Rev. Noel Andersen
Rev. Noel Andersen is the Director of Grassroots Organizing for Church World Service where he has developed a national network of faith communities taking action in solidarity with immigrants and refugees. He has worked for a number of non-profit organizations in Central America and on the U.S.- Mexico border focusing on community development, education and community organizing. He was instrumental in creating a Refugee Leadership Development for Social Change project at CWS helping over a thousand refugees in community organizing and building sustainable teams of refugee leaders throughout the country.