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RLPI Symposium on Religious Literacy and Humanitarian Action

Panel 1: Ebola and HIV/AIDS: The Humanitarian Crisis of Infectious Disease is beginning in 5 minutes. Watch via live stream http://hds.harvard.edu/news/live-stream

Speakers: Jean Duff, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, Katherine Marshall Moderator: Stephen Prothero

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The symposium on religious literacy in humanitarian action will be held January 19–20, 2017, at Harvard Divinity School. The plenary panel will feature Alastair Ager, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, and Azza Karam. (View the live stream here.)

Panel discussions will focus on case studies and feature leading scholars and activists. See full schedule here.

All Religious Literacy and the Professions symposia are free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please register here.

Questions to be explored will include the following:

What knowledge and assumptions about religion do faith-based and secular international humanitarian agencies have?

How do these assumptions impact their work?

When the focus is on supporting the implementation of the local humanitarian leadership agenda, what kind of knowledge about religion is most useful?

Watch the live stream: http://hds.harvard.edu/news/live-stream 

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Great coverage of our Symposium on Religious Literacy and Journalism from last week. Check it out!

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“Despite being Indian for centuries, Sidis constantly face racial discrimination in India, where their identities or origins are not fully understood. In Pakistan—where they are also known as Sheedis—the community has suffered similar prejudice because of their physical features.”   

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9:00am     Panel 1: Black Lives Matter

              Speakers: Adelle M. Banks, Lilly Fowler, Nathan Schneider, Wendi C. Thomas, Diane Winston

10:30am   Break

10:45am   Panel 2: Donald Trump and Evangelicals

              Speakers: Michelle Boorstein, Jason DeRose, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Debra Mason, Jeff Sharlet

12:15pm   VIP Lunch: Table discussion on Journalism in the 2016 Presidential Election*

 1:45pm     Panel 3: Refugees, Immigration, National Security

              Speakers: Michelle Boorstein, Stewart Hoover, Angela Zito

3:15pm     Roundtable discussion

4:15pm     Closing remarks

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Schedule:

Thursday, December 8, 2016

5:30pm     Opening remarks by David Hempton, Diane Moore, and Stephen Prothero                 Keynote address by Laurie Goodstein

Friday, December 9, 2016

8:30am     Registration

9:00am     Panel 1: Black Lives Matter

              Speakers: Adelle M. Banks, Lilly Fowler, Nathan Schneider, Wendi C. Thomas, Diane Winston

10:30am   Break

10:45am   Panel 2: Donald Trump and Evangelicals

              Speakers: Michelle Boorstein, Jason DeRose, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Debra Mason, Jeff Sharlet

12:15pm   VIP Lunch: Table discussion on Journalism in the 2016 Presidential Election*

              *Please note that lunch is by invitation only due to limited space.

1:45pm     Panel 3: Refugees, Immigration, National Security

              Speakers: Michelle Boorstein, Stewart Hoover, Angela Zito

3:15pm     Roundtable discussion

4:15pm     Closing remarks

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Ahead of tomorrow's Symposium on Religious Literacy and Journalism, RLP Director, Dr. Diane Moore sits down with The Harvard Gazette.

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Join us, in person, or Live Stream! This Thursday & Friday!

The Religious Literacy Project at HDS, in cooperation with Boston University, will host a special symposium on religious literacy in journalism December 8th & 9th, bringing together some of the nation’s leading journalists and scholars. The panelists will discuss the need for religious literacy in journalism in light of political and cultural upheavals at home and abroad. Using a series of case studies as a starting point, the panelists will discuss how religion shapes the stories journalists tell and identify strategies for engaging religion in the field and in the journalism classroom.

The event begins Thursday, December 8, at 5:30 pm, with a keynote address by Laurie Goodstein, the national religion correspondent for The New York Times. It continues on Friday, December 9, with several panel discussions. There are still a limited number of spots available. Those who wish to attend should register online. Those who cannot attend in person can visit the HDS website where the discussions will be streamed live.

The symposium is part of the inaugural Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative, which is dedicated to enhancing religious literacy within the professions through a symposium series featuring collaborations among professionals, scholars of the profession, and religious studies scholars in the following four fields: journalism, global health, government, and business.  

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What does it mean to be both Latino and Muslim? For many Americans who occupy both of these spaces the two identities are seamless.

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Our explorations focus on case studies that include climate change and growing economic disparity. Other case study options are determined by student interest from the following options: Black Lives Matter, elder care, LGBTQ rights, prison reform, immigration and refugees, religious freedom, and reproductive rights. Though the course focuses on the United States, we examine parallels in other parts of the globe. Final projects involve planning (and, if possible, beginning to implement) a coalition building action or activity.

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Great article by one of our Religious Literacy and Journalism Symposium speakers, Eliza Griswold, discussing the efforts of an ISIS survivor seeking justice. Find out more about our upcoming Symposium on Religious Literacy and Journalism on our website.

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Panels included: Black Religion and Religious Thought; Black Religion and Culture; Religion and Social Justice; Black Spirituality; and the Current Role of the Black Church.

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“Those of us who care about social justice don’t often feel like we’re making a significant difference, but when I see them pick up a giant bag of tomatoes that’ll be turned into ratatouille, I know I’ve done something real and useful. It’s incredibly satisfying to be able to do something that direct and basic.”

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We’ve told eight stories of black history – and each began as a submission on this Tumblr. 

You can listen to the entire “Historically Black” podcast here: Subscribe on iTunes or wherever else you listen to podcasts, and check back here for more info on the episodes.

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OPENS TOMORROW: ¡Cuba!, a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, will explore the extraordinary biodiversity across the Caribbean island’s remote forests, mysterious caves, expansive wetlands, and dazzling reefs through immersive exhibits that have been developed with colleagues from the Cuban National Museum of Natural History. The bilingual exhibition will also highlight Cuba’s culture, its people, and its history. 

©AMNH/D. Finnin