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a monthly newsletter with news and opportunities from Field Education and Contextual Learning for PSR students and community members
CERTIFICATE OF SPIRITUAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION (CSSC) PRESENTATIONS May 4th, 4-8pm, Badè Museum
May 2016
LIKE US, TAG US, TWEET US Field Education and Contextual Learning launched a Facebook page in order to facilitate news of interest to you. We will be posting Field Ed, leadership development, and job opportunities as well as sharing PSR students’ immersive experiences.facebook.com/psrfielded
Tag your PSR immersive moments, whether at a local Field Ed site, as part of a distance or classroom course, or an out of country Immersion. It’s a great way to share and stay connected. Use the hashtag #psrimmersion on twitter.com/psrberkeley or instagram.com/pacificschoolofreligion
As a capstone to their Certificate of Spiritual and Social Change (CSSC) program, students —incluing current ChangeMaker Fellows (CMFs) —publicly present their Social Change Field Work projects, work that has offered promise of transformative and resilient change to various communities. This year’s presentations range from: working with Healing Arts and Refugee Populations to rethinking the way we talk about Sexual Violence; from the application of the concept of Cultural Humility to Higher Education to exploring connections between Individual and Communal Grief and Healing; from an Affordable Housing project to Conscious Parenting for LGBTQ Parents; from Constructive Dialogue among Immigrants to working with Incarcerated Populations, among other diverse topics, all presented across a range of exhibition styles.
You are invited to come out and engage with these creative, informative, and transformative projects! Please come and bring a friend to the CSSC/CMF Presentations, a public event on Wednesday May 4th beginning at 4pm with a short reception, including refreshments, in the Badè Museum. Here’s a further sneak peek at some presentations:
Anissa Abdel-Jelil: Dismantling Islamophobia One Conversation at a Time–An Action-Oriented Infographic Project
“’Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.’ ‘More mosques means more sites of radicalization.’ Frequently shared Islamophobic comments such as these reflect the perpetuation of dangerous misinformation
about Islam and Muslims that has led to an increase in fear and hate-based rhetoric targeted at Muslims and those racialized as such.
For Changemakers in the business of talking back to hate, it can be challenging to craft thoughtful responses to triggering comments in a way that those spewing hate actually hear you. This visual information project dissects some of these Islamophobic comments by outlining the historical construction of Muslims as the ‘Other’ in order (continued on p. 2)
2015-16 ChangeMaker
FellowsAnissa Abdel-Jelil
Marjorie Lee AmonKofi Baah-ArhinRenata BilellaVivian ChavezAmelia GentileVarthana Heang
Tinashe HyemingwayErika Katske
Matice MooreJosé Toledo
Xan WestToyomi Yoshida
CERTIFICATE OF SPIRITUAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION (CSSC)/CHANGEMAKER FELLOW PRESENTATIONS (continued from p. 1)to contextualize the present day fear of, and hatred toward, Muslims. With suggestions for talking points, these infographics uphold challenging conversations as significant sites of transformation. Whether you’re sharing a meal with a loved one or sharing a bench with a stranger, my hope is that this resource can help invoke the type of change that is most difficult to sustain: change within hearts and minds.”
Renata Moreira Bilella: Conscious Parenting Academy
Renata is developing a radically inclusive ‘Conscious Parenting Academy’ where LGBTQ/same gender loving parents can (re)imagine & (re)create conscious relationships with their children based on spiritual & emotional awareness and support rather than on projection, trauma, and control. She envisions deep transformational journeys for parents/caregivers, their children and families. Phase I (Fall 2015 & Spring 2016) included a thorough assessment of Bay Area LGBTQ parenting communities & ongoing interviews with potential collaborators/participants. Phase II (Fall 2016 & Spring 2017) will be dedicated to the design of an instructional curriculum & assessment framework which will complement her ability to teach/coach towards conscious parenting. She will also be launching a free open-source/virtual hub featuring best practices and resources as a contribution to the collective body of work dedicated to conscious parenting. If you wish to lend your experiences and insights to this LGBTQ parent-led (un)learning project, please contact Mama Renata at [email protected] - Together, we can decolonize the parenting process and work towards our personal, interpersonal, and collective healing and liberation.
