SPECIAL EVENT

FAITH AND FEMINISM:
An Interfaith Dialogue

Featuring a conversation with Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD

Author of Faith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance

Come for a day of conversation and exploration on the many aspects of faith and feminism. Helen LaKelly Hunt begins the discourse, joined by a panel of prominent women from a variety of faith traditions, followed by a luncheon round-table discussion and open forum for participants. We’ll address the question, “From your personal experience and faith tradition, what has been your experience of Faith and Feminism?”

FAITH AND FEMINISM SCHEDULE

9:30am: Check-in and Registration

9:50am: Poem by Dorotea Reyna, Director of Development, CIIS, with harp by Elizabeth Ursic, Professor of Religious Studies, Mesa Community College

Welcome by Joseph Subbiondo, President, CIIS

10-10:15am: Table Introductions

10:15-11am: Helen LaKelly Hunt, Author; Founder, The Sister Fund

11-12:30pm: Voices from the Community, moderated by Judie Wexler, Academic Vice President, CIIS

• Lucia Birnbaum, Professor of Women's Spirituality, CIIS
• Sister Patricia Dougherty, OP: Professor of History, Dominican University of California
• Mushim Ikeda-Nash, Acting Associate Director of Programs, Buddhist Peace Fellowship
• Tamam Kahn, Poet, Sufi Ruhaniat
• Vijaya Nagarajan, Associate Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco
• Arisika Razak, Associate Professor of Women's Spirituality, CIIS; Program Director, Integrative Health Studies, CIIS
• Rabbi Sara Shendelman, Chochmat HaLev

12:30-1:45pm: Round-table discussions at Lunch

2-3:30pm: Dialogue moderated by Elizabeth Ursic

3:30-3:45pm: China Galland, Author; Professor in Residence, the Center for Art, Religion and Education (CARE) at the Graduate Theological Union; Director, Images of Divinity

3:45pm: Closing by Arisika Razak