lee
Kansas
Kansas City:
Jim Kenney
Northern Flint Hills:
Michael Nelson
Louisiana
New Orleans:
Jeanne Barnard
Maine
Brookville (Reversing Falls chapter):
Gary Vencill
Maryland
Baltimore:
Howard County/Frederick County/Montgomery & Prince George’s Counties
Ruth Alice White
Western Maryland: George Plitnik
Massachusetts
Boston:
Hayyim Feldman
Central Mass:
Fran Langille
Northshore:
Nicoli Bailey
Michigan
Kalamazoo:
Jacqueline Boddy
Flint Hill:
Matthew M. Cobb
Minnesota
Duluth:
Hal Bertilson
Minneapolis / St. Paul:
Bruce Peterson
http://www.nspmn.org/
Twin Cities Western Suburbs (Subchapter of Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Noel and Melissa Martinson
Missouri
St. Louis:
Dave Leventhal
Kansas City:
Jim Kenney
Montana
Helena:
Cedron Jones
Nevada
Reno:
Lisa Stiller
New Hampshire
Durham:
Rev. Dr. Mary Westfall
New Jersey
Northern New Jersey
Teresa Guyton
Other Parts of NJ
Lynn Dash
New Mexico
Albuquerque:
Bob Riley
http://spiritabq.org/
Santa Fe:
Dominique Mazoud
New York
Chelsea:
Cathy Selin
Hudson Valley:
Mike Ignatowski
www.spiritualprogressiveshv.org
Finger Lakes (Penn Yan):
Becky Holder
New York City:
Nanette Schorr
Rochester:
Jimmy Reader
http://safeplacenetwork.org/news/spiritual-progressives/
North Carolina
Black Mountain:
Ellen Farrior
Durham:
Rev Mary Westfall
Greensboro:
Signe Waller
Western NC:
Bob Broadhead
Ohio
Akron:
Sally Willoughby
Central Ohio:
David Soliday
Oregon
Eugene:
Michael Williams
Portland:
Karen Mitzner
Salem:
Bonnie Reagan
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia:
Michele Empaiva
http://web.mac.com/mmpaiva/iWeb/PhillyTikkun/Welcome.html
www.phillytikkun.blogspot.com
Pittsburgh:
Wanda Guthrie
http://spiritualprogressives.pgh.googlepages.com/home
Tennessee
Nashville:
“Doing Justly”: Nell Levin
Texas
Austin:
Travis Donoho
Corpus Christi
Agnes Maier
Fort Worth:
Dan Levine
Panhandle:
Charles Kiker
Utah
Vermont
Central Vermont:
Karen Brooks and Rev. Rich Forcier
Southern Vermont:
Rupa Cousins
Virginia
Arlington:
Rev. David Ensign
Lynchburg:
Rina Shere
Richmond:
Jonny Cecka
Washington
Olympia:
Trisha Cronin
Puget Sound:
Mona Marlow
Seattle:
Sharon Abreu
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleNSP/
Sequim:
Kassandra Kersting
Washington DC
James Lee (Coordinator)
(410) 262-8365
James Lee
http://www.nspdc.blogspot.com
Eau Claire:
Betty Hurst
http://www.idd-ec.com/nspmain.htm
Madison:
Bill Benedict
http://www.nsp.madisonwi.us/
Milwaukee:
We have a number of interested people in Milwaukee, but no leader. Can you help? If so, email us.
Outside the U.S.
Vancouver, BC Canada
Spirited Social Change
Christine Boyle
website: www.spiritedsocialchange.org
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SpiritedSocialChange
twitter: @Spirited_Change
Toronto, Canada:
Peter Marmorek
Melbourne, Austrailia:
Nicholas Brunton
Costa Rica:
Mark Klempner
India:
Rev. Dr. Sarvanan
