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Beaki BulkIn the shipping industry, the term breakbulk reers to cargo that must be loaded and

unloaded individually rom a vessel. Until theadvent o containerization in the 1960s, mostvessels carried cargo this wayin crates,

boxes or barrels. Old-ashioned manpowershited the goods in portbit by bit.

Today, the term break bulk reersmost oten to oversized and heavyweight

cargo that does not t into intermodalcontainersthings like luxury yachts,construction equipment, windmill turbines

and locomotive engines. These big-ticketitems might seem impossible to ship, but

specialized break bulk equipment canmanage the most unwieldy cargo saely

and eciently.Breaking bulk makes possible the

shipment o things that seem un-shippable toeven the most challenging locations.

People can employ break bulk

principles in philanthropy to make possiblecontributions that, as one-time gits, might

also seem impossible. Recurring gits split a

large contribution into manageable bits and,like the heavy-lit cranes used in break bulk

shipping, organizations like the SeamensChurch Institute (SCI) oer specialized toolsto enable a simple way o doing it. (See How

to Make a Recurring Git.)Used in parts o the globe where ports

have minimal shore acilities, break bulkshipping allows the expansion o developing

countries inrastructure with advances likewind arms, power plants and highways.Breaking bulk with your nancial git to

SCI has the potential to do a lot o good, too.Dividing a git into installmentsthrough

automatic payments on your credit cardprovides a steady stream o vital income

to the organization that supports mariners.Regular cash fow allows SCI to accuratelyplan and eciently manage resources over

the course o a scal year.Monthly or weekly contributions o

seemingly small amounts add up. Look atwhat your git, broken up into installments,

can provide or mariners.

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SCI SUSTAInIngSpOnSOrS

A CloseLook OlieEvery day, SCI staffand volunteers sharetheir encounters withthe mariners you helpserve. SCIs Facebookpage provides the dailyscoop on activities atour Centers and on thewater. Want to know thedifference your donation

dollars make? Like ourpage and take a closerlook at the folks whoselives you touch.

acebook.com/seamenschurch

Spring 2013 Volume 105, Number 1

Published by

T Sams Curc Istitut

seamenschurch.org

212-349-9090

ax: 212-349-8342

[email protected]

Richard T. du Moulin

Chairman, Board o Trustees

The Rev. David M. Rider

President and Executive Director

Editor, Oliver Brewer

Assistant Editor, Susannah Skiver Barton

Design & Production, Bliss Design

The Lookout is printed on recycled paper.

Executive

Diectos LoLike the tagline o Apple, Inc.ThinkDierentthe articles in this edition o

The Lookout invite you to look at thingsdierently. The advice says something

about our usual way o operating. Otenwe pass through the ordinary tasks o lie

without taking notice o things we thinkwe already have worked out.

The danger o routinewalkingthe same way to work every day,

prooreading a document on which we

have worked closely and ordering thesame dish at our avorite restaurant

lies in missing the opportunity to seechange. We preclude new experiences

and education by sticking toour assumptions.

Because we think we know something,we do not give it our ull attention. But

i we intently observe what we considermundane or impossible, we could

discover something interesting and ullo promise.

Our human brain prevents theoverload o stimuli by ltering outand categorizing inormation based on

previous experience. Many, becauseo an encounter with one o SCIs

programs, may have categorized theInstitute in the same way. To some, SCI

equals knitting. To others, SCI meansship visiting. To people who see ourname or the rst time, SCI might be

a church.

This year at SCI, we have chosen thetheme Take a Closer Look, asking

olks to survey our complex and varied

workto discover things unknownand unseen, to reassess assumptions

about the Institute and to nd urtheropportunities or partnership.

We as an Institute have asked or yoursupport because it helps us remain open

to sea changes. In order to provideeectively or mariners needs, SCIs

chaplains, educators and attorneys mustkeep their ears to the ground (or the

water), connected and responsive tothe lives o men and women aced with

challenges in the maritime workplace.I ask that you rearm your commitment

to examine closely your connectionwith mariners and the Institute thatserves them. I invite you into deeper

collaboration and dialogue. Come toone o our centers, invite SCI to speak

to your group or explore our websitesnews eed. As you Take a Closer Look,

I hope you discover something thatinterests, inspires and perhaps evensurprises you.

