Upcoming Programs
Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network
Friday, November 22, 2024 from 4 to 6 pm PT
The 2024 FLTN Gathering in Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300
San Diego, CA
FLTN colleagues will discuss the national and global implications of the U.S. Elections.Mary E. Hunt will lead a conversation with Rita Nakashima Brock (Volunteers of America), Melanie Jones Quarles (Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership), Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (Chicago Theological Seminary), and Janice McRandal (University of Divinity, Brisbane, Australia). The meeting will be held in conjunction with the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings. It is M22-307 in that schedule. All, especially AAR-SBL and local San Diego-area WATER colleagues, are welcome at this crucial conversation.
WATERmeditation
Monday, November 4, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET with Rosemary B. Ganley
“Living with a Long View”
On the eve of the US Presidential Election, join WATER in communal contemplation and dialogue. Results are anyone’s guess. But what is sure is the power of collective good energies and companionship at liminal times. Canadian activist and journalist Rosemary Ganley’s wisdom will anchor us as we go.
WATERtalk
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 1 PM ET with Grace Y. Kao
“Talking with an Expert about Surrogacy”
WATER welcomes the Rev. Dr. Grace Y. Kao, Professor of Ethics at Claremont School of Theology, and a surrogate. She will discuss her important new book, My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy to open up a crucial conversation. In light of the Dobbs decision and Vatican statements, threats to beginning and end of life choices are real which we ignore at our peril.
WATERritual
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
“Peace of the Changing Seasons”
As the seasons change – leaves falling in the Northern hemisphere and blossoms opening in spring in the Southern hemisphere – the world turns and so do we. This liturgy focuses on transitions as we move from what has been to what is yet to be. We will give thanks for the insights we have received along our journey and look at what grounds us as we change.
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Become a WATER Intern
for Winter or Spring!
WATER welcomes students from seminaries, universities, colleges, volunteer programs, and more to work in the WATER office.
Interns at WATER engage in the full range of activities from office work to program planning. They learn how a small non-profit is run and what it takes to nurture an Alliance. Those wishing to do their own research will have a chance to utilize WATER’s constantly growing Resource Center as well as consult with our experienced staff through in-house seminars.
Interns must commit to a minimum of six weeks and can stay for as long as a year or two. All participants are encouraged to apply for academic credit from their home institutions for their work at WATER. We are delighted to work with programs which sponsor volunteers with expenses shared by WATER as the on-site placement.
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Land Acknowledgement
WATER, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, acknowledges that it sits on the traditional and contemporary homeland of the Piscataway and Nacotchtank (sometimes known as the Anacostan) people, the original stewards of this land.
We are committed to lifting up the names of these lands and the community members from these nations who reside alongside us and who were here long before we were. We affirm WATER’s intention to promote healing, respect, and love for all people through our work, with special indebtedness to Native people whose lands we are privileged to share.