Program for Spring 2003
Greenfield Group Spring 2003
Program Committee: Susan Suchocki Brown, Anita Farber-Robertson, Bill Gardiner, and Josh Pawelek
Theme: The Social Construction of Whiteness - historical, personal, theological, institutional, etc.
Anchor: Paul Mueller
Monday
3:00pm Check in: Be on Time to respect the disciplines of the Group.
5:15- 5:30pm to 6:00pm Happy Hour
6:00pm Dinner time
Grace (Vice Moderator fills these, that is Frank Carpenter)
7:00pm Program: Major Paper – “White Identity from a Historical
Perspective”
Presenter: Bill Gardiner
Respondent: Kendra Ford
9:30pm Chapel Greg Chute
Chapel is not to be related to the theme and should be uplifting in nature. It is usually about 20 minutes. Provide your own music and or chalice, candles, etc.
Tuesday
7:30am Chapel Ann Fox
Chapel is not to be related to the theme and should be uplifting in nature. It is usually about 20 minutes. Provide your own music and or chalice, candles, etc.
9:00am- 10:45am Major Paper “The Current Construction of
Whiteness” (aprox. 20+ pages)
Presenter: Will Saunders
Respondent: Josh Pawelek
11:00am – 12:00 Round table discussion- “Re-shaping White Identity Institutional and Personal
Nananne Gowdy, Tom Chulak, Tracy Sprowls, Charles Stephens (if not on Sabbatical, if he is another person will be chosen)
12:00 – 3:00pm Lunch and free time
Grace:
3:00pm - 5:00pm Resume convocation with Genealogies discussion and small group discussion led by Anita Farber- Robertson and Josh Pawelek. ‘Race and racism, where your people came from and how does or does this effect and or inform your ministry?’
5:00pm - 5:30 pm Happy Hour
5:30pm Dinner
Grace
7:00pm Change of Pace- Brian Kopke
9:30pm Chapel- Frank Carpenter
Chapel is not to be related to the theme and should be uplifting in nature. It is usually about 20 minutes. Provide your own music and or chalice, candles, etc.
Wednesday
7:30am Chapel- Gail Seavey
Chapel is not to be related to the theme and should be uplifting in nature. It is usually about 20 minutes. Provide your own music and or chalice, candles, etc.
9:00am - 10:00 am Continued discussion about the social construct of whiteness- institutional, congregational effects and issues of accountability
10:00am Business meeting- Lucinda Duncan
IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED READING- BRING WITH YOU, AS COMPLETE AND AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE, YOUR PERSONAL AND FAMILIAL GENEAOLOGY, THIS WILL FORM THE BASIS FOR THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON DISCUSSION.