Leadership
Reverend L. Robin Murray
Executive Director
The Reverend L. Robin Murray serves as the Executive Director for the Interreligious Network for
Worker Solidarity (IN4WS), a national movement of clergy, faith leaders, and individuals fromdiverse faith traditions who stand in solidarity with the labor movement. She is passionate about dismantling and rebuilding systems designed to oppress, divide, and dehumanize God’s
people. She is committed to be a leader in service to efforts that navigate people towards centering their faith, while shaping revolutionary, systemic changes in the world.
Rev. Murray is an ordained Itinerate Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. She is an Associate Pastor at the Abundant Life A.M.E. Church in Dallas, TX. She also serves the 10th District, North Texas Conference Women in Ministry, where she holds the office of Conference Coordinator. She earned her Master of Divinity with a concentration in Urban Ministry from Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology. While at Perkins, she served as Chair of the Justice in Action Committee, as well as the President of L@s Seminarist@s, a graduate student organization. She is an award-winning community organizer, activist, social commentator, facilitator, coach, trainer, and writer. She has been the recipient of the Harry Hosier Spirit Award (1:02:28) and the Harold M. Kaufman Memorial Foundation B’nai B’rith Award in Social Ethics (1:53:38).
Rev. Murray spent nine years in operations and management at a Fortune 500 international corporation. After accepting her call into ministry and attending seminary, she dedicated seven years to Faith in Texas, a non-profit multi-racial, multi-faith movement for social, economic, and racial justice. Her expertise led her to focus on issues such as immigration, housing, worker justice, mass incarceration, and policing. She has mobilized for national campaigns, in addition to local and statewide issue-based, legislative, policy, and voting initiatives.
When this native Texan is not actively engaged in justice ministry, she loves hiking, the Arts, and
spending time with her family, friends, and miniature schnauzer, Wiz.
Board of Directors
Nina Alvarez-Mapp
Nia Alvarez-Mapp currently serves as the Interim Organizing Director for the New York Equal Rights Amendment. She previously worked with Common Cause as their Rank The Vote Organizer, developing strategies, educating candidates and community-based organizations about Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Nia was Manhattan Political Director for Kathy Hochul’s 2022 gubernatorial race. Nia’s primary research focus lies in Political-Theology and its impact on voting influenced by religious contexts, as evidenced in her Master’s thesis paper “CAMPAIGNS 20:16-20: The Ethical Boundaries of Evangelization from Sacred to Secular” from Union Theological Seminary. In addition, she holds significant roles such as the Young Adult Chair of the NY Branch NAACP and the Social Action Chair for the NCNW Manhattan Section.
Notably, Nia established the Greater Harlem Unite Candidate Forum—an innovative platform and one of the first of its kind—to familiarize Harlem constituents with Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and to enhance youth outreach in 2020. A passionate organizer, Nia champions causes encompassing voting rights, labor equality, education, and food security, both within NYC and the broader Greater Philadelphia Area. Furthermore, Nia is among the youngest founding members of Black Lives Matter—an organization of scholar activists orchestrating marches and strategic initiatives, including travels to Ferguson, MO. Nia’s activism traces back to a young age, starting at 9 when she engaged as a budding journalist with the children’s organization Children Pressline. In 2007, she played a crucial role in an award-winning team’s article for the New York Daily News, focusing on a men’s shelter adjacent to an elementary school. Her achievements continued to soar in 2008 when she became the youngest reporter to cover the historic Democratic and Republican Conventions.
Kathleen “KB” Brower
KB Brower is the Organizing Director for BCG, and a fellow at the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers. After organizing alongside janitors on her college campus, she got her start in the labor movement with SEIU 1199 New England, and then made her way back to college organizing as Domestic Campaigns Director for United Students Against Sweatshops. After her term ended with USAS, she began work with AFSCME 3299 where she learned what’s possible when unions and community partners team up to run common good campaigns. She most recently moved back to her hometown of Philly where she organized with the PA nurses union, and where she has worked with the AFGE to create an organizing program with locals around the country. Following a call to deepen her spiritual relationship to social justice, KB recently completed her first year at Union Theological Seminary, and is pursuing ordination.
Dr. Zahid Bukhari
The Executive Director of ICNA Council for Social Justice. Previously, he worked as Director of American Muslim Studies Program (AMSP) at the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. From 1999-2004, he also worked as Director, Project MAPS: Muslims in American Public Square, which examined the role and contribution of the Muslim community to the American public life.
Dr. Bukhari’s research interests focused on Islam in the West; Muslims in America; religion and politics; and religion, humanitarian aid and development. He is also editor of the Project MAPS volume: Muslims’ Place in the American Public Square: Fears, Hopes and Aspirations; and the CIPP volume: Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities. Dr. Bukhari has a Masters in Economics from the University of Karachi, Pakistan and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Connecticut, USA. Dr. Bukhari currently serves on the Board of Directors and has been engaged with Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity since its conception in 2020.
Francisco García
Reverend Francisco García is a PhD Student in Theological Studies, with a minor in Ethics and Action at Vanderbilt University in the Graduate Department of Religion. He’s also a Graduate Research Fellow at the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice at Vanderbilt Divinity School, and serves part-time as an Assistant Chaplain at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Chapel in Nashville.
As an Episcopal priest, labor and community organizer, Francisco’s work over the last dozen years has centered around congregation-based ministry and interfaith community organizing around immigrant rights, housing rights, and racial and economic justice issues in Los Angeles, Nashville, and nationally. He has been with the Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity since its conception in 2020 and currently serves as a board member.
