Faithful Parenting Podcast:
Rev. Dr. Thom White Wolf Fassett, No.1 posted on August 3, 2009
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About the Speaker
As emeritus General Secretary of the international rights organization of The United Methodist
Church, The General Board of Church and Society, Thom White Wolf Fassett brings a rich and
varied background of experience as he works in the field of faith, politics and issues of justice.
Receiving advanced degrees from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and The American
University, Dr. Fassett’s experience includes teaching high school English; local pastorates in
United Methodist congregations; founding Minister of Urban Mission in Rochester, N.Y.; Urban
Affairs Officer for United States Operations, the Xerox Corporation, in which he developed
national strategy plans for corporate social responsibility; Special Assistant to the United States
Senate and House of Representatives conducting investigations into Federal/Indian policy;
executive for programming of the General Board of Church and Society; Superintendent of The
United Methodist Church in Alaska, and General Secretary of The General Board of Church and
Society with headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and United Nations offices in
New York City.
In these positions or along with them, Fassett has worked extensively in radio and television
hosting three radio programs and co-hosting and producing a daily television series that ran for
six years during the NBC “Today” program. He has also been extensively involved in civic
organizations including service as Executive Chairperson of the Indian Manpower Planning
Consortium sponsored by the Seneca Nation of Indians. Fassett has written and published
extensively authoring Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival, co-authoring three
other books with over 300 articles appearing in periodicals and scholarly publications. He has
also served as adjunct faculty member of Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Bexley Hall
Seminary and Crozer Theological School and has received numerous honors and appears in
various international biographical publications.
Dr. Fassett is well known for his activities in conflict resolution/management and mediation and
has participated in White House negotiations resulting in the peaceful “invasion” of Haiti by the
U.S.; traveled to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on a peace mission with the
President of the United States; negotiated Cuban principles of religious freedom face to face with
Fidel Castro, and played the determining role in breaking the impasse between the United States
and Cuba in the case of Elian Gonzalez.
HIs most recent book: Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival
