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FALL 2007 CONSORTIUM
EVENTS
The Faith-Justice Institute at Saint
Joseph's University
will host the first Justice Consortium meeting of the year.
Friday, September 28, 2007
3:30 - 6:30 pm
Wolfington Center - Conference Room
TOPIC
Student Service Immersion Trips
Click here for a tentative
agenda.
Click here for campus map.
Faculty and staff interested in attending should contact Frank Bernt
directly at fbernt@sju.edu; please include a brief comment about
those aspects of immersions that you would be most interested
in discussing.
Light afternoon snacks will be provided. Those who are interested in
extending the conversation are invited to share an inexpensive meal
(Dutch treat!) at a nearby restaurant to be named.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
9:30
am - 3:30 pm
Chestnut Hill College
The Power of Film and a
Passion for Justice:
A Workshop on Merging What You Love Doing
& What You Believe is Worth Doing
Award-winning Film Maker,
Gerry Straub
Ten years ago, Gerry
Straub decided to turn his attention from producing award-winning TV
shows like General Hospital, Capitol, and the Doctors and
working with A-list Hollywood talent like Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore, Teri
Hatcher, and others to using the power of film to highlight the
situation of the poor. Since then, Straub has produced eight
documentaries chronicling the plight of the poor in eleven international
locales and the U.S. His latest film is on peace activist, John Dear.
Showing segments from
his films and drawing on his professional and personal experience, Gerry
will engage students in discussion and reflection on topics such as: the
challenges, insights, and rewards of putting one's talent and skills to
work for peace and justice; the power of the media and its potential to
effect social change; sustaining one's passion for justice over the long
haul; taking a contemplative stance behind the camera, and the stories
waiting to be told. This workshop will blend both the practical and
spiritual.
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