Sunday, April 10, 2011

The Leading Edge: A National Conference for Leaders on Faith, Justice and the Economy

Check out an amazing opportunity to network, worship with and learn from progressive scholars, leaders and people of faith who care about creating multicultural, justice-centered religious community! Kudos to UUs Taquiena Boston, UUA Director of Multicultural Growth and Witness and Yale Divinity PhD student Rev. Sophia Betancourt who appear in this photo! The group rate is $100 each, let me know if you'd like to go.

The Leading Edge Conference Series

Building on the success of four annual national conferences for leadership in multicultural congregations, Middle Collegiate Church in New York City, and The Middle Project, an institute that prepares ethical leaders for a just society, are proud to host a three-day conference for clergy, seminarians, and other congregational leaders.


A National Conference for Leaders on Faith, Justice & the Economy

April 30-May 3, 2011

Confirmed Speakers: Dalton Conley, Miguel De La Torre, Gary Dorrien, John Janka, Jacqui Lewis, Ivan Petrella, Tricia Sheffield, Chad Tanaka Pack, Adriene Thorne, Roger Toussaint, and James Forbes, Jr. – Conference Preacher

The prophets and the gospel writers depict an alternative reality to the status quo, one in which justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. In this reality, God requires us to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. What does that look like in our lives of faith? What does “doing justice” mean in today’s economy? How do multicultural/multiracial congregations help mirror God’s Reign in their communities? How do leaders understand the relationships between race/ethnicity, class, and power?

Participants will not only engage in deep theological reflection about these issues, they will also do practical work as they-

  • Deepen their understanding of the ways racial ethnicity, class, economic status, immigration and gender issues converge in our culture to widen the disparity between the rich and the poor.
  • Find power and purpose in the narrative of the progressive movement’s historical involvement in economic justice.
  • Discover practical tools for congregational education, activism, witness, and advocacy.
  • Create strategies for developing leaders and organizing their communities for justice work

Conference Offerings:

All speakers will do implications and applications as part of their presentations.

  • American Empire, Militarism, and Economic Justice
  • A Liberation Perspective on Global Economic Justice: Learning from the Margins
  • Creating a Culture of Critical Consumption
  • Building a Movement for Economic Justice
  • Race, Immigration, and the Economy: Why the Rage?
  • The Middle Class Squeeze: A Disappearing Reality
  • The Role of Religious Leaders in “Storying” Racial and Economic Justice
  • Spirituality, Theology, and Money
  • Film Screening: “Capitalism: A Love Story”

Click here to see our Conference Schedule!

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