Donald Miller: Thursday’s Speaker
Thursday’s luncheon opened with Indie Artist Scott Krippayne, an accomplished songwriter and musician, who shared his love for coffee and for Jesus. Keynote Speaker Donald Miller followed. Miller spoke informally about the journey of his life as a writer and the importance of finding a place of meaning in existence. In developing a good story, [...]
Wednesday’s Speaker: Luis Palau
Mayor Tom Potter of Portland, Oregon introduced Wednesday’s Keynote Speaker, International Evangelist Luis Palau as a local activist helping in the movement to eradicate homelessness over ten years. Palau opened with a fantastic joke in which the punch line featured a latino heaven and then quickly segued into the more serious topic of social action, [...]
Gender and Justice Conference – Dr. Laura Lederer, J.D.
Dr. Laura Lederer opened Saturday’s plenary session with a story telling of a recent experience visiting the Red Light District in India, where the buying and selling of women is popular and practiced frequently. Human trafficking is the 3rd largest commercial industry, exceeded by drug trafficking. Over 70 countries have passed laws to stop human [...]
Gender and Justice Conference 2008-Jackson Katz
Friday I showed up to the first plenary session of the conference: Gender and Justice, sponsored by Vanguard University’s Center for Women’s Studies and the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force. Jackson Katz opened with an introduction to the influence of media on gender issues. Proposing that the word gender is generally related to women’s [...]