Erika Katske: Necessary & Beautiful: Exploring Connections between Individual & Societal Grief & Healing
“Based on my experience of living in Chile after the death of my father, my project is a working draft of historically-informed fiction that tells the stories of young American and Chilean characters who are struggling to find their footing as adults, heal from personal and familial trauma and create lives of meaning in the midst of rapidly changing Chile, economic and racial upheaval in the US and the dizzying expansion of global capitalism. Through narrative, I hope to open up some space for readers (both in the US and in Chile) not only to explore ways in which individuals remember and re-experience trauma in order to grieve and recreate themselves, but also to begin to connect those seemingly personal and private processes to the broader justice work
of creating communal narrative and political struggle that leads to collective re-emergence and liberation.”
José Toledo: Super Guatemala
“My project is a documentary film called Super Guatemala which expresses in synthesis of the Changemaker immersion trip to Guatemala in January. Using the theme of the trip, Migration, I connect the experiences of the Guatemalans we met with our own experiences. I invite you to accompany us in this splendid migration through the footage of our spiritual and social journey.”
Immersive Learning at PSR Includes:• local, national and international immersion courses taught by PSR faculty and community partners;• classroom and online courses in every discipline that incorporate contextual immersion components;• learning from other students, faculty, staff, GTU schools and centers;• spiritual and leadership formation events with communities, denominational and multi faith networks;• self-designed immersion courses;• experiential research for course projects and papers; • Field Education placements for MDiv and MTS students;• semester long Social Change Field Work for MAST and Certificate of Spirituality and Social Change students.
IMMERSIONS2016 Summer
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES OF LIBERATIONCuernavaca, Mexico; August 14 - 28, 2016 Faculty: • Rev. Dr. Justin Tanis, Managing Director, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Ministry
(CLGS)• Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto, Sr. Pastor, Glide SF (UMC)
Contextual Learning at PSR and CLGS will again partner with CETLALIC, a Spanish language school with deep progressive roots and a passion for a liberating pedagogy. This two week immersion will include language study for ministry and will engage liberation theologies, base communities, women’s groups, LGBTQ communities, and social justice advocates. This immersion will now be offered each summer through partnerships with PSR, CLGS, Glide Church, and Cathedral of Hope. This year’s immersion dates coincide with Cuernavaca Pride.
Students interested in taking this course for credit should contact Rev. Dr. Justin Tanis ([email protected]) to discuss requirements and permission to participate, as well as costs of the program. You will be provided with a course number in late August for registration during Fall semester. This course does meet the MDiv Immersion requirement.
IMMIGRATION/REFUGEE CRISIS, RELIGION, GLOBALIZATION, AND THE POST-COLONIAL STATEParis, France; July 11 - 22, 2016Faculty: • Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy, PSR President, Instructor of Homiletics, Immigrant Rights
Activist• Dr. Hatem Bazian, Zaytuna Co-Founder and Faculty, Zaytuna College Faculty, Near Eastern
and Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley Director, Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project
• Dr. Karla Suomala, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Judaism, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Interfaith Dialogue, Advocacy, and Research
This course, open to all students and community members of any institution, addresses the on-going global migration and refugee crisis. At present, the number of people that are on the move from their homeland as immigrants or refugees number over 50 million. The visible movement of peoples across national boundaries in search of economic opportunities and higher standards of living, and away from conflict zones, persecution, and violence has transformed countries in Europe and North America. As a result of this massive human movement, the emerging of multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-religious societies are becoming a daily norm and with it rising tensions that problematizes and seeks to exclude immigrants and refugees on some marked, constructed or imagined difference.
In this course, we will analyze the causes and consequences of the movement of immigrants & refugees into Europe and the US and explore ways in which sacred texts and narratives from Islam, Judaism, and Christianity can help inform and reframe the conversation about immigration.
Applications: irdproject.com/franceFor more info see: psr.edu/july-11-paris-immersion-immigration-the-refugee-crisis/ or email [email protected].
This course does meet the MDiv Immersion requirement.
CLGS’ 15th ANNIVERSARY GALAFor more than 15 years, CLGS has been advancing the well-being of LGBTQ people and shaping new conversations about sexuality, gender, and religion. From our earliest beginnings, we have forged new paths to bring greater inclusiveness to the world of faith and scholarship, built programs by and for LGBTQ and allied communities of color, and added new international and interfaith initiatives. Now it’s time to celebrate!