Br. Ken Homan
Board Secretary
Ken Homan, SJ, is a Jesuit brother from St. Louis, Missouri. Ken entered the Midwest Province of the Jesuits. He completed his two years of novitiate in St. Paul, Minnesota, concluding by taking vows as a brother. He wrote his master’s thesis on Jesuits and the labor movement in St. Louis’ 20th century.
He completed his BA in history and theology in winter 2013 and an MA in US history in 2015, both at Fordham University. After teaching and coaching at Marquette High for three years, Ken completed an MTS at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He was an active member of the Boston College graduate worker union. Ken is now pursuing a PhD in U.S. history at Georgetown University. Ken’s primary research interests are: the labor movement; the American Catholic experience; history of the Catholic Church and slavery; history of public lands; and Native American histories.
He is a graduate assistant at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. In his free time, Ken builds furniture, hikes and enjoys photography.
Rabbi Jonathan Klein
Board Treasurer
Rabbi Jonathan Klein, a community rabbi with diverse skills in community-building and nonprofit management, serves as Rabbi of Temple Beth El in Bakersfield, where he leads Shabbat worship, teaches Pirkei Avot, and supports the spiritual journeys of the people of Bakersfield. He also serves the needs of members of Congregation B’nai Jacob, the Conservative Jewish synagogue of Bakersfield. In his capacity as a community rabbi, he also serves as an Instructor for the Levan Institute for Lifelong Learning at Bakersfield College and performs lifecycle rituals throughout Southern California.
Rabbi Klein also founded and incorporated Faith Action for All: All People, All Animals, Our Whole Planet, a multi-faith organization devoted to advocating for animal welfare, social justice, and environmental sustainability, in 2012. This community development corporation began as an embodiment of Rabbi Klein’s commitment to veganism and animal welfare, but has grown include helping individuals survive the ravages of a brutal economy and advocate for policies that protect the working poor.
Joseph A. McCartin, Ph.D.
Joseph A. McCartin is a historian of the U.S. labor movement and 20th century U.S. social and political history. He is a Professor of History at Georgetown University, where he has taught since 1999, and served as the founding Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor, since 2009. His research focuses on the intersection of labor organization, politics, and public policy. Dr. McCartin is an esteemed, award-winning, published author. He has authored more than 140 articles, chapters, and reviews in the fields of labor history and labor studies, and his writing has appeared in a wide variety of venues including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Dissent, and the American Prospect. Some of his works include, Labor’s Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations and Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America,
His current research explores the intersection of labor organization and democracy, tracing the decline and attempted reconstruction of collective bargaining in the United States. Dr. McCartin is one of the founding members of the Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity and currently serves as a board member. He also serves as a member of the boards of the Catholic Labor Network, and a contributing editor to Labor: Studies in Working-Class History. And he is the Vice President of the Labor and Working-Class History Association.
Rev Sekinah Hamlin
Interim Vice-President
Rev. Hamlin is a native of Charlotte, NC and now resides in Greensboro, NC. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Bennett College for Women and a Master of Arts Degree from Howard University both in Political Science. She earned a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School. She is also a Cornell University Certified Diversity Professional.
Rev. Hamlin is an ordained Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) tradition. She has a true love for God’s Church and has worked directly with churches in the Progressive National Baptist, United Methodist, Presbyterian, and Church of God in Christ traditions. She was a member of the Official Delegation of Historically African American Churches to the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) in Yaounde, Cameroon and also served as a moderator and respondent for the plenary session entitled, “Africa and Democratization: A Comparative Look at African and African American Civil Society”. She worked with the ecumenical church in North Carolina through her service to the NC Council of Churches. She was the First African American female and youngest person to serve as President of the organization. She is a member of several professional and social organizations, such as the NAACP, the National Association of Multicultural Education, and the Leadership Empowerment Institute to facilitate anti-racism workshops.
Rev. Hamlin served faithfully as the Minister of Anti-racism and Reconciliation for the Southeast Regions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She now serves with their team in Global Ministries as an Advocacy Consultant. Rev. Hamlin is married to Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan, Jr. and is the proud mother of five children.
We are proud to say that Rev. Hamlin has been engaged with Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity since its conception in 2020.
Fr. Ty Hullinger
Fr. Ty has a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Illinois Wesleyan University and an M.L.A. from the University of Minnesota. Before entering St. Mary’s Seminary and University in 1998, he worked as a landscape architect in Baltimore, during which time he received the Sacraments of Baptism, Holy Communion and Confirmation. Fr. Ty is the second of four boys in his family to become a Catholic priest, ordained in 2004.
Through his years in priesthood, Fr. Ty has served at several congregations in the Baltimore, Maryland area, written for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and been featured online in publications, such as the Catholic Review. One of these features highlighted a stormwater project led by his former congregation, St. Anthony’s of Padua Catholic Church in Baltimore. Fr. Ty shared that the project “…help[ed] improve [their] natural environment and reduce and cleanse stormwater runoff.”
Fr. Ty now serves as priest of the Transfiguration Catholic Community in Baltimore. We are also proud to have him serve as our Interim Board President. He has been engaged with Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity since its conception in 2020.
Professor Marilyn Sneiderman
Professor Marilyn Sneiderman directs the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations, bringing with her 30 years of experience in labor, community, faith based, immigrant and racial justice organizing, as well as extensive experience in managing large staffs and managing intensive organizational change work.
She has served in leadership positions with the National AFL-CIO, AVODAH, Teamsters International Union, and many more. Sneiderman has a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin. In 2000 she was named one of the 25 most influential working mothers in the United States by Working Mother magazine. Sneiderman currently serves on the Board of Directors and has been engaged with Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity since its conception in 2020.