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DECEMBER 2016: RENEWAL EDITION
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Heather Jarvis, Student Loan Expert, returns to Iliff for the Renewal Conference, February 6-8, 2017. Jarvis will present on February 6th. Individual consultations with Jarvis are available, by first-come and first-served advanced appointment, included with Renewal Conference registration. Don't forget to use Promo Code "ALUM" to save $100 OFF of the regular registration fee.
Read more about Jarvis here.
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Dr. Tracee L. Keesee is Deputy Commissioner of Training for the New York City Police Department. Keesee will give a plenary lecture based on her knowledge and experience in law enforcement, her innovative work in improving community/law enforcement relations, and her commitment to developing and tailoring the latest training methodologies for more than 50,000 uniformed and civilian members of the NYPD.
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In one of the plenary sessions of the conference, Tim Beal will present his lecture, "It's the End of the Word! Or, What I've Learned this Year While Hanging Out at Iliff." He'll talk about his time with the new
Experimental Humanities @ Iliff project meeting at Iliff's Taylor Library. He'll discuss the ways that religious studies has met Natural Language Processing in his work.
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Micah Bazant is a visual artist who works with social justice movements to make change look irresistible. They create art inspired by struggles to decolonize ourselves from white supremacy, patriarchy, ableism, and the gender binary, and by ways of reimagining ourselves in right relation to the planet in the face of climate change. Micah is also an anti-zionist jew and identifies as trans, gender non conforming, and timtum (one of six traditional jewish gender categories). Bazant will be coming to Renewal to teach conference participants how to listen to and ally with communities who have been marginalized.
See Bazant's work
here.
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Familiar Faces Bring New Message
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Dr.
Rachel Elizabeth Harding will present a workshop, "Drawing from Ancestral Wells: Resources of Spirit, Creativity and Activism in African Diaspora Religions."
Read more about Harding
here.
Dr.
Richard Ward will be the preacher for chapel service on the first day of the conference. He will also lead a homiletics workshop and then, provide his wisdom on a panel.
Read more about Ward
here
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Poet and Preacher Alumni Presenters
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Dale Fredrickson (MDiv '06), a pastor, preacher and poet, and
Daniel Klawitter (MDiv, '02), an actor, preacher and poet, will present a homiletics workshop, "Now Comes the Poet."
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Adjunct Faculty and Staff Presenters
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Jane Vennard will present a workshop centered around spiritual formation issues and strengthening people who work in social justice.
Our creative team of Iliff Information Professionals from the
Experimental Humanities @ Iliff team,
Michael Hemenway, Micah Saxton, Justin Barber, and Elizabeth Coody will be leading the collaborative workshop "translating our legacy with technology," part of their work this year on programming and Natural Language Processing.
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Student Presenters/Responder
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Heather Brydie Harris is a Master of Arts in Social Justice and Ethics (MASJE) student, Black genderqueer poet and activist. Their research interests are based in the Black Queer experience through the framework of Womanist and Queer theology via transcontinental social justice imaginaries and Afrofuturistic thought.
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Kyle Ramsey-Sumner is a Masters of Theological Studies (MTS) student and activist-scholar. In addition to his interests in Christian animal ethics, and eco-theology, he is interested in mobilizing white, working class people to fight racism in their own communities
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Anthony Roberts is an ordained bishop in the Church of God in Christ, an assistant professor of Christian theology at Southeastern University (Lakeland, Florida) and an adjunct faculty member at the Iliff School of Theology (Denver, Colorado). Currently, he is a PhD student at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology.
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Brandan Robertson is a Master of Arts in Social Justice and Ethics (MASJE) student, spiritual thought-leader, contemplative activist, and commentator, working at the intersections of spirituality, sexuality, and social renewal.
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Come and hear some of our elite faculty, again, for the first time.
- Pamela Eisenbaum, Mark George, Cathie Kelsey, and Jacob Kinnard will speak of transforming a legacy in the way we read and interpret sacred texts.
- Eunjoo Kim, Jennifer Leath, Jeffrey Mahan and Richard Ward will participate in a panel intended to provide a post-election response.
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Registration includes:
- Opportunity to learn from all of these provocative speakers, presenters, preachers, and fellow registrants
- Open Space returns in a more authentic format for you to improvise and participate in workshops of your own making.
- First-come first-served individual appointments with Student Loan Advocate Heather Jarvis
- Super Bowl Alumni ReMembering Party
- Scholar Book Fair with Heavy Refreshments Reception
- Alumni Celebration Brunch
- Unique and Unconventional Worship
- Jameson Jones Worship Service and Community Meal
- Personally-customized Open Space Sessions
- Free Parking
- Opportunity to earn CEU credit
Renewal Conference space is limited. The Promo code "ALUM" saves you $100 OFF of the regular registration fee.
Register Here and Be Sure to Use Promo Code: ALUM
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"I give because I am compelled or captivated by mission. I give to what has a complete distinctive why."
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Dale Fredrickson (MDiv,'06)
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