{"id":49479,"date":"2022-03-21T08:31:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?p=49479"},"modified":"2022-10-13T12:13:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:13:13","slug":"ylisse-bess-sth17-announced-new-program-director-for-trauma-responsive-congregations-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/ylisse-bess-sth17-announced-new-program-director-for-trauma-responsive-congregations-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Ylisse Bess (STH&#8217;17) Announced New Program Director for Trauma-Responsive Congregations Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49480\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sth\/files\/2022\/03\/Ylisse-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-49480 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/files\/2022\/03\/Ylisse-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/files\/2022\/03\/Ylisse-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/files\/2022\/03\/Ylisse-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/files\/2022\/03\/Ylisse-710x710.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/files\/2022\/03\/Ylisse-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ylisse Bess (STH\u201917) will be the new program director for BUSTH&#8217;s Trauma-Responsive Congregations project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Ylisse Bess (STH&#8217;17), staff chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, will become the Program Director for BUSTH\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/busth-selects-participating-congregations-for-trauma-responsive-congregations-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trauma-Responsive Congregations grant<\/a>, funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/lillyendowment.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lilly Endowment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently serving as an advisor for the grant, Bess is stepping into a new role focused on providing direction and support to the Boston and San Diego congregations participating in the grant. Bess will advise congregational leaders in implementing their projects, lead educational initiatives that will foster new learning across the congregations, and partner with BUSTH Associate Professor of Theology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/profile\/shelly-rambo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shelly Rambo<\/a> in grant-related research.<\/p>\n<p>Bess brings a combination of skills and experience as a chaplain, is a thought-leader in the areas of Black wellness and spiritual care, and is an educator in theological settings. Bess recently co-taught the course \u201cSpiritual Care for the Non-Religious,\u201d at BUSTH with chaplaincy colleague Rev. Mary Martha Theil, Director of Clinical Pastoral Education at Hebrew Senior Life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBess is creative, grounded, inspired, and inspiring,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/profile\/shelly-rambo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shelly Rambo<\/a>, principal investigator for the Trauma-Responsive Congregations grant. \u201cTheir ability to interpret and respond to complex situations while empowering individuals is unparalleled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trauma-Responsive Congregations program is supporting six congregations \u2013 three in Boston and three in San Diego \u2013 as they implement projects in their communities. For more information about the grant, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traumaresponsivecongregations.org\/\">https:\/\/www.traumaresponsivecongregations.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Ylisse Bess (STH&#8217;17), staff chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, will become the Program Director for BUSTH\u2019s Trauma-Responsive Congregations grant, funded by Lilly Endowment. Currently serving as an advisor for the grant, Bess is stepping into a new role focused on providing direction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12612,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209,203],"tags":[179,178,303,241],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12612"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49479"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50962,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49479\/revisions\/50962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}