We invite you to join us at our Gala on Saturday, May 7th at the David Brower Center for delightful food, excellent company, live music, and the recognition of several key leaders in the movement for LGBTQ equality and faith. This is a chance to honor both the powerful work being done by our Roundtables and other programs and look ahead to new initiatives and continuing plans. Your ticket or sponsorship will help us continue to make a significant impact on our world. For more information, visit: www.clgs.org/gala
May 7, 7pm-9:30pm David Bower Center, Berkeley
COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DAY TRAINING ON HIV & AGINGPlease join a free, comprehensive two-day training on HIV & Aging in the East Bay. Participants will discuss some of the most important issues facing older adults with HIV and how to best address them locally. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Please RSVP by April 30th to Hanna Tessema at [email protected].
May 5th-6th, 9:30am-4:30pm
SHANTI — A JOURNEY OF PEACEYou are cordially invited to attend the upcoming performance of Shanti – A Journey of Peace, a spectacular multi-media musical production that fuses western choral and orchestral music with Indian musical and dance elements. The event will be held at the Oakland Mormon Temple, 4780 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland, CA on May 21 at 7:00 pm. Purchase tickets online now via Purple Pass. Faculty, students, staff, alumni, and friends of the GTU can enter the promotional code “GTU” to get a 40 % discount off list prices. Proceeds from the performance will benefit Hindu Studies programs in the Bay Area, including those at the GTU’s Center for Dharma Studies.
May 21, 7pm Oakland Mormon Temple
LEADERSHIPWorkshops & Opportunities
20th ANNIVERSARY OF IMMIGRANT DAYThis year marks the 20th Anniversary of Immigrant Day! Since 1996, the California immigrant rights movement has convened annually at the state capitol for a day of advocacy, education and unity, demanding better rights and treatment for immigrant communities. Join us this year for Immigrant Day 2016, as hundreds of immigrants and advocates from across California raise a unified voice in Sacramento in support of state proposals that advance immigrant integration and prosperity for all Californians. We will meet 9am at the West Steps (10th Street) of the State Capitol in Sacramento. For more info: caimmigrant.org/immigrant-day-2016/
“BEARING WITNESS” STREET RETREAT Leaving home and begging for livelihood are spiritual practices with deep significance in the earliest days of the Buddhist movement. “Bearing witness” to homelessness for four days and three nights is a way to explore this tradition in our world today. Led by Zen Priest Joshin Byrnes of Upaya Zen Center (Santa Fe) and the Zen Peacemaker Order, we will live on the streets of San Francisco with no resources other than our own true nature. We will beg for money, find places to get food, shelter, and use the bathroom. Each day we will engage in meditation, ceremony and council circle. By bearing witness to homelessness, we begin to see our prejudices and boundaries directly and to recognize our common humanness. It is a way to experience our interconnection and allow for the possibility of loving action to arise out of intimacy. To register or for more information contact [email protected], call 505/986-8518, or visit our website www.upaya.org/programs/
August 4-7, San Francisco
COURAGE FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER, COURAGE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE: FOR ANTI-RACIST LEADERSHIP IN WHITE COMMUNITIES IN BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT TIMESChris Crass, movement educator, author, and inspirational speaker, will be speaking and training in the King Rooms of The First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Friday evening, June 3, 7-9pm. This training and opportunity is open and free to all. Copies of his book Towards Collective Liberation, will be available for sale and signing. To get a free e-book or for-purchase paperback of Towards the “Other America”, go to chalicepress.net/OtherAmerica.Event hosted by and co-sponsored by the Bay Area chapter of SURJ is (Showing Up for Racial Justice). For more info: collectiveliberation.org/; tickets: chriscrass.org.
June 3, 7-9pm, First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
May 23, State Capitol, Sacramento
MINISTRY/JOB OPPORTUNITIESThe office of Field Education continually updates both job announcements and Field Education opportunities. Look for these recent listings, among others, at this link.
LEADING/TEACHING/PREACHING CALENDARAll current PSR students—especially those enrolled in Field Ed—are invited to share with us times that they are scheduled to lead/teach/preach. Please add your scheduled appearances so that the PSR community might support you with prayer and/or presence. Add your times to our new Google doc at this link: http://tinyurl.com/psrpreachingcal so that we can then upload your times to the PSR website.
