Tell Somebody! Poverty Initiative
| Eco-Justice and the Churches: What is the Way Forward?Co-sponsored by the Church and Society program and the Poverty Initiative Tuesday, October 13, 6:00 p.m., Social Hall The World Council of Churches General Assembly theme "Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation" has resonated through current theological thinking. Environmental problems affect the poor disproportionately and unjustly. Issues of water, malnutrition and hunger, agriculture, women's lives, and peace-making intersect in the work toward environmental justice. The economic and political systems that foster injustice must be countered with small steps by churches and individuals that manifest knowledge, clear-sightedness, and moral courage. The work of contemporary theologians working on eco-justice and eco-feminism will be referenced.
The presenters include: A keynote by Rev. Nancy Wright and two panelists Omar Freilla from the Green Worker Cooperatives and Annette Williams from Sustainable South Bronx have agreed to participate in the event.
The Rev. Nancy Wright (M.Div., M.A.) received degrees in theology and environmental conservation education at Union Theological Seminary, New York, and New York University. After working in urban ministry in New York City, she served for five years as a consultant on the environment at CODEL, Coordination in Development, an ecumenical consortium which supported small-scale sustainable development projects in developing countries. She then served as program associate at Earth Ministry, Seattle, which supports activists in 100 congregations to build environmental awareness and action. She coauthored with Fr. Donald Kill Ecological Healing: A Christian Vision (Orbis, 1993) and has authored several articles on spirituality and the environment. She is currently pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church, S. Burlington, Vt., and the environmental consultant to the New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The event is free of charge and open to the public. For more information contact Professor Samuel Cruz.
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