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SUMMARY:Social Justice Intersections Sunday School
DESCRIPTION:Here are the summaries for each week 4/12-5/31. Please note Room M is needed only for 5/3\, all other dates will be in the Dining Room\n\nApril 12 – Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail. (April 16\, 1963)” In it he says\, “…the great stumbling block… is not the…the Ku Klux Klanner\, but the white moderate\, ” Leader: Rev. Richard Mosley\n\nApril 19 – “The Things that Make for Peace.” These words came from Jesus as he wept over Jerusalem. What makes for peace as we weep over Gaza\, Venezuela\, Cuba\, Ukraine\, Iran\, and ICE brutality Leader: Dan Owens.\n\nApril 26 – “How does social justice happen?” Searching from a theological\, spiritual autobiographical\, and academic perspective. Aiming to understand how the church can address social justice in society. Leader: Andrew Dillon.\n\nMay 3 – “Institute for Therapy Through the Arts (ITA).” Learning how Evanston’s ITA helps individuals through art\, dance/movement\, drama\, music\, and theater therapies. “Where words alone are not enough\, the arts can often help.” Leader: Jeff Wolfe\, ITA CEO. In Room M on this day only.\n\nMay 10 – “The Original Mother’s Day Declaration” by Julia Ward Howe in 1870. She called on mothers of all nations to stop the killing. We will lift up all kinds of mothers in a variety of circumstances. Leader: Pastor Britt Cox\,\n\nMay 17 – “The Clark Street Bird Sanctuary.” In two parts. Come to either or both. At 8 am: A Nature Walk in the Sanctuary at the lake. Binoculars welcome. At 9:15 am: A presentation in the church dining room on how people turned Northwestern’s destruction of a natural area into a sanctuary. Leaders: Julie Dorfman and Jerry Herst\, initial stewards of the sanctuary.\n\nMay 24 – “Living with Friends and Foes.” How to protect ourselves from the new variant of mosquitoes in ways that don’t harm bees and butterflies\, and how we can best care for the bees around us. Includes action steps to advocate for change at a corporate and governmental level to better protect our pollinators. Leaders: Judith Campbell and the Earth Care Committee
URL:https://faithatfirst.org/event/social-justice-intersections-sunday-school/2026-04-26/
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