Diving Deep Into Urban Ministry

To continue the new arc we embarked upon last year at the 2014 gathering, Transform Network is partnering with Wesley Theological Seminary to offer a weekend of diving deep into urban ministry.

How do we partner with our urban neighbors in equitable and mutually liberating ways?
How do education, advocacy, service and activism affect life in urban areas?
How do we even define urban areas now in the face gentrification and multiculturalism?
How can people of faith help transform systemic oppression and poverty into interdependent, equitable access and resources for thriving communities?

The good news is: we don’t have to invent the answers to these questions. Solutions are already underway in many places, and Transform is excited to bring practitioners of this work together. Bring your toolbox, get ready to add to it, and let’s go deep this weekend at the intersection of action and contemplation. Register online now!

Our keynote speakers will include:

Alexia Salvatierra, co-author of Faith-Rooted Organizing
Joseph Daniels Jr., pastor of The Emory Fellowship in D.C.
Lisa Sharon Harper, Senior Director of Mobilizing at Sojourners
Liz Butler, Senior Fellow at the Movement Strategy Center

And we're excited to announce additional practitioners and teachers:

Romal Tune, event chair and author of God's Graffiti and founder and executive administrator of Faith For Change
Jennifer Butler, founding CEO of Faith in Public Life
Adam Bucko, activist, spiritual director to many of NYC's homeless youth, and co-author of Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation
Douglas Powe, professor of urban ministry and Co-Director of the Institute for Community Engagement
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, constructive philosophical theologian
Judy Esber, union organizer
and more to be announced!

We are excited to have affordable housing options available through Hosteling International, just a block from the gathering locations at Mount Vernon Triangle. Learn more and make your reservation online now!

A limited number of $99 registrations are available right now. Don’t miss out on this special deal! Register for Transform 2015.

Hope to see you in D.C.