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Welcome which begins at 5 p.m. Central Time today, Thursday October 6.Scholars. Activists. Ministers. Leaders: The legacy of Empire and its desire to dominate and mark out Otherness has us participate in harmful colonial enterprises.
Participants will be equipped with resources and practices to live into the promise of radical, post-colonial, and faithful futurities.
This conference, hosted by the UUA International Office and Meadville Lombard Theological School, will feature a keynote address from Lisa Asedillo, a Christian social ethicist working at the intersections of Asian American Christian ethics, Philippine studies, and decolonial/postcolonial feminist theology. Her address begins at 5:30 p.m. Central Time today.
Participants will join two Unlearning Labs on Friday:
- How to Decolonize Preaching, Rev. Dr. Lis Valle-Ruiz
- What solidarities matter? What the Invasion of Ukraine Tells Us about Imperialism, Anti-blackness, and Occupation, Rachel Freed, Ervin Malakaj, Fatima El-Tayeb; moderated by Dr. Beverly Weber
- How to Liberate a Text: Colonial Legacies and Decolonial Practice of Reading the Bible, Dr. Jin Young Choi
- Even the Dead Won’t Be Safe: Imperial Archives, Post-Imperial Research, John Leeker
- Decolonizing Listening Practices in Pastoral Care, Dr. Mindy McGarrah Sharp
- People & Patterns: Case Studies in U/U Imperialism, Rev. Fred Muir
Saturday has our Keynote Panel: Post-Imperialist Futures, featuring: Rev. Dr. Tink Tinker,
Dr. Danika Medak-Saltzman, Rev. Theresa Ninán Soto; Moderator: Dr. Kate Lassiter
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