Cynthia Joe is an elder from Presbyterian Church in Chinatown in San Francisco, CA. She has served on the board of the Presbyterian, Health and Welfare Association (PHEWA) and Presbyterian Women’s Churchwide Coordinating Committee. While at the Big Tent, I attended the panel discussion of Racism, Church and Response to Trayvon Martin’s death..
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Race and Remembrance in light of Trayvon Martin Verdict. I don’t know how my mother walked her trouble down I don’t know how my father stood his ground I don’t know how my people survive slavery I do remember, that’s why I believe “I Remember, I Believe” by Bernice Johnson
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The following is reprinted exactly from CláudioCarvalhaes.com Dear Friends, Please see below the sermon I preached at Presbyterian Youth Triennium, July 20, 2013. In many ways it will frustrated you! that is because the sermon alone, here, cold, just won’t do it what id did. It is only the breath of
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Princeton Theological Seminary Association of Latin@ Seminarians Alumni Panel By Ariana Salazar-Newton View and print as PDF. On March 29, 2012, at Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS), students, alumni, faculty, administrators, and even prospective students gathered for the Association of Latin@ Seminarians alumni panel: “Remembering Our Community: Empowering the
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Princeton Theological Seminary Creating a Faculty and Curriculum for a Transformative Seminary Education The following is an excerpt of David Abalos’ presentation at Princeton Theological Seminary. See the entire presentation here. By David T. Abalos Four Kinds of Education and Seminarian Development The development of the young seminarian is
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary One Seminarian’s Perspective By Kelly Jean Norris-Wilke View and print as PDF. I am standing on pavement covered in graffiti. Letters from friends and loved ones spray-painted onto the black top. Letters saying goodbye to a seventeen-year-old community member shot on this spot on a
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By Reverend Jeffrey K. Krehbiel The following is an excerpt from Reflecting with Scripture on Community Organizing (c) 2010 by Rev. Jeffrey K Krehbiel. Used with permission of the publisher, ACTA Publications, www.actapublications.com, 800-397-2282. All rights reserved. Copies of the 60-page booklet are available at $5.95 with discounts for multiple copies
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An introduction to the indigenous land rights articles November 29, 2011 by Carol Robb, Professor of Christian Social Ethics at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union The assignment in a current doctoral seminar in distributive justice: Write an article to a general audience about a particular
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What does justice look like 151 years after the Indian Island Massacre? November 17, 2011 by Austin Leininger PDF Version (Optimal for Printing) The Last Dance The year is 1860. California has been a state for ten years. Settlers from the frontier town of Eureka have been invited,
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Lessons Learned from the Sliammon Nation November 25, 2011 by Zoe Bernatsky PDF Version (Optimal for Printing) On October 12, 2011, the British Columbia Treaty Commission issued a statement that was exceedingly disturbing in its failure to appreciate the complexities of justice in any treaty negotiations with First
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