During this season of growth, re-purposing, and re-imagination, ECHO is seeking a director to lead the North America RIC (NA RIC) to expand, strengthen, and equip a network of North Americans reaching the world. Physically located at a Small Farm Resource Center (SFRC) in Fort Myers, the Director of ECHO North America will benefit from the model of and interaction with the RICs already implemented around the world, synergizing and leveraging the potential the RIC will have to bless our network. The Director, working closely with the Regional Support Services Manager, will lead and supervise team leaders and technical staff, as well as actively participate in research, extension and outreach approaches to equip development organizations and workers from the region.

This moving and inspiring book is jointly written by Miranda Harris, co-founder of A Rocha who died in a car accident in 2019, and her daughter, Jo Swinney, who is now A Rocha International’s Director of Communications and a well-known author.The subtitle ‘Faith, Hope and Hospitality’ summarises the main themes, all set within the context of creation care at A Rocha’s first centre in Portugal. ‘A Place at the Table’ recently won a Gold Medal at the 2023 Nautilus Book Awards and has been reviewed as ‘a profound book, lyrically written, and subversively humorous in its observation of daily life lived in community’.