May 8• Tara Limbaugh, Preaching, Mission Bay Community
Church, San Francisco, 5:00pm
May 15• Tom Emmanuel, Liturgical Drama, Mira Vista UCC,
El Cerrito, 12:00pm• Nikira Hernandez, Preaching, Eden Church UCC,
Hayward, 10:00am• Lauren Renee Hotchkiss, Preaching, Epworth UMC,
Berkeley, 10:00am• Lauren Renee Hotchkiss, Preaching, Grace North
Church, Berkeley, 5:00pm
May 22• Lori Ortiz, Preaching, The Table @ Central UMC,
Sacramento, 9:30am; 11:00am• Ally Vertigan, Preaching, Community
Congregational Church, Tiburon, 9:00am
CongregationsPastor of Justice and Witness @ Virginia-Highland Church, Atlanta, GAYouth Ministries Director @ Epworth United Methodist Church, Berkeley, CAFamily Ministry Assistant @ Unitarian Universalist Church of BerkeleySunday School Teacher @ UUSF, San FranciscoIntern @ The Pilgrimage, Washington, DC Associate Minister @ First Congregational Church, Akron, OHAssistant Minister for Congregational Life @ UU Congregation of Davis, CA
Community AgenciesAdministrator of Academic Summer Program for grades K-8, San Rafael, CAExecutive Director @ Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ), Chicago, ILCoordinator of Service & Justice @ Xavier University, Cincinnati, OHCommunity Organizer @ ACTIONN, Northern NevadaExecutive Director @ Care Through Touch Institute (CTI), San Francisco, CAProgram Director @ The Religious Institute, Location FlexibleKaiser Permanent ACPE @ San Leandro / Fremont CPE Program @ Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OHCampus Engagement Manager @ Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, ILSummer Internship @ Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, Berkeley, CAInterfaith Internship @ Coalition of Welcoming Congregations in the Bay Area
Contact: Rev. Clarence Johnson, Director Disciples Seminary Foundation of Northern California415/[email protected]
DENOMINATIONAL CONNECTIONS
CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
Contact: Rev. Kharma [email protected]
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHES
Contact: Jim Lawrence [email protected]
SWEDENBORGIAN
Are you interested in connecting with or learning about a particular denomination? Our offices maintain contact with several denominational representatives for students. Find their contact info and denominational happenings here, and stay up-to-date by joining your denomination’s PSR Facebook group.
Montgomery Hall #212 (SFTS)105 Seminary RoadSan Anselmo, CA 94960Laura Jean Torgerson (Student Rep) [email protected]
Contact: Rev. Jeanelyse Doran [email protected]
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTContact: Rev. Diane Weible510/[email protected]
UCC-NCNC ANNUAL GATHERINGRace, racial justice, and dismantling racism will be the focus of NCNC’s 2016 Annual Gathering, June 16 – 19, at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park. Our theme — “Have You Seen Your Neighbor?” — is drawn from I John 4: 7 – 21, our focus Bible text for the event. For more info and to register click here
June 16 – 19, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
Francesca McCrossan [email protected]
Local contact: Rev. Terri [email protected]
UNITED METHODIST CHURCHContact: Rev. Diana [email protected] may contact Diana for scheduling Tuesday meetings
Local contact: Rev. Terri [email protected]
Odette Lockwood-StewartFaculty Director (on sabbatical)
Grace Gilliam Acting Director
Marvin Lance WiserActing Associate Director
Latishia JamesStudent Program Assistant
Spring 2016 Office HoursGrace Gilliam: Tuesdays, 2:30-4:00pm; Fridays, 10:00-11:30amMarvin Wiser: Mondays, 10:00-11:30am; Wednesdays, 2:30-4:00pm
Go to http://odetteappt.setmore.com/ to schedule an appointment.
• May: Due: 2016-17 FE Placement Confirmation and Supplemental Stipend ApplicationForms may also be downloaded at: www.tinyurl.com/2016-PSR-FE-Forms
• May 4: Changemakers Presentations, Badè Museum, 4-8pm
• May 22: Pacific School of Religion Commencement, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 4pm
Dates to Remember
OFFICES OF FIELD EDUCATION & CONTEXTUAL LEARNING
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