Yours aithully,

The Rev. David M. RiderPresident & Executive Director
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A Test o Eduace Isied by MaiesRegistration is open or the September SCI Mountain Challenge,a frst-o-its-kind event in the United States or the maritime industry.

At most charity events, organizations invite supporters to spend a relaxing eveningwith good ood, drinks and music, socializing in a climate-controlled setting. FromSeptember 1922, SCI, North Americas largest mariners service agency, asks partygoers to

toss aside these luxuries or another kind o experience. SCI hopes inspired people will stepoutside their comort zone to compete in the SCI Mountain Challenge, a test o strength and

ortitude tackling some o the biggest mountains in western Maine.Each working day, mariners push themselves in a race against time and nature to deliver

the worlds commerce. In SCIs charity event this all, the Institute asks participants to joinmariners in solidarity. Teams o competitors take to harsh environments to push physical

limits, racing up steep summits in a ght to the nish line. Funds raised by team sponsorsstrengthen SCIs valuable support services to mariners.

The course outlined in the SCI Mountain Challenge spans 25 miles o rugged terrain

and 10,000+ eet o ascent in scenic western Maine. Hikers conront ve iconic summits:Burnt Mountain (3,608 t. / 1,100 m), Sugarloa Mountain (4,250 t. / 1,295 m), Spaulding

Mountain (4,010 t. / 1,222 m), Barker Mountain (2,594 t. / 791 m) and Jordan Mountain(2,653 t. / 809 m).

Although taking place on land, the tests in the SCI Mountain Challenge parallel manyo the hardships mariners conront at sea: the elements (acing northern New Englandsnotoriously unpredictable weather), isolation (teams work sel-suciently on the mountain

race courses) and physically demanding work (participants ascend 5,000+ eet each day).In this test o endurance, SCI awards prizes based on cumulative times and philanthropic

dollars raised in support o mariners. The Institute also recognizes award winners by categoryrom various sectors o the maritime industry, although SCI opens race participation to

all kinds o corporations and individuals. Participants may choose one o two levels oinvolvement, which vary in physical demands, but both levels represent a serious challengeo strength and ability.

Cargill underwrites the SCI Mountain Challenge as an EXPEDITION sponsor or theevent. John F. Dillon & Co. LLC and Simpson, Spence & Young underwrite the event as

PEAK sponsors. For other corporate sponsorship opportunities, more inormation about theevent and to register, visit scimountainchallenge.com.

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This is what youmight picturewhen you

see the wordseamen ...

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church, yprobably think

Take a Closer Look

The sea conjures up a lot o images

tall-masted battleships, mythicalmonsters, a novel by Hemingway

mostly things reminiscent o daysgone by.

And terms like sailorrom the timewhen ships were powered by sailsand

seamanwhen all seaarers weremensound like old-ashioned words.

But most o us dont realize that theprimary means o trade in the 21st

century is the worlds waterways.And international commerceour

entire planets economydepends onproessional mariners.

While lie at sea is mysterious and

unknown to many, it most certainly isnot a thing o the past. Today, seaaring

men and women play an important partin the lives o ordinary people.

The rst word in SCIs namecoinedover a century agoreers to people

who, by any name, deserve our respect

and support.

Did you know that most mentions o

the word church in the Bible reerto aith communitiesnot physicalbuildings? When Paul, an early apostle,

calls the church the Body o Christ,

he reers to the people acting as haand eet to carry out Jesus teachin

The work o the church happens

as oten outside a place o worshipas it does inside. Countless aithcommunitiesincluding organizat

like SCIdemonstrate Gods loveoering hospitality.

