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"Just bring something you're passionate about," Katherine said. At the time, Katherine Higgins was a Certified Educator at UNC Hospitals letting me know my interview for a CEC position at UNC included teaching a didactic. As soon as she said "passionate," I knew what I'd teach: Social Location and Power in Ministry. I've been teaching variations on this topic for over ten years, to activists and congregants, undergraduates and seminarians. A few people wondered if this didactic was a wise choice for a job interview, given that it engages all the -isms and internalized forms of superiority, from white supremacy to heterosexism. But hiding my anti-racist or queer identities is just another form of privilege. If UNC wanted me, I wanted them to want all of me.
And that's what they got. I keep trying every day to learn what it means to be an anti-racist educator, because every day white supremacist systems and racist actions keep killing, incarcerating and otherwise limiting the lives of black, indigenous and peoples of color (BIPOC). My rage at this reality is a fire in my bones.
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The Advocacy Committee, Curriculum Committee, and Anti-Bias Task Force will be presenting a series of eight webinars addressing issues of race and racism.
Topics will include:
- Social Construction of Race/Racism
- History of Racism in Healthcare
- Social Location and Intersectionality
- Black Liberation and Womanist Theology
- White Privilege, White Fragility & Anti-Racist Identity
- Queer Theory and Queer Theology
- Violence and Police Brutality
- Psychological and Behavioral Implications of Racism
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Shawn Mai |
Deadline to apply for open positions is August 31, 2020
The good work of ACPE is accomplished by dedicated volunteers who give their time, energy, passion, and talent to the important work of the organization. The international healing and transformational work of ACPE reaches far and wide. With the new governance structure, the association has been able to broaden its reach of spiritual care and education.
The
Leadership Development Committee (LDC) is committed to continuing to build a strong, diverse leadership structure in the organization. The LDC works with commission and committee chairs to match the gifts of ACPE members with organizational needs. As you know, ACPE's leadership structure supports advocacy work, strengthens our organizational connections here and around the world, attends to the professional development and well-being of its members, ensures our work is ethically and financially responsible, and oversees robust certification and accreditation processes. The Leadership Development Committee is committed to ensuring this vital work is seamless and ongoing.
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Please register for ACPE Annual Member Meeting on July 29, 2020 at 3:00 PM EDT.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Register
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- Deadline to Declare and Pay for Subcommittee Meeting: August 24th.
Must complete both to secure a space on the docket:
- Email Appendix 10- Letter of Intent to certification@acpe.edu,
- Pay the subcommittee meeting fee (If your center is paying your fee and they need an invoice, please email certification@acpe.edu to request an invoice)
We will not hold online registration this fall, as we don't want this to interfere with creating our new website.
- September 21 at midnight: Deadline to Submit Materials into SharePoint Portfolio
- November 2-6: Associate Educator Subcommittee Dates
(We will not hold subcommittees on Election Day November 3)
- October 26-30: Certified Educator Subcommittee Dates
All Subcommittees will be conducted by Zoom
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Show your ACPE pride with limited-edition merchandise! Available until August 2020. A portion of the proceeds will support the Foundation for ACPE, innovative spiritual care programs, and professional development opportunities for ACPE students.
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Who? What? When? Images from ACPE's Past
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Do you recognize these folks or the event in the photo above? Send us a note at
webmaster@acpe.edu.
Last week's photo featured ACPE Certified Educators
Rhonda Daniels and Cecelia Walker at the 2014 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas.
Have any photos from your personal ACPE archive that you would like to share? Send them to webmaster@acpe.edu to be featured in an upcoming newsletter.
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#ACPEproud, August 3-7, 2020, is a week-long celebration, education, and advocacy event to encourage support of clinical pastoral education, spiritually integrated psychotherapy, and the spiritual care community. ACPE is proud of our students, graduates, and members.
#ACPEproud will highlight the meaningful ways our members and accredited centers heal, strengthen, and transform people and communities in the US and across the globe.
During the week, ACPE will recognize our newly certified members and newly accredited centers, celebrate our awardees, install a new board chair, and honor our members who died during the last year. Throughout the campaign, ACPE will provide tools for you to share with your institutions and communities about the positive effects of spiritual care for patients and society.
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Katherine Higgins |
The 2021 CoP Funding Process is open now through June 30, 2020. Notification has been sent to the CoP conveners on file. If you have not received this notification, or if you have questions about the process, please email Katherine Higgins.
