Jamilah Abdullah has worked in local nonprofits like Westside Grows (in communications) and Free Food for All (as founder/director). She was recognized as the 2024 Justice Advocate of the Year Award by Network Delaware with her work through her mutual aid organization, Free Food for All (Fffa.de). Free Food for All provides food, meals, and advocacy for our local community

Peter grew up in the Bronx during a volatile time, with the unfortunate sobriquet, “The Bronx is Burning.” After enjoying his time at Syracuse University, where he studied political science, he arrived in Wilmington Delaware, and has never left. A career in management in both the public and private sectors has meshed well with his hands-on personality. Peter believes strongly that community requires participation. Volunteering in the local civic and social activities of each neighborhood where he has lived has been second nature. He currently resides a short walk from the Pacem in Terris office on 18th St. He is humbled by the opportunity to continue his community participation by joining the Pacem board.

Stacey Henry, Founder of Delaware’s First Resilience Hub. The Hub is named so because it actively serves as Delaware’s first and only Resilience Hub. Stacey has served on many environmental councils and climate resilience partnerships; to include but are not limited to: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Former Vice President Al Gore with The Resiliency Project, C.R.E.W., WIst project urban heat island mapping study with the University of Delaware as well as disaster preparedness training with Red Cross. Partner training and educational leadership collaborations include Communities responding to extreme weather nationwide, NOAA, FEMA, Anthropocene Alliance, Delaware Concern Residence for Environmental Justice, Red Cross, WE ACT, AARP Community Challenge, National Climate Leaders, Climate Resilience Hub Network just to name a few. She is a certified FEMA instructor. She founded Delaware’s First Resilience Hub as a result of Hurricane Ida. Her training as a community organizer mastering skills and knowledge to facilitate environmental and climate change education throughout the United States and to establish the first and only resilience hub in the state of Delaware. Her endless program efforts and community organizing has provided tremendous support and resources for underserved communities in Delaware after Hurricane Ida in 2021. Her network of experiences with other states who have experienced many climate and environmental injustices led her to organizing community engagement opportunities. Her network experience has afforded her opportunities to serve on task-force and committees with the President and other heads of environmental offices in the White House. She also serves as a Technical Assistance Administrator for organizations planning Resilience Hub start-ups. Ultimately, as a community organizer, she’s had the opportunity to work with environmental leadership opportunities to build knowledge in climate resiliency to better prepare communities for environmental uncertainties. She is also an active member with other EJ organizations such as Delaware Concerned Residents for Environmental Justice and WE ACT.

Renée Leverette currently resides in Wilmington, Delaware.  She is the mother of an amazing 16 year old boy. She is a practicing attorney who received her law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law and her undergraduate degree in Philosophy from University of Delaware.  Renée enjoys spending time with her friends and family, socializing and volunteering with The Junior League of Wilmington, and reading.  Renée has spent some time with Pacem and thoroughly enjoyed the people and the cause and would love to be a part of it. 

Sue is a second-career ordained Lutheran minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the largest and most progressive Lutheran denomination in the US. She serves as pastor of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Wilmington’s Trolley Square neighborhood. She also works as a part-time consultant for Way to LEAD, a national consulting group helping congregations use adaptive leadership techniques to re-imagine church for the twenty-first century. In addition to her seminary training, Sue holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering and operations research from Virginia Tech. In her earlier professional career, she worked in a variety of corporate IT settings, designing and supporting data warehouse applications. Sue is nearly a life-long resident of Brandywine Hundred, where she and her husband Kevin raised their three adult daughters. In her free time, Sue enjoys time with family. She is an avid reader and an active participant in two beloved and long-running book clubs.

