Room Dedication for Jim & Anna Davidson
You are invited to attend the Grand Opening of the Jim & Anna Davidson Conference Room. The Department of Sociology at Purdue University has named a conference room in honor of Professor Emeritus Jim Davidson, PhD and his wife, Anna. Grand Opening details are as follows:- Date – Friday, September 28
- Time – 2:30 p.m. Greetings & Remarks;
3 p.m. Grand Opening - Place – Room 303, Stone Hall, Purdue University
– 700 W State Street, West Lafayette - RSVP by emailing sociology@purdue.edu
- For more information, please email sociology@purdue.edu.
Professor Emeritus Jim Davidson, PhD has been active with LUM since the early 1970s. In 1976, Dr. Davidson published The Lafayette Urban Ministry: A Model for Urban Ministries and an Evaluation of LUM. His research, which was summarized in this report, used LUM as a model for urban ministries that engage local churches in social concerns and action, particularly of low income families. It included the model for urban ministries that was developed and proposed by the LUM Board of Directors in 1976. The Green Book, as it came to be known, has become legendary within Lafayette Urban Ministry and is still relevant and worth reading today.