Schedule

May 28th

6:45 pm: Elders’ Welcome, Land Acknowledgment, and Opening Remarks
7:00 pm: Opening Keynote Address#1: Shadia Qubti: "The Stones Cry Out: Reimagining the Parable of the Sower in Palestinian Theological Context Amid Gaza"
8:15 pm: Reception

May 29th

9:00 am: Coffee & Refreshments
9:15 - 11:00 am: Virtual Keynote Address #2: Munther Isaac presenting on his book Christ in the Rubble. Following responses and Q&A by Jane Barter and Michel Andraos
11:00 - 11:30 am: Break
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Address from Executive of the Middle East & Europe at Global Ministries of the Christian Church and United Church of Christ: Peter Makari on Apartheid-free churches: a denominational journey.
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Lunch (included on-site)
1:30 - 3:00 pm: Panel #1: Settler Colonialism, Christianity, churches, and Christian Zionism: Working Group on Settler Colonialism and Decolonization: Nawel Hamidi, Isaac Friesen, Michaël Séguin, and David Salvador Hernandez.
3:00 - 3:15 pm: Break
3:15 - 4:15 pm: Panel #2: Reimagining Interfaith Relations in Solidarity with Palestine: Diana Ralph, Nadia Abu Zahra, Sandra Ballantyne, and Michel Andraos.
4:15 - 5:30 pm: Allison Tanner: Apartheid-free church pledge and following guided plenary conversation
6:00 pm: Dinner (catered meal)

May 30th

9:00 am: Coffee and Refreshments
9:15 - 10:45 am: Keynote Address #3: Jonathan Kuttab: “Beyond the Two State Solution”
10:45 - 11:15 am: Break
11:15 am - 12:30 pm: Panel #3: Virtual Momodou Taal: Student Movements and Academic Freedom
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 pm: Canadian Friends of Sabeel: “Taking Action: Lessons & Guidance from an Indigenous Ally Toolkit”
2:45 - 3:00 pm: Break
3:00 - 4:15 pm: Panel #4: Colonialism and Gendered Violence: Palestine and the Limits of Feminist and Womanist Theology: Esther McIntosh, Anupama Ranawana and Jane Barter
4:15 - 5:30 pm: Keynote speakers and representatives of sponsoring organizations: What have we heard? Where do we go from here?
6:00 pm: Follow-up evaluations and closing banquet