"Orlando Massacre: A Lament and Response" The Global Immersion Project in San Diego, California, United States "Join TGIP for two new webinars on recent national events." for Wednesday, 15 June 2016

"Orlando Massacre: A Lament and Response" The Global Immersion Project in San Diego, California, United States "Join TGIP for two new webinars on recent national events." for Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Dear Friends,
Global Immersion is offering a 2-part webinar series exploring two pressing issues facing our country today. The first will focus on the recent massacre in Orlando and the second will focus on the themes of racism, power and privilege in conversation with ESPN’s O.J.: Made in America. Register today for the free live streams or exclusive access to the recordings.
Webinar 1: Orlando Massacre: A Lament and Response, Friday, June 17 10AM PST
Sunday, June 12th was a historic day in America for all the wrong reasons. As of the time of this writing, there are 49 confirmed dead and dozens more injured in a mass shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub. The shooter claims to be Muslim, connected to ISIS and acting out of idealogical fidelity. The LGBTQ community is traumatized and in pain. The Muslim community is riddled with the fear of backlash in their schools, parks and workplaces. In the meantime, many are using this moment to posture and promote their political, religious or ideological platform. The God that looked like Jesus is weeping and so should the Church. In this free Global Immersion one-hour webinar, we will host a panel of leaders who will offer us needed perspective on how to lament, accompany, and move toward those impacted by this tragedy as instruments of peace.
Facilitator: Jon Huckins, Co-Founding Director of Global Immersion @jonhuckins @globalimmerse
Panelists:
Shane Claiborne - Author of Executing Grace and Co-Director of Red Letter Christians @ShaneClaiborne
Dr. David Gushee - Author of Changing Our Mind and professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University @dpgushee
Sarah Merk-Benitez - Coordinator of Volunteer Resources at San Diego LGBT Community Center @smerkbenitez
Ani Zonneveld - Founder and President of Muslims for Progressive Values @AniZonneveld
John Cunningham - Executive Director of National Aids Memorial Grove
Register Here for Orlando Webinar
Webinar 2: O.J.: Made in America, Friday June 24 at 1PM PST
As racial tension surges, three media events have broken open a national conversation about race, power, and privilege:
The History Channel took a contemporary, deeply emotional, and jarringly realistic perspective on the original Roots miniseries.
The legend, Muhammed Ali, passed away exposing a legacy of activism and creative resistance that was more powerful than his boxing career.
ESPN is currently premiering its first major documentary event. O.J.: Made in America is a saga of race, wealth, media, violence, and the criminal justice system that uncovers “a collection of indelible, unshakeable, and haunting truths about US America and about ourselves."In this free Global Immersion one-hour webinar, we will host a conversation with national black and white faith leaders who are leading within the collision of racism, power, and privilege. With O.J.: Made in America as our backdrop, we'll discuss how this particular story exposed, again, the painful reality of racism in our country. Then, we’ll learn about some necessary next steps we can and must take toward the restoration of broken relationships and unjust systems. Panelists include Rev. Ben McBride, activist and Founding Director of The Empower Initiative, and others. Facilitator: Jer Swigart, Co-Founding Director of Global Immersion @jerswigart@globalimmerse
Register Here for OJ Webinar
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