Lecture and Workshop Descriptions

Full descriptions coming soon!

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THURSDAY

4:45 – 5:45: Communal Art Project with Jereann King Johnson.

FRIDAY
9:30 – 10:30: Workshops

Melinda Wiggins: The Human Cost of Food
Through this participatory workshop, we will explore the connections between farmworkers and justice. We will discuss the historical and current context of agricultural workers in our communities, how agricultural workers are a view to larger worker justice issues, and how people of faith should engage with the movement for justice for workers. Folks will get a chance to share their respective experiences and knowledge of worker issues and explore how they can engage their faith communities more deeply in this critical work.This conversation is timely considering the wave of worker organizing happening in the South and nationwide, partly as a result of an acknowledgement of the role of essential workers during COVID.

Angie Wright and Donna Banks: Staying Whole and Healthy for Ministry Over the Long Haul
Rev. Angie Wright and Rev. Donna Banks will lead a conversation about how we can keep ourselves healthy and whole, avoid burnout, and sustain ourselves so that we can practice ministry over the long haul. Both Angie and Donna have served in a variety of ministry and social justice settings for many years. They will share some of their own experiences and will invite participants to share about how they sustain themselves through the good times and the hard times.

10:45 – 11:45: Workshops

Bluestem: How Devotion to Land and People Restores and Builds Community
Bluestem Community is an independent faith community committed to cultivating an inclusive place of worship that celebrates our human interconnections with the natural world. Our mission is dedicated to nourishing ecological stewardship, community service, and spiritual practice in shared fellowship. Following themes of Repair, Release and Renew, Bluestem Community members will share their stories and lived experiences in growing this sacred place.

Kimberly McCrae: Putting the Self in Self-Care
As a Womanist scholar, I am deeply invested in the survival and thriving of Black women, in the diaspora. This space is designed to afford the opportunity to make self-care a priority by uncovering a better understanding of ‘self’ in a world that often stereotypically defines Black women. Join us in, what Audre Lorde referred to as self-preservation. “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”