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WHAT: Building the Beloved Community: Addressing the Signs of the Times with Bold Conversations Leading to Transformative Actions, the Pax Christi USA National Gathering in 2016
WHEN: August 12-14, 2016
WHERE: DoubleTree at Hilton-BWI Airport, in Linthicum, MD
2016 NATIONAL GATHERING REGISTRATION PACKET
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Friday, August 12, 2016: Lisa Sharon Harper, Chief Church Engagement Officer – Sojourners
Saturday, August 13, 2016: Dr. Adrienne L. Hollis, PhD, Esquire, Director of Federal Policy and Kerene Taylor, Federal Policy Associate- WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Sunday, August 14, 2016: Rev. Rocco Puopolo, s.x. – Global Youth Mission services, Xaverian Missionaries
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
The following break-out sessions are planned for the conference:
- Racial Injustice and Care of the Earth and Climate with Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace Rev. John Rausch, glmy – GHM of Appalachia
- Racial Injustice and Immigration with Diana Pliego and Ivone Guillen, DACA/DAPA young adults
- Racial Injustice and the U.S. Criminal Justice System: Nicole D. Porter from the Sentencing Project, D.C.
- Racial Injustice and Islamophobia: Catherine Osborn, Shoulder-to-Shoulder Campaign
- Racial Injustice and Militarism: Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies and Felicia Eaves, Human Rights Strategist & Activist
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