Thea is a Wilmington native and Youth Program Coordinator for West End Neighborhood House. She is a community organizer, mentor, mother, feminist, advocate for education, youth development, and period equity in Wilmington. Thea is no stranger to grassroots organizing, advocating for projects, policies, and practices that make our communities stronger. She has dedicated her young life to carrying out her family’s strong legacy of service in the City of Wilmington, Delaware. However, her work of advocating for our Brown and Black Girls was birthed out of her struggle with embracing multiple identities due to adultification. In 2020 she founded Girls Like Us (G.L.U), an empowerment group for young women dedicated to the betterment, enrichment, and empowerment of Black Girls. This empowerment program teaches girls between the age of 8-14 everything from safety to interpersonal skills. The goal is to educate and empower girls who come from underserved communities while giving them the tools and confidence they need to advocate for themselves.

I’ve been a Quaker educator for close to 30 years. I worked as a lacrosse coach at Sidwell Friends School and an athletic Director at Wilmington Friends school. I have a Masters in Education with a concentration and counseling. I have a deep rooted past with keeping the peace. My parents were ministers and civil rights activists who were instrumental in the rent  strikes in Chicago and the March in DC. I’ve always thought peace and kindness are what makes the world go around. I would love to be a part of this board so I can continue what my parents taught me…..making this world a better place for the next generation of peacekeepers.

Stephanie is director of development at the Kennett Area Community Service, a nonprofit charity that provides essential life-sustaining services to people living in Southern Chester County. She was born and raised in Cleveland, earned a history degree in college, and then began a career in teaching. Her first classroom was in post-communist Poland, where she taught English the year after the Berlin Wall came down. Her next classroom was the wilderness, as she instructed Outward Bound courses in western North Carolina, the Everglades, and New Zealand. Her career as an educator brought her to Wilmington Friends School, where she found a professional home for more than twenty years. Looking for a new challenge, Stephanie earned a Masters in Public Administration program at the University of Delaware to study nonprofit management before taking the position at KACS.

Chantaé’s journey began in the vibrant city of Philadelphia, where she graduated from Central High School, a selective college preparatory public school. Her academic journey led her to Delaware State University, where she discovered a future dedicated to community service. Residing in Wilmington, Chantaé is a devoted mother of two boys. She serves as a Navigational Coach at Kingswood Community Center, contributing to the betterment of that community. She is chair of the 2nd Ward Democratic Party and takes pride in actively participating in politics. She is also chair of the Wilmington Civil Rights Commission, where she works tirelessly to ensure that justice and equality prevail. Chantaé is James Gilliam Fellow of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, where she gains valuable experiences and insights that further fuel her commitment to community advocacy. She stands as a proud community advocate, shaping the future of her surroundings, one meaningful endeavor at a time.

Pam is a Unitarian Universalist minister who previously served as minister of First Unitarian Church in Wilmington and of Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Texas. She currently serves the Unitarian Universalist Association as an investigative consultant in the Office of Safety and Ethics. In Texas she co-founded OUTreach Denton, a community program that establishes resources and advocacy for LGBTQ+ people. She received a Master of Divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in 2005, where she served as coordinator for the Racial/Ethnic Advisory Committee. Pam is a native of Wilmington who attended St. Mark’s High School. Prior to her career in ministry, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in dance from Kutztown University in 1994 and moved to California to pursue a Master of Arts in Creative/Interdisciplinary Arts at San Francisco State University—a program aimed at using creative arts to promote social justice. She lives in the Triangle neighborhood in Wilmington with her spouse Erik.

Jon Yulish is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. He also lived in Indiana and Virginia before moving to  Delaware in 2015. Professionally, he has over 30 years of non-profit management and board experience. He currently serves as the executive director of Congregation Beth Emeth, a Reform synagogue in  Wilmington, Delaware, a position he has held July 2015. Among his accomplishments at Beth Emeth, one of the most significant is the synagogue’s food pantry which he conceived and was one  of the people instrumental in moving from idea to fully operational. The pantry has served food  insecure individuals and families, primarily in Wilmington’s Ninth Ward, since November 2018. Jon previously served as the executive director of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, a historically Jewish  national college social fraternity. His non-profit board service includes the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity national board as well as his local chapter housing board. Jon enjoys travel, reading, classic television and discovering charming small towns.