Summit Program Schedule
Saturday, October 12, 2019
7:30 am – 5:15 pm
Olympia UU Congregation
2315 Division St NW, Olympia, WA 98502
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Summit Speaker and Panelist Bios
| Registration & Light Breakfast | 7:15 - 8:30 |
| Justice Fair & Exhibits Set-up 7:00 - 7:30 | |
| Justice Fair - Intersectional Programs that Work | 7:30 - 8:30 |
| Grab breakfast and tour the building to "visit" effective congregational justice projects and presentations by Meaningful Movies Project and Backbone Campaign. | |
| Welcome, Worship, and Charge to Us All | 8:45 - 9:15 |
| Rev. Mary Gear calls us to work, with inspiring words, music, and a challenge for this day and year. | |
| Intersectionality: Challenge and Invitation | 9:15 - Noon |
| Ruth Idakula and Rev. Deanna Vandiver offer faithful grounding and spiritual practices for our intersectional lives, as they bring forward lessons learned post hurricane Katrina. Includes breakout workshops and plenaries. | |
| Lunch & Exhibits | Noon - 1:00 |
| Intersectionality: Meeting the Challenge | 1:00 - 2:30 |
| Rev. Carol McKinley leads a panel including Mary Ybarra, Poor Peoples’ Campaign; Steve Tilley, Justice Not Jails; Tim Ransom, homelessness, tiny houses; and Ivy Gentian, youth climate activist. | |
| Breakout Sessions | 2:45 - 4:00 |
| Choose a session akin to your justice passions. Strengthen your planning by recognizing and addressing intersectionality. | |
| *Economic Justice* including: Education, Health Care, Housing, Poor People’s Campaign, Income/Wage, State Bank, Taxation, Wealth, Disparities due to systemic oppressions, and more. |
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| *Environmental Justice* including: Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Indigenous Rights, Fossil Fuel Projects, Extractive Industry Projects, Displacement and Forced Migration, Industrial Pollution, Rights of Nature, Rights to a livable planet, and more . |
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| *Justice Systems* (Civil & Criminal) including:: Affirmative Action, Black Lives Matter/Movements for Black Lives, Immigration, Criminal Justice Reform, Detention, Human Rights, LGBTQ Protections, Mass Incarceration, Migration, Refugees, Restorative Justice, Treaty Rights and more . |
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| *Democracy Imperiled* including: Balance of Power, Citizen’s United, Constitutional threats, Election Interference, Free Speech, Gerrymandering, Right to Protest, Rise of Police State, Voter Registration/Suppression, Voting Systems, Voting Rights (felons), and more . |
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| Advancing Justice in Our Intersectional World | 4:15 - 5:00 |
| Juan Alaniz, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager for WA State Health Care Authority and Chair of the WA State Latino Leadership Network will be our barnburner keynote speaker. | |
| Closing Worship & Song | 5:00 - 5:15 |