WEDNESDAY, March 6, 7:00-9:00 MARASCHI
ROOM, FROMM HALL
Sisters in Spirit: An Inter-faith
Dialogue on Community, Faith and Social Transformation
Co-sponsored with University Ministry
Moderator: Lauryn Gregorio, B.A. Student
Majoring in Theology and Religious Studies
How do women’s spiritual or
religious perspectives inform, inspire and guide their work for social justice
in their communities and in the world? Join four remarkable women, representing
various spiritual faiths and traditions, as they engage in dialogue about the
relationship between community, faith, and social transformation.
Toni Battle is the founder of The
Legacy Project, a culture enrichment program, which celebrates the culture,
tradition and histories of African American and Native American youth based in
San Francisco’s Bayview Hunter’s Point. She specializes in diversity, cultural
dynamics, healing from historical harms, cultural education, race relations,
and intra-racial prejudice. She has certification in diversity dynamics
from National Multicultural Institute (NMCI), specializing in cross-cultural
dynamics/communication, sustained mediation dialogue, developing diversity
initiatives, and diversity design & implementation, creating diversity
councils, and recruiting and retaining a diverse workgroup and certification in
LGBT Training from Out & Equal Workplace Advocates and Social Justice
Mediation from Association for Dispute Resolution (ADR).
Karen Erlichman
is a core faculty member in the Spiritual Guidance Program
at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA, as well as an adjunct faculty member at
the Starr King School for the Ministry and the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts
and Interfaith Ministries. Karen is passionate about
creating diverse and welcoming spaces for exploring identity, spirituality and
community.
Bhawana Kamil is the current
president of the Muslim American Society (Bay Area Chapter), and serves
as a Board Member on the Interfaith Council for Economics and Justice (ICEJ)
for the County of Santa Clara. In addition, she is a member of Steering
Committee for California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL). Bhawana currently
teaches Philosophy at Evergreen Valley College.
Mary Waskowiak, RSM
has a long history in Catholic leadership and social justice
work nationally and internationally. She is currently the director of
development for the Mercy International Association. She is a past
president of the Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR), and past
president of the Institute of the Mercy Sisters of the Americas.
For information on the Global
Women’s Rights Forum, please visit http://usfca.edu/gwrf/.