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August 2019
Shari Karney: Shattered Trust
Join us for a conversation led by Shari Karney on sexual assault and consent in the Thiry Auditorium at Our Lady of the Lake University. Conversation begins at 6 p.m. on August 28, 2019 and is free and open to the public. Shari Karney is an attorney, on-air legal pundit, author, speaker and survivor who began having memories of her own childhood sexual assault while defending a three-year old who had been molested by her father. During the trial, she…
Find out more »September 2019
Writers for Migrant Justice at Barrio Barista
On September 4th, writers from 45+ cities nationwide will be hosting readings in response to the inhumane family separation policy at the U.S./Mexico border. In San Antonio, Write Art Out and Arrondi Creative Productions is working in collaboration with Mano Amiga, and Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review. The reading will serve as a fundraiser for Immigrant Families Together with all funds going towards the rapid response needs of family reunification and providing assistance in navigating the legal system. Our goal is…
Find out more »Pub Theology with Steve Spriester, KSAT (4th Year Kick-Off!)
Come join us for the start of Year 4 of Pub Theology San Antonio. Our guest host will be Steve Spriester from KSAT news! He will share about his time as a journalist, his faith journey, and discuss and take questions about current issues surrounding San Antonio and the local community! Post your questions below! Sept 4th @ 7pm at The Friendly Spot! Pub Theology is hosted by Pastor Gavin Rogers. Pub Theology meets regularly at The Friendly Spot to…
Find out more »For Family Caregivers: Putting the Caring Back into Caregiving
REGISTER HERE -- IT'S FREE! Highly stressed caregivers are often consumed with the strain of completing their many caregiving duties. Unfortunately, they may consequently lose some of their compassionate connection with the loved ones they are caring for. In this workshop by a psychologist, former caregiver and author of two self-help books and an AARP.org column on family caregiving, we will discuss ways of exercising choice and grounding caregiving in love, not obligation. We’ll also talk about means of deriving…
Find out more »The Power of Inner Forgiveness – Workshop
THE PATH TO LIBERATION Do you want a life of freedom and levity? Are you ready to engage in the practices to make it happen? If you answered yes, this half-day workshop is designed just for you! DID YOU KNOW? Practicing inner forgiveness is done within ourselves, and does not require that you interact with the person you are forgiving. It involves forgiving ourselves, crafting a new narrative about the other, and them forgiving them within ourselves, creating a…
Find out more »Distinguished Speaker Lecture with Author Gilbert King
Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize winning author, makes a return visit to UIW for a lecture on his new book, Beneath a Ruthless Sun. The book has been received to great critical acclaim. Mr. King won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for Devil in the Grove in 2013. He last spoke at UIW in 2014. His lecture is the start-of-the year Distinguished Lecture presented by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning…
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