Friends & Partners
These are not “official” projects of TSW but close friends and folks we like a lot.
Local Partners
Yes! And... - Simply the best in collaborative arts education, Yes! And... works with some of Philadelphia's most underserved populations, bringing programs such as: Summer Theatre Camps, After School Programs, our Winter Sort of Thing new play workshop, High School Leadership Development and SHADOW Camp. Their programs strive for excellence in artistic and educational training. And they have a lot of fun while at it! Yes! And... equips children and young people with the tools to become better learners, to believe in themselves, their dreams, and their potential through the work of creating collaboratively with their peers and professional artists.
Jamie Moffett Media & Design - As a co-founder of The Simple Way, Jamie and his crew at the shop are intimately aware of the stories and struggles of our neighborhood and ones like it. The Ordinary Radicals, Return to El Salvador, and the Another World is Possible series all come from the little barbershop turned production studio just across the street here.
Dotted Line T-Shirt Company - Dotted-Line T-shirt Company and The Simple Way have kissed (in fact we now have a committed relationship. After the fire, we have taken time to step back and map out some goals and priorities (in fact our whole community and Board of Directors will go on a retreat together this month). Our t-shirt company Cottage Printworks went up in the flames, and it allowed us to think through our goals with this micro-business. Adam Woods and our friends in Camden have a vibrant and classy grassroots t-shirt company called Dotted-Line T-shirts with whom we have been long-time co-conspirators. Now we¹re making it a little more official. They¹ll be taking on our t-shirt business and helping us keep dream about this as a sustainable cottage industry. Like Cottage Printworks, they are a faith-based missional business committed to using fair-trade t-shirts, eco-friendly inks and energy, as well as hiring folks from the neighborhood. We are so excited about this collaboration and the adventures ahead. Thanks Adam!
Alternative Seminary - The Alternative Seminary is a little underground seminary here in Philadelphia area. Visit the website for more information and keep an eye out for upcoming events. We are grateful for all the tireless work of our friend and TSW board member Will O’Brien for facilitating the Alternative Seminary all these years. Keep an eye out for ongoing events, especially if you don’t mind a little homework here and there.
Global Partners
Relational Tithe - Relational Tithe is an interactive platform for connecting and meeting needs across socioeconomic and geographic barriers. It is also a place to explore, to meet, to share dreams and ideas, to ask and discuss questions, to learn and to grow together.
Mission Year - Founded by Bart Campolo in 1997, Mission Year offers an amazing opportunity for hundreds of young adults to live and work together as full-time urban missionaries in inner-city neighborhoods throughout the United States.
Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education - EAPE, which seeks to inspire and enable followers of Jesus to live out God’s love for the poor and oppressed, manages the speaking and writing ministries of Tony and Bart Campolo (and their good friend Shane Claiborne, as well), and uses their considerable experience and connections, along with the financial resources entrusted to us by their donors, to initiate and support a dynamic array of creative ministries around the world.
Red Letter Christians - Red Letter Christians is a group of itinerant speakers and writers engaged in an ongoing conversation about the social implications of Jesus’ teachings and how to best communicate them.