As a congregation, Northside Drive has been involved with many interfaith activities over the years, and our missions program has developed a long-term partnership with several organizations. One of our newer partners is the
Interfaith Children’s Movement (ICM). Founded in Atlanta more than 20 years ago, ICM is a grassroots, interfaith advocacy movement dedicated to improving the well-being of all children in Georgia. Today, ICM is making an impact - advocating, educating, mobilizing and inspiring - through the energetic efforts of their small staff and wonderful volunteers throughout faith communities in metro Atlanta and the state of Georgia.
ICM works on initiatives such as Georgia’s Juvenile Code Rewrite of 2013, Children in Need of Services (CHINS), one of the most progressive juvenile justice codes in the country. The organization is an active partner in addressing child sexual trafficking in Georgia. ICM also partners with state agencies to encourage and educate churches, mosques and synagogues on how best to support Georgia families, and help care for children in the foster care system.
Through their Interfaith Youth Alliance, ICM works to bring together young people from varied faiths, races and economic status to meet as friends and talk about issues important to them and their siblings. ICM’s annual Call-to-Action Prayer Breakfasts are large multi-faith gatherings loved by many as the most diverse event of the year. It is a time when folks of many faiths, ethnicities, ages and genders gather to celebrate the gifts children bring to the world and to pledge again to be a voice for all children.
