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SUMMARY:On Water and Faith: Ministry in the Time of Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:On Water and Faith: Ministry in the Time of Climate Change May 31 – June 2\, 2018 Union Theological Seminary – New York To train\, support\, and empower faith leaders\, the Center for Earth Ethics is once again partnering with the Climate Reality Project to train 30-50 faith leaders from around the country to better address the ecological crisis in their own communities. Ministry in the Time of Climate Change requires an open-hearted approach that embodies the diversity of our country and plurality of ideas we’ll need to mitigate the worst effects of the ecological crisis.              \nOn Faith And Water: Ministry in the time of Climate Change May 31- June 2\, 2018 Union Theological Seminary Thursday May 31\, 2018 9:00 AM  Registration and Check-In 9:45 AM  Hastings/121st Street entrance 9:45 AM       \nOpening Ceremony 10:15 AM    Location: Quad or James Chapel Organizer: CEE Team 10:30 AM \nPlenary: Where We Are\, Where We Need to Go  11:45 AM From increased storm severity to crippling droughts\, it is clear the climate is changing\, affecting water systems that all life depends on. In the midst of this change\, fossil fuel interests continue to draw and poison groundwater while fracking\, putting more heat-trapping pollution in the air. There are also efforts to privatize and commoditize water\, even selling it back to the very drought-ridden communities from where it is pumped. What insights and practical solutions do faith communities have to offer to address this? These are the questions that will frame the whole conference. \n\nModerator: Karenna Gore – Center for Earth Ethics\nTiokasin Ghosthorse – First Voices Indigenous Radio\nKartik Chandran – Columbia University\nMariama White-Hammond – Bethel AME Church Boston\n\n 12:00 PM   Lunch – Social Hall 1:45 PM  \nOptional River Walk  1:30 PM    \nOn Faith and Water: Learning from Our Traditions 4:00 PM  During this session we will split into four groups and rotate between four different speakers on topics designed to deepen our understanding of faith and water. Each session will last 25 minutes. \n\n\n\nStewart Room\nWater in Jewish Texts and Teachings [Rabbi Burt Visotzky\, Jewish Theological Seminary]\n\n\nRoom 205\nWater in Christian Liturgy and Rituals [Rev. Thia Reggio\, Astoria First Presbyterian Church]\n\n\nRoom205a\nWater in Indigenous Perspectives\, Rituals\, and Traditions [Dr. Mindahi Bastida\, Center for Earth Ethics\, Tiokasin Ghosthorse\, First Voices Indigenous Radio]\n\n\nRoom 207\nWater in Islamic Texts and Teachings [Colin Christopher\, Islamic Society of North America]\n\n\n\nWater\, Environmental Justice\, and Climate Change 5:30 PM        Location: Room 207In the wake of devastating storms and in the midst of extreme heat waves\, low income and marginalized communities are routinely left without access to water.  Many communities also struggle with health problems resulting from inadequate water and sanitation systems\, all of which is exacerbated by climate change. This panel will take a clear look at these issues and explore solutions. \n\nModerator: Dr. Geraldine Patrick – Center for Earth Ethics\nBishop Carroll Baltimore – International Community Baptist Churches\nWes Gillingham – Catskill Mountainkeeper\nRaina Thiele – Thiele Strategies\n\nDinner 6:30 PM        Social Hall  \nPublic Lecture  8:30 PM        Speakers: \n\nVice President Al Gore – Climate Reality Project\nCatherine Flowers – Center for Earth Ethics/ACRE/EJI\n\nFriday\, June 1\, 2018 \nBreakfast (optional) Social Hall 9:00 AM      Morning Meditation 9:45 AM       Location: James Chapel Leader: Rev. Ken Kitatani\, Forum 21 Climate and Water Presentation  12:15 PM      Location: 207  \nLunch   12:30 pm  Social Hall  \nWorkshops Session 1 – Faith in Praxis 3:15 PM        Location: Stewart Room\, 205\, 205a\, 207 Training to help faith communities respond to the ecological crisis. Two sessions of 45 minutes each to allow participants to attend at least two sessions. \n\n\n\nStewart Room\nIntegrating Climate into Your Sermons [Facilitated by Rev. Ana Levy-Lyons\, First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn]\n\n\nRoom 205\nWater in the New Testament [Facilitated by Dr\, Aliou Niang\, Union Theological Seminary\n\n\nRoom 205a\nWatershed Discipleship [Facilitated by Dr. Tim VanMeter\, Middle\n\n\nRoom 207\nAdvocacy and Nonviolence: Confronting Climate Change [Rev. Mariama White-Hammond- Bethel AME Church]\n\n\n\nWorkshops Session 2 –Engaging Beyond Our Faith Communities 3:30-5:30 PM    Locations: Stewart Room\, 205\, 205a\, 207 Training to help reach out to communities being impacted by the ecological crisis. Two sessions of 45 minutes each to allow participants to attend at least two sessions \n\n\n\nStewart Room\nReaching Out to Those in Need [Facilitated by Catherine Flowers\, Center for Earth Ethics]\n\n\nRoom 205\nDisaster Relief [Facilitated by Alyssa Young and Marcus Coleman\, FEMA]\n\n\nRoom 205a\nCrafting Climate Stories [Facilitated by Jill Leaness\, The Climate Reality Project]\n\n\nRoom 207\nLaudato Si and Civic Engagement – Lessons from the Papal Encyclical [Facilitated by Fr. John Rausch and Sr. Robbie Pentecost]\n\n\n\nCasual Dinner  5:30 PM Social Hall  Saturday\, June 2\, 2018  Breakfast (optional) 8:00 AM  – 9:00 AM   Social Hall Morning Meditation 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM   James Chapel Leader: Josephine Mandamin\, Ojibwe Elder \nPlanning for the Future We Need: Brainstorming Session 10:00 AM  – 11:30 AM  Location: James Chapel At the end of the training we want to reflect on what we learned and plan for what we can do. We will break into groups to strategize and share ideas that will help transform our communities. The Climate Reality Project will facilitate the session.  \nClosing Ceremony 11:45 AM   – 1:00 PM        Social Hall or Quad   \nQuestions:     Please contact: Genie Cooper. \n 
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/save-date-2018-annual-ministers-training/
LOCATION:Venus over Otter Lake\, from Goddard Bay
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SUMMARY:CLIMATE CHANGE\, WATER & JUSTICE: OUR CHANGING PLANET AND A MORAL CALL TO ACTION
DESCRIPTION:From Lake Chad to Flint\, MI\, the struggle for clean water has become one of the most pressing justice issues. Hear from an incredible panel about how faith communities can join the fight against ecological exploitation.  \nClick here to RSVP.  \nAl Gore\nFormer Vice President Al Gore is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management. He is a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers\, and a member of Apple\, Inc.’s board of directors. Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project\, a non-profit organization he founded that is focused on solutions for the global climate crisis. Gore was elected to the US House of Representatives four times from 1976—1982 and to the US Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the 45th vice president of the United States on January 20\, 1993\, and served eight years. He is the author of several bestsellers including Earth in the Balance\, An Inconvenient Truth\, and most recently\, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. He is the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary and was selected as the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change. Former Vice President Gore was born on March 31\, 1948\, and resides in Nashville\, Tennessee. \nCatherine Coleman Flowers is the founder of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise (ACRE). ACRE seeks to address the root causes of rural poverty. She also serves as the Rural Development Manager for the Equal Justice Initiative and the Director of Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement (EJCE) at the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. In addition\, she serves as Duke University’s Franklin Humanities Institute Practitioner in Residence. Her goal is to expose the Third World conditions were rural people live amongst raw sewage. She has characterized this as “America’s Dirty Secret.” \nShe hopes to shepherd a paradigm shift toward sustainability and resiliency in rural communities as well as the development of climate-friendly onsite wastewater technology using renewable energy. The lack of environmental and climate justice in poor rural communities was noted during her 2011 testimony about the raw sewage problem in Lowndes County\, Alabama. It was included in the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation to the United Nations Council on Human Rights. In December of 2015 she represented the Center for Earth Ethics in Paris as an official observer at COP 21\, and in 2016 she was chosen to attend the White House Water Summit. In 2017 she invited to Alabama\, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty. He characterized what he saw as “uncommon in the first world. “ Flowers has a Master’s degree in History and recently co-authored a peer reviewed study with scientists from Baylor’s National School of Tropical Medicine that exposed evidence of hookworm and other tropical parasites in the United States. \n  \nSpecial Contributor: \nHindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an indigenous woman from Mbororo pastoralist community of Chad; She is a Coordinator of the Peul Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad (AFPAT) “Association des Femmes Peules et peuples Autochtones du Tchad. Hindou is also co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) and a member of the Executive committee of the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)\, with a background in indigenous peoples’ rights and environment protection through the three Rio Conventions (Biodiversity\, Climate Change and Desertification) with multiple responsibilities. Hindou is a recent National geographic 2017 Emerging Explorers. \n***
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