About the Collins Summit: Listening at the Margins
Explore a method of listening at the margins of the global community and in our own lives in order to build resilience and resistance for these times.
In a world of increasing fear and violence, how can we build networks of resistance rooted in our spiritual traditions? A third wave of liberation theology turns to the lived experience of people already facing global violence as a testimony of life in the face of death. These communities draw on emerging and ancient spiritualities that grow out of their contexts. They also share wisdom for our own spirituality.
The 2019 Collins Summit will be an opportunity to hear about and practice methods of listening that build strength for social justice work in our local communities.
The Collins Summit is scheduled for Wednesday, October 16, at First United Methodist Church in Portland. The afternoon summit will be held from 1 to 5:15 pm and the evening lecture from 7 to 9:15 pm.
Please register no later than October 9.
Seminar, Dinner & Lecture: $60 general, $30 student with ID.
Evening Lecture only: $25 general, $15 student with ID.
Guest Speaker
The speaker for the evening Collins Lecture will be
Dr. Carlos Mendoza-Alvarez
, a Dominican priest and internationally known liberation theologian. His theological investigation illuminates the ancestral wisdom, yearning for justice, and hope that emerges from the resistance and resilience of the victims and survivors of global violence. Mendoza-Alvarez’s most recent work has examined what resurrection can mean in a context of thousands of disappeared and murdered in Mexico.
