Current Affairs

Resources from Twila Smith:

• 2018 resolution of General Convention which established the recent Task Force on Disability and Deaf Access: https://www.episcopalarchives.org/sites/default/files/gc_resolutions_2018/2018-D097.pdf
  

• The Episcopal Conference of the Deaf: ecdeaf.org
  

• Task Force on Disability & Deaf Access-report-2021
  

Resources from Fiona MacMillan:

• Calling from the Edge – Fiona MacMillan and Samuel Wells (Plough, November 2021) https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/politics/human-rights/calling-from-the-edge

• Inclusive Church is an education charity in the UK which works to end exclusion in churches. Free downloadable resources from the website include small group courses on Radical Welcome and one exploring Disability, Mental Health, Poverty, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality.

• In partnership with St Martin in the Fields it also co-hosts the annual conference on disability and church, and resources and materials from 10 years of conferences on disability and church. https://www.inclusive-church.org

• Calling from the Edge (2017) is a publication of ideas and calls to the church from the first five years of conferences on disability & church, a partnership between St Martin in the Fields and Inclusive Church.

• Something Worth Sharing (2019) introduces ideas & practical resources for creating change – Sarah Mullally, Sam Wells, June Boyce-Tillman, Ann Memmott, Emily Richardson, Tim Goode & Fiona MacMillan (ed)

• Both free to download - https://www.inclusive-church.org/disability

• Shut In Shut Out Shut Up series - HeartEdge. Disabled-led conversations on disability and church. Details here for the three sessions on Ableism and Church across context, culture and practice. Recommended resources: https://www.heartedge.org/main/news/post/506-shut-in-shut-out-shut-up-resources and the recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO43Y1gJDjYT5iOQlxc3vpRbo8EfFWU8

Book chapters

• Chapter in Disability: An Inclusive Church Resource - John Hull et al (ed Bob Callaghan DLT 2014)
• St Luke's Day (chapter) in Liturgy on the Edge (ed Samuel Wells, Canterbury 2018) describes how disabled people wrote and led a Eucharist & healing service, with a 'how to' and an example service.
• Recentring Disability (chapter) in Flourishing in a Time of Pandemic (ed Samuel Wells, Canterbury 2021)

Resources from Dr. Sharon V. Betcher - Independent Scholar:

1. "Liberative Theologies of Disability," in Miguel de la Toree, ed., Introducing Liberative Theologies (Orbis, 2015):232-250;
2. Spirit and the Politics of Disablement (Fortress 2007)
3. Spirit and the Obligation of Social Flesh (Fordham 2014)
4. "Rupturing the Concoporeal Commons: On the Psychocultural Symptom of 'Disability' as Life Resentment," in Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre, C Keller and E Ortega-Aponte, eds., Common Goods (Fordham, 2015): 365-385.

Civil Discourse Curriculum

Additional Resources:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-021-00237-5

From the Workshop:

• The post-session survey link - everyone should please fill it out if you haven't already: http://bit.ly/CPP-Micro-Post
• The scenario that we built together, so you can pick up right where we left off: https://en-roads.climateinteractive.org/scenario.html?v=2.7.39&p208=2&p209=1&p211=1&p16=-0.02&p30=-0.03&p39=50&p42=100&p43=2030&p47=3.2&p50=2.8&p53=2.8&p55=3&p57=-4.6&p60=-57&p61=-57&p63=9.1&p235=0.5&p65=52&p74=46
• To become an En-ROADS Ambassador and facilitate workshops like this in your own context: https://www.climateinteractive.org/tools/en-roads/en-roads-trainings/

Additional Resources:

(1) The Transition Pathway Initiative - This is an easier to use tool which lets you look at specific companies: https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org

(2) CDP lists corporate environmental leaders: https://www.cdp.net/en/articles/media/companies-worth-15-trillion-revealed-on-cdp-2020-a-list-of-environmental-leaders

(3) The 2 Degrees Investing Initiative is a more complicated tool to employ: https://2degrees-investing.org/resource/pacta/

(4) CIG’s website: www.churchinvestment.org

Workshop Slides: Click Here

Additional Resources:

• “Slay the Dragon” movie https://www.slaythedragonfilm.com/

• Civil discourse resources from the Office of Government Relations https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/office-government-relations/civil-discourse/

• Sign up for alerts from the Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN) https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/office-government-relations/eppn-sign-up/

Resources from Rebecca Theobald:

• GeoCivics resources on redistricting https://geocivics.uccs.edu/

Resources from Simone Leeper:

• Redistricting in All 50 States https://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/redistricting-systems-a-50-state-overview.aspx

• DemocracyU educational resources from the CLC https://campaignlegal.org/democracyu

Resources on Michigan from Heather Barta:

• VNP https://votersnotpoliticians.com

• Story of Prop 2 in MI https://votersnotpoliticians.com/redistricting/

Questions from Heather Barta:

• Why should we do this? Because being involved in our communities is part of our call as Christian
• How are districts drawn – from local to federal level?
• Whose voice isn’t being heard?
• How can you use your power in the system to effect change and fairness?

Resources:

“Conflict as Communion” - Kyle Lambelet

AFRECS Slide Presentation

CEEP Network in partnership with HeartEdge Network present: