At Jubilee Housing’s 50th Anniversary Gala last November, CEO Jim Knight reflected on finding inspiration in the transformational vision of our namesake, the Jubilee Year. Watch a highlight of Jim’s remarks in the video below.
As we celebrate 50 years of impact, we are looking to Jubilee Year principles to guide us: Filling gaps through access to deeply affordable housing, onsite and nearby services, and the essential resources of high opportunity neighborhoods — Justice Housing®, breaking down boundaries by bringing those cut off from opportunity back into the circle of belonging, and resetting the system by interrupting unfair practices at the systemic level and replacing them with just pathways forward that have impact far beyond our neighborhood.
We are also planning a year of 50th anniversary commemorative activities including:
1. Stories, articles, interviews, and more!
2. More ways to engage than ever, with the return of our popular events such as Justice Housing Tours, Justice Housing Breakfast, and Raise the Roof plus new hard hat tours and social gatherings.
3. A special 50th edition monthly Jubilee e-newsletter.
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Video Transcript
Finding Inspiration in The Jubilee Year: Remarks by Jim Knight
“Jubilee Housing will stay anchored in the transformational vision of the Jubilee Year for as long as we know how. This vision is an antidote to the things that separate us, separation that still occurs in access to food and shelter, gainful employment, quality education, health and wellness, belonging and love.
The Jubilee Vision is one that restores equity, it returns each person to the resources they need to thrive, and it welcomes everyone — everyone — into the circle of prosperity and belonging.
The story is still being written. In this next season, we each need to let our hearts break open again. We spend so much time and money trying to avoid heartbreak, don’t we? But the truth is that our pathway to transformation is often through pain.
The Jubilee Year, this circle of prosperity and belonging, is given when we step outside of our comfort zone and join our lives with others.
As Howard Thurman famously said, ‘Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.’ What the world needs is more of us, all of us, to come alive.
The universe longs for each of us to experience heartbreak and come fully alive together, to bring the Jubilee vision to life in our city and our world. Friends, we are responding to a mandate that was given more than 2,000 years ago to form and maintain societies where everyone thrives and everyone belongs.”
— Jim Knight, President & CEO, Jubilee Housing