About the Leadership Summit
The purpose of the leadership summit is to foster reconciliation between diverse religious, ethnic, racial and cultural communities. The summit will be held at Buckley Center Auditorium at the University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., from 12 to 5 p.m.
The registration fee is $15. A boxed lunch will be provided by Bon Appetit for $8, or attendees may bring their own lunch. The registration deadline is April 27. Download Registration brochure. For more information, call EMO at (503) 221-1054.
“True reconciliation is never cheap, for it is based on forgiveness, which is costly. Forgiveness in turn depends on repentance, which has to be based on an acknowledgment of what was done wrong, and therefore on disclosure of the truth. You cannot forgive what you do not know.” Archbishop Tutu
The Collins Lecture with Archbishop Desmond Tutu is sold out!
May 4, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
University of Portland Chiles Center
Tickets to the Collins Lecture with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, "Transformative Power of Reconciliation in Society," are $20 and must be purchased separately from the Leadership Summit registration.
Schedule
11:30 a.m. – Registration/Check-in
12 p.m. – Welcome, Opening Prayer and Keynote Speaker The Rev. Fred Morris, United Methodist Church minister, missionary and president of Faith Partners of the Americas.
Morris began his first missionary assignment in 1970 in Brazil, where he worked among the poor, in collaboration with Catholic Archbishop Dom Helder Camara, to improve Protestant-Catholic relations. In 1974, Morris was kidnapped by the Brazilian government, imprisoned and tortured for 17 days, before being released and expelled from the country. Decades later, the Amnesty Commission of the Brazilian government made monetary reparations to Morris and issued a formal request for forgiveness.
Morris will recount his journey and the theological foundations for reconciliation through the lens of his life experience.
1 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Linda Isako Angst, assistant professor of Anthropology/Sociology, Lewis & Clark College; Terry Cross, executive director, National Indian Child Welfare Association; Eric Gilman, Restorative Justice coordinator, Clark County Juvenile Court; Imam Mamadou Toure, founder and president, Institute of Islamic and Inter-faith Studies, and Bilal Mosque religious leader. Facilitated by Deb Mantey, ELCA Oregon Synod.
2:30 p.m. – Small Group Discussion
3 p.m. – Skill-Building Workshops
4:40 p.m. – Concluding Ritual
Skill-Building Workshops
Each participant will choose one of the following workshops to attend.
A Transformational Approach in the Criminal Justice System (Workshop A). Tom O’Connor, PhD, research manager, Oregon Department of Corrections; Jeff Duncan, research analyst, Oregon Department of Corrections. Facilitator: Trudy Bradley, First Congregational UCC.
The Healing Power of Forgiveness (Workshop B). Aba Gayle, victims advocate, Journey of Hope: From Violence to Healing; Kilong Ung, author of "Golden Leaf, A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor." Facilitated by the Rev. Dr. David Massey, chaplain, Linfield College.
Race, Culture and Reconciliation (Workshop C). John Canda, organizer, Restorative Listening Project; Andrea Cano, executive director, Latino Network; Mari Watanabe, executive director, Oregon Nikkei Endowment. Facilitator: The Rev. Alcena Boozer, St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church.
Practicing Reconciliation: Training to Be a Mediator (Workshop D).Christina Albo, director of Mediation Services, Resolutions Northwest; Daniel Amine, African mediation specialist, Africa House; Judith Mowry, Restorative Listening Project; Robert Gould, co-founded and director, Portland State University’s graduate program in Conflict Resolution. Facilitated by the Rev. Dr. Lowell Greathouse, First United Methodist Church.
Religion as a Bridge to Reconciliation (Workshop E). Imam Toure, Institute of Islamic and Inter-faith Studies; The Rev. Fred Morris, United Methodist Church; The Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell, First Unitarian Church, Portland; Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin, senior Rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. Facilitator: The Rev. Mark Knutson, Augustana Lutheran Church.
Crossing the Economic Divide (Workshop F). Fr. Ron Raab, associate pastor, Downtown Chapel; Kim Foren, president, Geranium Lake Flowers; Pat Rumer, co-chair, Jubilee USA Network Coordinating Council (third world debt forgiveness). Facilitator: Marge Abbott.
Youth, Schools and Reconciliation (Workshop G). Amanda Byron, professor, Portland State University, Department of Conflict Resolution; Daniel Garcia, restorative justice school mediation specialist. Facilitator: Jim Buck, executive director, Oregon School Personnel Association.
Creating Healthy Families (Workshop H). Lyn Jenks, marriage and family counselor; The Rev. Dr. Roger Carlson, licensed psychologist.
Meals
Leadership Summit attendees can either bring their own lunch or purchase a boxed lunch provided by Bon Appetit for $8 (please pre-order on registration form). For those attending the Collins Lecture with Archbishop Tutu after the Leadership Summit, dinner is available for purchase in the Commons on the university campus.
Event Sponsors Funded by The Collins Foundation and presented by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon in cooperation with Legacy Health System, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Providence Health & Services, Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, Nike Inc., Northwest Health Foundation, Augustana Lutheran Church, Christ Church Episcopal, Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ ) in Oregon, DocuMart, Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, First Christian Church of Portland, First United Methodist Church of Portland, Hassler Studio, Lewis & Barbee Hodgkins, Irvington Capital LLC, Rustin & Gretchen Kimsey, John & Harriet Langfeldt, Larson Legacy, Charles & Pamela Miller, The Oregonian, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, St. Luke Lutheran Church, St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Ron & Ivy Timpe, Margaret Troedson, United Methodist Churches of the Oregon-Idaho Conference.
