Friday, November 9, 2018

CALL TO ACTION MEETING LIVE STREAMING

CTA National Conference
San Antonio, Texas
November 9-11, 2018
Santuario - Resistencia - Sacramento
Sanctuary- Resistance- Sacrament
How to Join Us on Live Stream
In a previous email, we mentioned that those of you who want to join us from home will be able to live stream parts of the conference throughout the weekend. Here are a few more details on the easiest way to do that:

After clicking the link (either here or on our homepage), you will need to hit the red subscribe button on the upper righthand corner. Subscribing to the YouTube channel will enable you to watch the live stream in real time. If you do not subscribe, you should still be able to view the video after it is completed.

You can also click on the bell-shaped icon (next to the subscribe button) to receive an alert every time we go live.

The following events will be streamed in their entirety (all times are listed in Central Time):

Friday, November 9
  • 6:30pm-7:00pm Welcoming Address by CTA Executive Director Zach Johnson
  • 7:00pm-7:30pm Opening Liturgy
  • 7:30pm-9:00pm Keynote Address by Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza on Sacramento/Sacrament

Saturday, November 10
  • 11:30am-12:45pm Keynote Address by Heidi Schlumpf on Resistencia/Resistance

Sunday, November 11
  • 9:00am-9:30am CTA Leadership Award Presented to CTA/Rio Grande Valley
  • 9:30am-10:15am Keynote Address by Elvira Arellano on Santuario/Sanctuary
  • 10:30am-12:00pm Closing Liturgy

Recordings of the keynotes will also be available online after conference. We'll let you know when those recordings are available in a future eblast.
About This Year's Conference

Elvira Arellano
Keynote Speaker on Santuario/Sanctuary
Elvira Arellano is an activist for the rights of migrant people. She received worldwide attention and became a symbol for the rights of undocumented immigrants and families when she decided to take sanctuary in Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago. Elivira was deported to Mexico in 2007 after one year of civil resistance. In Mexico, she fought for family reunification and the civil rights of Central American immigrants. Four years ago she returned to the United States and is currently waiting for her request of asylum to be answered.

Activista por los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes, recibió atención mundial y se convirtió en Icono de la lucha de los migrantes indocumentados y sus familias en los Estados Unidos cuando tomo santuario en la Iglesia Metodista Unida Adalberto en Chicago, fue deportada en 2007 después de un año de resistencia civil. En México lucho por la reunificación de las familias y los derechos de los migrantes centroamericanos, hace 4 años regreso a los Estados unidos y se encuentra bajo un proceso de solicitud de asilo.
Heidi Schlumpf
Keynote Speaker on Resistencia/Resistance
Heidi Schlumpf is a national correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter. She has three decades of experience covering religion, spirituality, social justice and women’s issues, and is the author/editor of three books, including a biography of feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson. She and her family are members of St. Gertrude Parish in Chicago, IL. 
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, PhD
Keynote Speaker on Sacramento/Sacrament
Knowing intimately that the borderlands are a place of learning and growth, Robyn draws on their identity and heritage as a Transqueer Latinx in everything that they do. From doubt to divine and everywhere in between, their call as an activist-theologian demands the vision to disrupt hegemony and colonialist structures of multi-layered oppressions. As an anti-oppression, anti-racist, non-binary Trans*gressive Latinx, Robyn takes seriously their call as an activist theologian and ethicist to bridge together theories and practices that result in communities responding to pressing social concerns. Robyn sees this work as a life-orienting vocation, deeply committed to translating theory to practice, and embedded in re-imagining our moral horizon to one which privileges a politics of radical difference. Robyn was named 1 of 10 Faith Leaders to watch in 2018 by the Center for American Progress.
CTA's Young Leaders Cohort
Part of our 20/30 Project for Mentoring and Leadership
The eleven members of CTA's Young Leaders Cohort are spending this year in deep discernment about how they are personally called to Catholic social justice work. Each Young Leader is responsible for implementing a social justice project that reflects their personal passions and the needs of their community. At conference, you'll have multiple opportunities to hear from these young leaders and learn about their final projects. Learn more about the 20/30 Project and read about each of our young leaders.
About Call To Action Conferences
Since 1976, Call To Action has been the host of the largest conference of progressive Catholics in the United States. Every year, a diverse community of Catholics gather at national or regional events to listen to inspiring speakers, participate in life-giving inclusive liturgy and work for a more just Catholic Church and world.

CTA is a member organization that relies on our community for support.

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