DAY OF REFLECTION Schedule, March 28, 2020
Quietly.Virtually. Collectively.
This is the original participant list; actual people many vary slightly
The link in each session will jump you directly to the video of that session
8:00AM Opening of the Day. Convener: Ron Nirenberg, Mayor, City of San Antonio
Host: Rev. Ann Helmke, Faith Liaison, Human Service’s Faith-Based Initiative, City of San Antonio; Compassionate SA
9:00AM Indigenous Reflections & Cultural Healing.
Co-Host:Vance Blackfox, Religious Discrimination & Diversity Action Team Lead, Faith-Based Initiative
Reflection Partner: Angelica Docog, Executive Director, Institute for Texan Cultures, UTSA
10:00 Inter-Religious Reflections & Social Justice.
Co-Host:Mehmet Oguz, Religious Discrimination & Diversity Action Team Member, Board Member Raindrop Foundation
Reflection Partners: Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, CCVI ,Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, UIW; San Antonio Peace Laureate; Russell Krummell, Local Spiritual Assembly Member, San Antonio Baha’i Community; Jan Puckett, Council Chair, InterReligious Council of San Antonio; Dr. Rajam Ramamurthy, San Antonio Peace Laureate; Coordinator, Inter-Religious Council of San Antonio; Larry Hufford-Professor of Political Science and International Relations, St. Mary’s University
11:00AM Historic Peace Church Reflections & Equity.
Co-Host:Brian Halderman, LMSW, Director of Community Engagement and Success, GivePulse Inc.; SACRD Board Member
Reflection Partners:Rev. John Garland, San Antonio Mennonite Church; InterFaith Welcome Coalition; Tino Gallegos, Immigration Liaison, City Manager’s Office, City of San Antonio
12:00PM Muslim Reflections & Inclusivity.
Co-Host:Rev. Wyndee E. Holbrook, Religious Discrimination & Diversity Action Team Member; Project Coordinator, Interfaith San Antonio Alliance;Interim Pastor, Covenant Baptist Church (Garden Ridge)
Reflection Partners:Imam Omar Shakir, Resident Imam, Masjid Bilal of San Antonio; San Antonio Peace Laureates; Sumeyra Tek, Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Atmospheric Science and Physics, UIW; Faith Leader, Raindrop Foundation SA
1:00PM Protestant Reflections & Civic Engagement.
Co-Host:Vance Blackfox, Religious Discrimination & DiversityActionTeam Lead, Faith-Based Initiative
Reflection Partners:Pastor Kan’Dace Brock, LMSW, The Message Church; Tommy Calvert, Bexar County Commissioner; Rev.Les Hollon, Senior Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church; Inter-Faith San Antonio Alliance
2:00PM Protestant Reflections & Social Work.
Co-Host:Rev. Wyndee E. Holbrook, Religious Discrimination & Diversity Action Team Member; Project Coordinator, Interfaith San Antonio Alliance;Interim Pastor, Covenant Baptist Church (Garden Ridge)
Reflection Partners:Patty Villarreal,LMSW, Adjunct Social Work Professor at the Baptist University of the Americas, co-founder of the Christian Latina Leadership Institute; Abel Vega, Director of Mission, Service & Justice Ministries, Rio Texas Conference, United Methodist Church; Dr. Paul Furukawa, LMSW, San Antonio Housing Commission
3:00PM Ecumenical Reflections & Leadership.
Co-Host:Rev.Dr. Dhawn B. Martin, Religious Discrimination & Diversity Action Team Member, E.D. SoL Center; SACRD Board Member
Reflection Participants: Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Archbishop, Archdiocese of San Antonio; Rev. Susan J. Briner, Bishop, Southwestern Texas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Rt. Rev. David Reed, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas; Robert Schnase, Bishop, Rio Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church; Rev. Dr. Sallie Watson, General Presbyter, Mission Presbytery
4:15PM Jewish Reflections & Mutual Responsibility of Compassion.
Co-Host:Rev. Wyndee E. Holbrook, Religious Discrimination & Diversity Action Team Member; Project Coordinator, Interfaith San Antonio Alliance;Interim Pastor, Covenant Baptist Church (Garden Ridge)
Reflection Partners:Rabbi Mara Nathan, Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth-El; Rabbi Samuel Stahl, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Beth-El; San Antonio Peace Laureate; Dr. G.P.Singh, 2020 San Antonio Peace Laureate, Sikh Dharamsal of San Antonio; Lionel Sosa, 2020 San Antonio Peace Laureate
