Harvest Time Staff

Rosemary Feerick

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family in Mount Kisco, NY, the fourth of six children. My parents emphasized kindness, ethics, integrity and generously participated in community service projects. At the age of 16, I began to search for something deeper within myself and my faith tradition that could hold in the face of the injustices I was witnessing in the world. During this time, a wise Rabbi befriended me, modeling a way of being on a spiritual path that was appealing and full of life.

I continued my search at Georgetown University and Hebrew University in Jerusalem, studying religion and the liberal arts. Upon graduation, I made a decision to live simply and to work with women who were homeless in Washington DC. This decision coincided with a gift of love that came in the form of money. The paradox of that moment began my search for a way to hold together my reality and background as a person of wealth with my desire to respond to injustice in the world. That journey has taken me to the Catholic Worker movement, The Church of the Saviour, Haiti, Bosnia, a Masters of Divinity program at the Jesuit school of Theology, The Song of Songs, Yes!, Be Present, and to my current position at Harvest Time.

In addition to my work at Harvest Time, I am also the mother of two boys. We live in Half Moon Bay, CA where we enjoy making volcanoes on the beach, baking chocolate chip cookies and dressing up as superheroes.

Rosemary Feerick - rose@harvesttime.cc

Noa Mohlabane

I am the descendent of German Jewish immigrants. I lived in Israel for my early years and moved to the United States when I was seven. I began volunteering and participated in community activism from the time I was nine years old. That, along with living in different places on this planet, have brought me my greatest learning and continue to sustain me.

I sought non-traditional education including studies in Kenya and Tanzania through Friends World College – a school that was based on international independent field study. While studying education for self reliance there, I met Douglas, who was of Sotho and Tswana descent. We were married for 16 years and raised our children in the South African exile community in California. Our children, Namane and Goapele, continue to bring awe and sweet pleasure and joy into my life. My daughter has brought a granddaughter into my life – pure joy. Demetra has joined me as partner in life and love and our family keeps growing!

With an AA in Early Childhood Education and a MA in Human Development (specialization in Parent/Community Work) from Pacific Oaks College, I have worked with children, parents and teachers for over 40 years.

All my work has been in the not-for-profit world including over 25 years of organizational development and managing or directing programs, both grassroots and large established ones. I love witnessing and photographing open heart moments and the intense sensual beauty of form and balance in nature.

My heart's work since 1987 has been with Be Present, inc. It was this work that brought me in partnership with Rose during an 18 month Training Institute on the Issues of Race, Gender, Power and Class.

My biggest current learning / growing edge of how to work with the complexity of expanded financial privilege and responsibility that came with an inheritance from my father. I am now engaged in amazing transformative conversations through my employment with Harvest Time which have opened this Jewish soul to whole new levels of learning.

Noa Mohlabane - noa@harvesttime.cc

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