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Do you know a student who has written a powerful reflection about their experience with CPE? Are you a current ACPE student who would like to share your experiences from your time with CPE?
If so, please send your reflections to us! Email your reflection with a current headshot to foundation@acpe.edu. Reflections may be published in the ACPE newsletter and in promotional materials to help tell of the transformative work of spiritual care education.
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Katherine Higgins
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Thanks to all of you who have made our Virtual Educator Gatherings and our Virtual Psychotherapist Gatherings a vital place to connect, debrief, and share ideas during these uncertain times. We will continue to offer one meeting time each week for both Educators and Psychotherapists. Please drop in as you are able; no registration is required. The zoom link was emailed last week; if you need it again, please email Katherine Higgins.
The meeting times will be:
- Virtual Educator Gatherings: Thursday, 12 Noon, Eastern Daylight Time
- Virtual Psychotherapist Gatherings: Friday, 12 Noon, Eastern Daylight Time
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ACPE is actively monitoring the COVID-19 (commonly known as the coronavirus) situation. The health and safety - of our students, members, and the community we serve - are our paramount priority.
We are committed to providing updates and information as the COVID-19 situation continues via email and the website. We encourage you to monitor the CDC website for additional information.
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact the office at (404) 320-1472 or acpe@acpe.edu.
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In the midst of these uncertain times, many of us are hungry for information - information that can inform our decisions, help us process what we're experiencing, and connect us with those around us.
The Professional Well-Being Committee is working to gather such resources and make them available to our members. Here you will find articles, videos, and reflections that will bolster our resilience and strengthen our practice in the days and weeks ahead.
If you or your Community of Practice has a resource that you would like to submit to share with our members,
please email
Katherine Higgins
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Many leaders of social change note the importance of empathy in helping people cultivate awareness of the experience of "others." This poem invites just such empathy, perhaps also begging the question of what we might say or do should we observe such an interaction (Note: this poem was accessed at Split this Rock, a site dedicated to supporting poetry that speaks to themes of social justice - we encourage you to explore it):
[Untitled]
by Alexis Smithers
Standing in line, waiting to go into the Library of Congress
a black woman stands two people ahead of me and
a white security guard says to her,
It's a beautiful day.
She nods,
Yes, it is.
and turns to the front.
He does not move.
He says,
If it's such a beautiful day,
why aren't you smiling?
She does not answer and the white people in line
do not notice
but she and I,
we hold our breaths and stand
very still.
The guard walks closer
into her
space and demands,
Smile.
She does not.
In the silence, we hear blood
staining the concrete steps.
Smile.
She does not.
No one will pull a weapon
fast enough to stop what
already happen(ed)(s)
Smile.
She does not.
I don't know how to turn on my
camera fast enough
to keep the truth from unravelling
from the lie laced white lips.
Smile.
She does not.
He looks around.
Remembers
there are other white people
here.
Decides not
today.
We still are not breathing.
The line moves.
I marvel at the black woman ahead
of me.
to be that brave
while holding your breath
to be that truth in the face
of threaten
your ruin to gather strength
and shoot it through your bones
those who don't know
call it magic
and it does wonder
but only if you haven't been
paying attention.
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Since summer vacations will likely involve very little travel this year due to the pandemic, we want to offer occasional glimpses at places around the world that can invite you to imagine and perhaps appreciate the beauty of other lands. This week, we offer stunning images of tile mosaics from mosques in Uzbekistan:
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Rev. Jerry Anthony Mills is currently a Chaplain Resident at Mary Washington Hospital (MWH), Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has completed four units of CPE, and working on the fifth. Rev. Mills graduated from Virginia Union University School of Theology and recently wrote a poem entitled, "You Don't Know Me."
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June 29
Ghambar Maidyoshem (Zoroastrianism)
This is the second of six Ghambar festivals during the Zoroastrian year. This particular festival celebrates the creation of water, the harvest of grain, and the sowing of summer crops.
Festival of Peter and Paul (Catholic Christianity)
This feast commemorates Peter and Paul, two apostles of Jesus. Both were martyred in Rome, and their remains are still there. Their feast day, established as early as 258, was supposedly chosen because it marks the anniversary of the date that their remains were moved to the catacombs near where the Roman church San Sebastiano fuori le Mura stands today. The feast day is celebrated with liturgy and prayers.
