ECUMENICAL THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION IN A THIRD WORLD SETTING
FOR CLERGY AND LAY CHURCH WORKERS
Developing Hearts that Yearn for Justice 2010
San Diego, CA / Tijuana, Mexico
January 18-21, 2010
Reflecting on the Gospel & Justice for Women and Children.
Come listen... share... learn... engage... stretch... question.
FEATURED SPEAKERS SCHEDULED FOR THE 2010 CONFERENCE
Renita Weems, Minister, Old Testament scholar, Author of “Just a Sister Away” and “Listening for God: A Minister’s Journey through Silence and Doubt,” from Nashville, Tennessee
Matthew Fox, Matthew Fox, Episcopal Priest, author of “Original Blessing” and founding director of YELLAWE, a program for inner city teenagers in Oakland, California.
Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop of the Detroit, Michigan archdiocese, is a leading voice for peace, justice, and civil rights.
Lauran Bethell, Global Consultant for ministries with victims of human trafficking and prostitution, based in The Netherlands. With American Baptist Churches/USA
Elizabeth S. Tapia, Filipina educator and United Methodist pastor, an activist in Asian women's liberation. Director, Center for Christianities in Global Contexts at Drew University Theological School, NJ. Grew up in a village outside Manila.WHAT OTHERS SAID ABOUT PREVIOUS CONFERENCES
“I’ve been to more conferences on how we practice our faith than I care to count, but I must say that this was the best in my memory.”
Rick Ufford-Chase, Moderator, Presbyterian Church USA
“The one week spent at Casa del Migrante in Tijuana was more crucial in understanding global economic oppression than any seminary class or religious book that can be read on the subject.”
Miguel de la Torre, Professor, Illiff S.T.,
Author, Reading the Bible from the Margins
“It was truly a landmark conference. There were profound presentations on the economic, ethical and spiritual dimensions of immigration and globalization.”
Rosemary Radford Ruether, Presenter
“Living together with the migrants at this conference, and being in conversation with them about their daily tragedies profoundly moved my heart.”
Elsa Tamez, from Costa Rica, Speaker at 2008 Conference
REGISTRATION
$250 full conference fee
(partial scholarships are available)
$50 non-refundable registration fee
Balance due by December 10, 2009
The cost covers the entire program, meals, room, and transportation from San Diego to Casa Del Migrante.
Two ways to register:
Online with credit card by clicking the Click&Pledge icon below or
click the PRINT ICON for a printable form to register by check and mail.
TRAVEL
Passports are now needed in crossing back into USA from Mexico. Return flights on January 21 should be scheduled after 4 p.m. There will be pickups at the San Diego airport all day on January 18. We will be bused to Casa de Migrate following a session in San Diego.
ACCOMMODATIONS
We will be staying at the Casa Del Migrante in Tijuana, Mexico (30 min. from San Diego). Participants need to be able to navigate stairs and handle their own luggage. The Casa has dormitory style sleeping on bunk beds, hot showers, bottled water, and safe, good food. Casa del Migrante has Wi-Fi access available.