Jake Terpstra – Palestine speaker
After serving in the Army, Jake attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids,MI and then the Univ. of Michigan, where he received a masters degree in social work. Following that, all his work experience was in child welfare services, as a foster care caseworker, administrator of two child care institutions, and administrator of Michigan’s child welfare licensing services. Following that Jake worked in the US Children’s Bureau for 20 years as a child welfare specialist.
Since retiring 10 years ago, Jake have been involved mainly in three areas, family activities, child welfare services, and promotion of peace; this included spending two weeks in the West Bank with Christian Peacemaker Teams in 2004.