The Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) promotes the safety, dignity and improved working environment for the men and women serving in North American and international maritime workplaces. Founded in 1834, the Institute is a voluntary, ecumenical agency affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Take a closer look…
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Read about the evolution of SCI’s name over its history.
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The American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial April 9, 2013 MA Student Ann Hilker from Parsons The New School for Design used materials from SCI’s archives to conduct research on the American Merchant Mariners' Memorial in New York’s Battery Park—a memorial More...
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Fostering Seafarers’ Resilience to Pirate Attacks February 19, 2013 SCI’s Clinical Researcher discusses how seafarers respond to the experience of a pirate attack, examining how resilience may ameliorate long-term effects of trauma. More...
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Janet Lord Roper: SCI’s House Mother
November 8, 2011
by Johnathan Thayer, Associate Archivist Janet Lord Roper served as SCI’s House Mother from 1915 until her death in 1943. Over nearly three decades, Mother Roper’s service to the seafarers at 25...
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SCI Joins Queens College Special Collections
October 14, 2011
SCI moves 178 years of archives chronicling the history of its service to mariners to the Department of Special Collections and Archives at Queens College, a leading repository of human rights...
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Blue Man Performance Benefits SCI
October 12, 2011
The renowned Blue Man Group gives a special performance of their high-energy theatrical show on Friday, October 28, for New York-area audiences. Proceeds from the 5:00 pm show benefit the Seamen’s...
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Parker's Journals: SCI’S First CHAPLAINSBLOG
October 8, 2011
by Johnathan Thayer, Associate Archivist The recently launched SCI CHAPLAINSBLOG showcases the daily work of SCI’s port chaplains, creating a new forum in which they can reach out to seafarers in...
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SCI’s 9/11 Relief Efforts
September 9, 2011
by Johnathan Thayer, Associate Archivist On the morning of September 11, 2001, having observed first-hand the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers from just 850 yards away, SCI made...
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UN Contact Group Reveals Development
August 15, 2011
The UN Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia met during July to look at further ways to tackle piracy affecting seafarers traveling through the Gulf of Aden. SCI’s Douglas B. Stevenson...
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UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 2011
June 21, 2011
MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 17 JUNE 2011 Douglas B. StevensonDirector, Center for Seafarers RightsThe Seamen’s Church Institute Mr....
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