I’ve got the power! Naming and reclaiming power as a force for good was the second Women Doing Theology conference organized by the Women in Leadership Project. Over 150 participants gathered at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia to explore together what it means to recognize the power we possess and how scary it can feel to exercise that power. We journeyed beyond simply recognizing power and took steps towards embracing it — acknowledging that the Spirit of God can and will work in and through us as we do.
Program Book (PDF) English | Español
Workshops and Paper Presentations (PDF)
Speakers
Naming the power we possess
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Jennifer Davis Sensenig
Lead Pastor, Community Mennonite Church
Harrisonburg, Virginia
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Iris de Leon-Hartshorn
Director of Transformative Peacemaking, Mennonite Church USA
Portland, Oregon
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Wilma Ann Bailey
Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic Scripture, Christian Theological Seminary
Indianapolis, Indiana
Owning the power within us
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Sue Park-Hur
Co-pastor, Mountain View Mennonite Church
Upland, California
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Rachel Halder
Master of Arts in Religion Candidate Claremont School of Theology
Claremont, California
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Sarah Matsui
Author of Learning From Counternarratives in Teach For America
San Francisco, California
Empowered to empower
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Chantelle Todman Moore
Co-founder of Unlock Ngenuity
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Erica Littlewolf
Mennonite Central Committee Central States with the Indigenous Visioning Circle
Newton, Kansas
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Barbra Graber Editor, OurStoriesUntold.com and founding member of the Anabaptist-Mennonite chapter of Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
Harrisonburg, Virginia
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