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Millions of Conversations, Religious Life, Global Education Focus on Truth and Reconciliation

Feb. 11, 2021—11:00am-12:30pm CST on Thursday, February 18 on Zoom Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwof-isrTsuHdYXntocGIwOXH8ZPB8DbK12 Join Millions of Conversations, Vanderbilt Religious Life, and Vanderbilt Global Education Office (GEO) for #PledgeToListen: Exploring Truth and Reconciliation, the first event of the 2021 Conversationalist Series. Governance and elections expert, Dr. Kareem Crayton, will speak with mediation and labor law expert, Dr....

#DoTheWork Antiracism Discussion Group Continues

Feb. 11, 2021—10:00am on Friday, February 26 and Friday, March 26 Gathering on Zoom: https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/92349200856 On February 26, the group will conclude discussion on Ibram X. Kendi’s book How To Be an Antiracist and will choose a podcast that will be the focus of discussion for the March meeting. Contact Religious Life Intern Megan Cammack at megan.m.cammack@vanderbilt.edu...

Promotional poster, white text on a blurred gray/blue background. On the right 3 sticks of incense are burning, about an inch of each has burned down and is gray. Small lines of orange are visible, and smoke rises from the top of the brown, unburned portion. The text reads: The Black Trans Prayer Book, Feb. 18-19 2021, Healing Ritual/Workshop/Worship/Reading https://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/tbtpb.php Followed by a list of 15 co-sponsors: the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality, Vanderbilt Office of LGBTQI Life, Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Provost's Office of Inclusive Excellence, LGBT Policy Lab, Latino and Latina Studies Program, Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center, Office of University Chaplain and Religious Life, Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Vanderbilt Hillel, Divinity Library at Vanderbilt University, Kelly Miller Smith Institute in Black Church Studies, Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative, Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture, Vanderbilt Divinity School Office of Admission, Vocation, and Stewardship

Black Trans Prayer Book Events

Feb. 11, 2021—Thursday, February 18 and Friday, February 19 More information and registration link: divinity.vanderbilt.edu/tbtpb.php Religious Life joins the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality at Vanderbilt Divinity School, along with many other campus offices and organizations, to present an unprecedented and exciting series of virtual events February 18-19 featuring the creators and editors of The...

Religious Life Joins NPT for Black Church Documentary

Feb. 11, 2021—6:00pm on Monday, February 15 Online registration required: wnpt.org/black-history-month/ Religious Life is joining Nashville Public Television (NPT) for a free virtual screening event featuring clips from Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s new documentary, The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, on Monday, February 15, at 6:00pm. During the event, a distinguished panel...

Religious Life Newsletter – September 2017

Sep. 20, 2017—September 2017 Dear friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life: The life of our university community is never removed from the world that surrounds us. This is especially true as we consider the fact that greater numbers of our students every year are shaped by a plurality of identities rooted within...

Religious Life Newsletter – March

Mar. 20, 2017—Having trouble viewing this email? View as a webpage. Share this: March 2017 Dear friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life: While there are perennial tasks that have defined the work of university chaplains for generations—such as vocational discernment and service outreach—a relatively new yet enduring role now embraced...

Religious Life at Vanderbilt: October Newsletter

Oct. 28, 2016—October 2016 Dear friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:A fully functioning culture of religious life and spiritual discernment rests on our students and community members who comprise a rich diversity of belief, curiosity, social engagement and passion for justice. The programs that extend from the OUCRL to the campus and...

Religious Life at Vanderbilt: September Newsletter

Sep. 23, 2016—September 2016 Dear friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life: We are excited that the new academic year has begun and would like to highlight a few events in our office that are worthy of your attention. One of the legacy programs of the OUCRL is the Holocaust Lecture Series. We...