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January 2020
Community Conversation: BUILDING THE BRIDGES! Vital Steps to Span Gaps in SA Economics & Services
2nd Community Conversation in a 4-part series on Poverty. Building collaborative bridges to span service and economic gaps in Our City! REGISTER HERE -- it's FREE #1 NEED voiced and heard at the 1st Community Conversation on Poverty: Explicit and intentional connective work across and between all nonprofits, congregations, governmental entities, and community! WORK TOGETHER! COLLABORATE! Come join these Conversation Starters in the How-Do-We Conversation to intentionally build the bridges: Christian Reed-Ogba, ECHU Public Relations bringing community together through design,…
Find out more »**In Seguin** Eboo Patel, Founder of Interfaith Youth Core
As founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit organization working towards an America where people of different faiths, world views, and traditions can bridge differences and find common values to build a shared life together, Eboo Patel is committed to the idea that religion should be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. He is inspired to build this bridge by his identity as an American Muslim navigating a religiously diverse social landscape. For over 15 years…
Find out more »February 2020
**IN SEGUIN** Nadia Bolz-Weber
Nadia Bolz-Weber is the author of two New York Times bestselling memoirs: "Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People" and "Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint." Her most recent book, "Shameless," is a raw, intimate, and timely look at harmful and antiquated ideas about sex, gender, and our bodies. The founder and former pastor of a Lutheran congregation House for All Sinners and Saints, she speaks at colleges and conferences around the globe. As…
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March 2020
15th Annual Dialogue and Friendship Dinner
"Working Together for a More Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable World." Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert P. Sellers, Immediate past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World’s Religions Dr. Robert P. Sellers and his wife Janie were teachers in Indonesia for almost 25 years. More recently, he is Professor of Theology Emeritus at Hardin Simmons University in Texas. During his almost two decades at HSU, his classes emphasized cross-cultural living, global Christianity, Two-Thirds World and liberation theologies,…
Find out more »Poet Laureates for the Pueblo on a River
In 2012, San Antonio became the first major city in Texas to establish a poet laureate program. This panel and reading will convene four award-winning San Antonio poets laureate to discuss the unique platform the laureateship offered them for impactful community outreach, their goals as poet laureate, the challenges and breakthroughs they experienced in engaging poetry in public spaces, and their continued literary activism in the community after their term. Each poet will also read one poem. Participants Moderator:…
Find out more »Can We Talk about Faith and Feminism?
ow does faith inform your feminism? What role has feminism played in your spiritual journey? Are faith and feminism compatible? Join us for a thoughtful discussion on the intersections of Faith and Feminism. Conversation facilitated by Reverend Erika Wilson- Texas Freedom Network.
Find out more »Book Signing: “From Thought to Action: Developing a Social Justice Orientation” @theTWIG
Buy a book and meet Amy Aldridge Sanford, the author of "From Thought to Action: Developing a Social Justice Orientation," during the Pearl Farmer's Market in San Antonio. From Thought to Action: Developing a Social Justice Orientation empowers readers to successfully navigate their individual social justice journeys and channel their increased consciousness into activism. The book provides robust historic, cultural, and social context for social justice work, assists readers in managing the discomfort that often accompanies raised consciousness, and offers…
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