Reesheda Graham-Washington is the executive director of Communities First Association, a national faith-based nonprofit committed to asset-based community development, and the founder CEO of L!VE Café, a boutique coffeehouse that focuses on transformation. Graham-Washington is licensed in the Evangelical Covenant Church and is a former teacher and administrator for Chicago Public Schools. A resident of Berwyn, Illinois, she shares her heart for service with her husband and three daughters.
Shawn Casselberry is executive director of Mission Year, a yearlong urban ministry program focused on Christian service and discipleship. He is author of God is in the City: Encounters of Grace and Transformation, and coauthor of God’s Graffiti Devotional. He has a master’s degree in world missions and evangelism from Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Jen, live in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s west side.