Learn about MarinerFriendly Churches at

http://smschur.ch/mfchrch

Some olks may wonder i this is a

means o recruiting new members,but SCI supports maritime workers

regardless o their background orreligion, taking Saint Pauls appeal

SCI: Take a Close Look

Read more about themariners SCI serves at

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If someonetalks about aninstitute, you

might imagine aplace like this ...

heart: When Gods people areneed, be ready to help them.

Romans 12:13)

o some, the word institute impliessterile laboratory, its scientists

sconnected rom civilization as theyonduct experiments. But there is

nother kind o institute.

CI engages with the world and

corporates real-lie experienceto its missionalways ahead o

e trends that shape lie on theater. SCI uses seaarer centers andusted, one-on-one relationships with

ariners to anticipate and meet theirvolving needs.

he many acets o SCIs institutionalork include adult education tailored

ecically or proessional marinersnd advocacy or mariners welare,

providing proessional legal services

ree o charge.

SCI understands the challenges

mariners ace and speaks out or theirrights. Throughout its historyas

well as todaySCI has helped shapelegislation making the world a better

place or mariners.

SCIs name celebrates its history and

unbroken service to mariners since1834. Mariners are the backbone o

global commerce, and the SeamensChurch Institute proudly supports

hardworking people who make ourmodern way o lie possible.

Our mission would not be possible

without the help o individuals,churches, corporations and oundationsthat work with us to serve the needs omariners, present and uture.

Take a closer look and discover the

Seamens Church Institute. Learn moreabout us online or by getting in touch.

Explore SCIs website atseamenschurch.org

Send us email [email protected]

Like us on Facebook atacebook.com/seamenschurch

Follow us on Twitter@seamenschurch

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Fostei Seaaes resiliece to piate Attacksby Michael Stuart Garfnkle, PhD, Clinical Researcher, Piracy Trauma Study

SCIs Cliical reseache discusses how seaaes esod to the exeiece o a iate attack, examii howesiliece may amelioate lo-tem eects o tauma.

SCI has prioritized developing a cohesive assessment and

treatment approach or seaarers susceptible to pirate attacksand accompanying trauma. Maritime piracy represents the

single greatest risk to the seaaring communitynot becauseo its prevalence, but because o the potential magnitudeo traumatic experience. On January 25, 2013, I presented

to the Mount Sinai Hospital World Trade Center HealthProgram on the issue o ostering resilienceboth generally

and among those aected by trauma. I presented twocomplementary approaches to thinking o resilience: as a

trait and as a process.

Resilience describes how we get through the stressors o

everyday lie, how we survive tragedy and how we recoverrom traumatic experience. I we think o traumatic

experiences as those that interrupt our ability to think,

disturb our eelings and make us eel overwhelmed, resilienceis the counterorce that minimizes the impact o trauma.

As a trait, resilience allows a person to maintain equilibriumin the ace o potentially traumatizing experience, to adapt

to change and to cope with and recover rom disasters.As a process, resilience is possible at the individual and

community level. An individual can be supported in coping,in using available help rom loved ones and proessionals and

in returning to purpose in lie. Atthe communal level, groupscan bond around troubles

aecting the whole group

or members within it.This happens whena group accepts a

persons temporary weakness due to dicult experience by

ostering an environment that does not pathologize suering,but rather sees expressions o pain as opportunities to

render help.

Current research investigates assessment measures and

psychotherapeutic approaches to enhancing resilience aswell as neuroscientic models to explain resilience in the

brain (c. the work o Dennis S. Charney at Mount Sinai).At present, ew standardized assessments exist, thoughone that has had limited success is the Connor-Davidson

Resilience Scale (CD-RISC, 2003), a 25-item sel-report thatdetermines whether resilience is increasing or decreasing in

an individual over time.

During my presentation, I also discussed dierent therapeutic

techniques. Psychotherapy and neuroscience researchpoint to the potential risk o using grie-counseling models

indiscriminately. Sometimes the instinctual helping responseis useul and sometimes not. I highlighted one approach,Complicated Grie Treatment (Shear et al.), as a good

compromise o grie counseling and an approach mindulo research on limiting the extent o trauma. Making good

use o available resources is a key ingredient in improvingseaarer mental health. Many seaarers come rom supportive

amilies and communities, and the literature on resilienceand surviving traumatic experience suggests that acceptanceby peers improves outcomes.

