[Online] Signs of Hope: Building a Movement

This online workshop will address faith-based relational work, the need for and reasons behind faith-based organizing, and practical tips and training on building relationships, community, movements, and faith-based activism and advocacy.

This free online event is open to students and the public. Register here.

Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, and other faith groups come from long traditions of seeking justice through faith. In many contexts, such as the ancient Israelites under subjugation in Egypt or under Roman rule in the near East, the two could not be separated. Without faith-based activism, the right to vote, the abolition of slavery, and other rights would not exist in the United States.

The speakers will be:

The Rev. Bruce Puckett, assistant dean of Duke Chapel, has been working in Durham and at the Chapel for the last eleven years. He is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. Prior to joining the Chapel staff, he served as the interim pastor for the Congregation at Duke Chapel for two years.

Alicia T. Crosby (she/hers) is a justice educator, activist, and minister whose work addresses the spiritual, systemic, and interpersonal harm people experience. Through her writing, speaking, and space curation, Alicia helps individuals, communities, and institutions explore and unpack topics related to identity, inclusivity, and intersectional equity. You can follow her work via aliciatcrosby.com or on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram via @aliciatcrosby.

Ricardo Zamudio Guillen, the organizing director at Living United for Change in Arizona, is a long time community organizer, activist, and youth empowerment leader in Phoenix, Arizona, working on the front lines of immigrant rights, economic justice, and racial justice. His past work with Neighborhood Ministries in Phoenix, Arizona, partnered him with Duke Divinity School and the Christian Community Development Association.

The discussion will be moderated by the Chapel's community minister, the Rev. Breana van Velzen.