The Faith & Work Forum is a conversation series that discusses the interplay between faith, work, and life. Each semester we feature guest speakers with leadership experience from across a wide range of vocations, who bring authentic stories about seeking a meaningful, purpose-driven life. This program runs in partnership with our Fellows Program & Vintage Lunch and provides candid conversations over a free lunch at the historic Bonhoeffer House. RSVP required. Email Christy Yates to learn more.
Our spring Faith & Work lunch will feature Jazzalyn Livingston, National Program Director for the One America Movement and Andrus Ashoo, Director of the Office of Citizen Scholars at UVA on Fri, March 20th in the Dome Room of the Rotunda, 1-2pm.
Jazzalyn Livingston serves as the National Program Director at the One America Movement, where she leads the organization’s multi-faith grassroots initiatives across the country. She supports an outreach team that brings faith leaders together across religious, political, and racial divides to act and speak against toxic polarization. Her work focuses on building long-term collaboratives that strengthen multi-faith and cross-partisan relationships, cultivate local leadership, and empower faith communities to address shared challenges. Jazzalyn was a 2025 Public Life Fellow with the Center for Christianity & Public Life, where she explored how faith can shape public life and advance democratic renewal. Jazzalyn earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and Psychology from the University of California, San Diego and a Master of Science in Multicultural Counseling and Social Justice Education from San Diego State University. A proud native of South-Central Los Angeles, CA she now calls Washington, DC, home.
Andrus G. Ashoo has been with the University of Virginia for over a decade and is currently the Director of the Office of Citizen Scholar Development, which is home to fellowships & undergraduate research. During his time at UVA, he has centered the office’s approach to advising around pillars of dignity, agency, competency, and virtue. Even though he values all virtues and encourages his staff to model the character they wish to see in their students, his office prioritizes honesty, humility, curiosity, and courage as they work to support students in their development as citizens and scholars. He thinks that university should be a place to explore and be challenges. He is a member of Heterodox Academy, with which he has partnered to bring Irshad Manji’s Moral Courage College to UVA. When not at the university, you are likely to find him at Trinity Presbyterian Church, coaching youth soccer, or with his family, where he fulfills his most important roles as husband and father.
This Faith and Work Forum is a companion event to our 2026 Scoper Lecture in Christian Thought with Nancy French and David French: Telling the Truth: Stories of Courage, Conflict and Connection. Reserve your tickets for Sunday, March 22 from 3:30-5pm in Old Cabell Hall.