Conference Streams


  • Stream 1: Eco-Justice
    Race, class and the environment; role of faith leaders; creating the future.
    Convener: Lisa Sharon Harper, New York Faith and Justice.
     
  • Stream 2: World Cultures
    Gospel and culture; interfaith dialogue; Christianities in diaspora.
    Convener: Dr. Elizabeth Tapia, Drew University Theological School.
     
  • Stream 3: Community Analysis & Action
    Religious re-sponse to gentrification and neighborhood ethnic diversity; faith-based development.
    Convener: Shirvahna Gobin, NYTS.
     
  • Stream 4: “Cultures of Peace”
    Peace-building through “people power”; genocide and human rights education; genocide prevention.
    Convener: Douglas Irvin, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers
     
  • Stream 5: Ethical Leadership in the Global Economy
    Capitalism and the common good; women and leadership; the corporation and conscience.
    Convener: Esslie Hughes, financial executive and NYTS Board member.
     
  • Stream 6: Youth
    Youth at risk; church-based programs; youth-based justice movements.
    Conveners: Rev. Dr. C. Vernon Mason, Uth Turn, and Rev. J. Lee Hill, Jr., Riverside Church.
     
  • Stream 7: Women in the Global City
    Globalization of women’s work, women’s justice; violence, families and migration; sex trafficking.
    Convener: Dr. Lois Gehr Livezey, NYTS.