Extensive trauma, both in terms o length and intensity,

especially tests resilience. Where there are direct threatsto lie, outcomes tend to be worse. The more themaritime industry and the international mental health

community can accomplish in coordinating eorts toenhance resilience, identiy resources and improve

access to those resources, the less likely that mostseaarers will suer long-term eects o trauma.

__________

Charney DS (2004). Psychobiological mechanisms o resilience

and vulnerability: Implications or successul adaptation to extreme

stress. American Journal o Psychiatry, 161, 195216.

Connor KM, Davidson JRT (2003). Development o a new resilience

scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC).

Depression and Anxiety, 18, 7682.

Shear K, Frank E, Houck PR, Reynolds III, CF

(2005). Treatment o complicated grie: A randomized

controlled trial.Journal o the American Medical

Association, 293(21), 26012608.


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Please urge President Obama and Congress to enhance maritime security and improve seaarers lives by removing the

United States obstacle to ratiying ILO-185. Eliminating the crewmember D-1 visa or waiving the visa requirement orseaarers holding ILO-185 can do this.

Yu ca writ t Prsidt obama at:http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments

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Ways to Give to SCISupport the people who deliver the

goods that make our modern way

o lie possible.

DonateDonate online at

donate.seamenschurch.orgor scan this QR code into yourmobile device

Use the envelope in thisedition o The Lookoutor mailyour check to The SeamensChurch Institute, 74 Trinity

Place, Suite 1414, NewYork, NY 10006.

Call 212-349-9090 and makea contribution over the phonewith your credit card.

SponsorSCI provides prominent recognitionto its underwriters. Become acorporate sponsor and link yourcompanys philanthropy withNorth Americas largest andmost comprehensive mariners

service agency.

VolunteerSCI oers many ways volunteerscan contribute to the work o

the Institute. Call one o ourcenters or email [email protected].

CollectIn addition to handknit scarvesand hats, SCIs Christmastime gitto mariners includes items oundat most ordinary supermarketsdonated by people like you. Tofnd out more, contact [email protected] or visitour website.

Follow Go to http://acebook.c

seamenschurch and

click like.Follow @seamenschurcon Twitter

Check out our photosat http://www.fickr.cophotos/seamenschurc

And, watch videos rom owork at http://vimeo.comchannels/scitv

Remember SCI in your estplans. Email legacygivingseamenschurch.org or mo

inormation.

Proessional photographer Ethel Jimenez namedSCI to receive part o the proceeds rom the saleo her photographs at a special two-week show inSan Francisco. SCIBay Area Director AdrienneYee met with Ethel in February at the InternationalMaritime Center and learned why she gives to SCI.

Sea ever runs deep.

Ethel Jimenezs grandmother visited ships. So did her mother.All o this time working with mariners led Ethels mom to

meet Ethels dad, Victor A. Jimenez.

As a marine engineer, Ethels dad was called away on voyages

or weeks at a time. The amily missed him, and he missed

thema amiliar rerain or mariners. Later, he switched toworking aboard ships in port. This allowed him to stay on

land to be with his amily while continuing to use his skillsand devotion to the sea. Growing up in Brooklyn, Ethel

remembers the ormer SCI locationnear the South Street Seaport.

Twelve years ago, Ethel moved west,

seduced by San Francisco. Through that

change, though, Ethel continues

to afrm her connection to thesea. Ethel says, I give [to SCI]

because my ather spoke inglowing terms o the Institute

and what its services mean to

mariners. She continues theamily tradition o caring or

mariners, knowing that herdonation provides services or a

new generation.

Want to share your story o

SCIs ministry? Email us [email protected]

support makes a dierence inthe lives o the mariners we serve.

Etelvina U. Jimenez and Victor A.

Jimenez, Ethel Jimenezs parents
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