July 5
Dharma Day (Buddhism)
Also known as Asala Puja, it commemorates the historical Buddha's first discourse following his spiritual awakening.
July 6
Vassa (Buddhism)
This date marks the start of a three-month retreat for monks during the rainy season in Asia. Worshippers often donate candles and other necessary supplies to temples.
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Dr. George Pickle died on June 22 from injuries sustained in a fall last week.
He is under the care of Georgia Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery Winkenhofer Chapel. Cards may be sent to Kathy Pickle at 3002 Rockbridge Road, Marietta, GA 30066. His living daughter's name is Renee Silvasy.
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This Week's Career Opportunities & Residency/CEC Openings
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Center/Organization
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Location |
Posting Date |
| Part-time Hospice Spiritual Counselor |
Kaiser Permanente |
Seattle, WA |
6/26/20 |
| Network Director of Pastoral Care |
St. Luke's University Health Network |
Bethlehem, PA |
6/19/20 |
| Manager, Religious Services |
Deaconess Hospital |
Evansville, IN |
6/12/20 |
| Spiritual Care Director |
Genesis Healthcare System |
Zanesville, OH |
6/12/20 |
| Counselor |
Community Pastoral Counseling Services |
Iowa City, IA |
6/12/20 |
| Staff Chaplain |
Riley Hospital for Children |
Indianapolis, IN |
6/12/20 |
| Certified Educator |
Houston Methodist Hospital |
Houston, TX |
6/5/20 |
| CPE Manager |
St. Mark's Hospital |
Salt Lake City, UT |
4/17/20 |
| CPE Manager |
Centra Health |
Lynchburg, VA |
4/3/20 |
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Position
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Center/Organization
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Location
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Posting Date
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| CPE Residency |
Baycare Spiritual Care |
Clearwater, FL |
6/26/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Covenant HealthCare |
Saginaw, MI |
6/26/20 |
| CPE Residency |
NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital |
Brooklyn, NY |
6/26/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Penn State Health |
Hershey, PA |
6/19/20 |
| CPE Residency |
University of Kentucky Healthcare |
Lexington, KY |
6/19/20 |
| Level 1/2 CPE Residency |
East Jefferson General Hospital |
Metairie, LA |
6/19/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
North Shore University Hospital |
Manhasset, NY |
6/19/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Barnes-Jewish Hospital |
St. Louis, MO |
6/19/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
UnityPoint Health - Des Moines |
Des Moines, IA |
6/12/20 |
| CPE Residency |
University of Tennessee Medical Center |
Knoxville, TN |
6/12/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Baptist Hospital |
Pensacola, FL |
6/5/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
Ochsner Medical Center |
New Orleans, LA |
5/29/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
Gundersen Health System |
La Crosse, WI |
5/29/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
Albert Einstein Medical Center |
Philedelphia, PA |
5/29/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Baylor Scott & White Health - North Texas |
Dallas, TX |
3/20/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare |
Tallahassee, FL |
3/13/20 |
| Second Year Fellowship |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
Cincinnati, OH |
3/13/20 |
| 2019-2020 Residency Program |
Mayo Clinic Health System |
Eau Claire, WI |
12/13/19 |
1st & 2nd Year Residencies
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Cincinnati, OH
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9/13/19 |
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Other Educational Opportunities
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ACPE members and centers may post opportunities in the weekly newsletter. ACPE does not accredit, review, or endorse the events listed above. Send your opportunity to webmaster@acpe.edu.
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ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education
ACPE is the standard for spiritual care and education. Our diverse membership includes Certified CPE Educators, Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapists, Spiritual Care Professionals and Practitioners, Pastoral Counselors, Chaplains, Faith Communities, and Seminaries. Our multi-disciplinary, multi-faith, multi-racial community of professionals provides education, connection, and formation through continuing education, networking, and leadership development.
ACPE is the premier, Department of Education recognized, organization that provides the highest quality CPE programs for spiritual care professionals of any faith and in any setting. We do this through a rigorous accreditation and certification process for centers and educators that provide CPE.
The depth of our training enables students to realize their full potential to strengthen the spiritual health of people in their care as well as themselves.
ACPE members are actively engaged in a wide variety of professional development activities including communities of practice, conferences, spiritual care research, and informal networking. We are more than just an association: we are a movement committed to the transformation of the human suffering.Our opportunities for formation and community enrich our member's work of healing and transforming people and communities in the US and across the globe.
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