This September 28 and 29, during the Season of Creation, the group Faith in Place is hosting its annual Environment and Spirituality Summit. The summit’s theme of “Grounded Resistance” focuses on how to counter fear and anxiety for the environment with faith, love, and the power of community.
This free, online summit features four speakers on two days, including Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-founder of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, and keynote speaker Bill McKibben, author, educator, and climate activist. Details about all four speakers are below. If you are interested in registering for the summit, contact Carolyn Cromer at ccromer@nazareth.org, or by Whatsapp at +15027185770, or by phone at (502) 348-1589. If several Sisters register who live near one another, we will organize watch parties so that Sisters and Associate members can watch together.
September 28, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET with Dr. Matthias Beier Internationally renowned public theologian and psychoanalyst Matthias Beier explores how reclaiming healthy, grounded faith can counter divisive, fear-based religion and inspire courageous, trust-based resistance.
September 28, 6 to 7 p.m. ET with Valarie Kaur
Valarie Kaur explores Revolutionary Love as a spiritual framework for grounded resistance to racism, bigotry, and ecological devastation.
September 29, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with Mary Evelyn Tucker
Renowned Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology co-founder Mary Evelyn Tucker explores how religion, ecology, and Grounded Resistance can inspire multifaith action for climate and environmental justice.
September 29, 6 to 7 p.m. with Bill McKibben
Climate leader Bill McKibben will deliver a keynote drawing on decades of organizing, writing, and movement-building to ground the Summit’s theme of Grounded Resistance in the moral and spiritual stakes of the climate crisis. He will invite Houses of Worship and communities to harness the power of organized people of faith to confront the fossil fuel industry and advance climate and environmental justice.