The New Mexico Conference of Churches, the Journey Project (NMCC), Good Medicine Way, and the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery invite you to attend a Symposium on Indigenous Justice and Christian Spirituality on Monday evening and Tuesday, May 18 and 19. This event will take place at Mesa View United Methodist Church, 4701 Mantano Road NW. The leaders of the symposium are: Dr. Casey Church, Sarah Augustine, and Rev. Carol Rose – see bios here.
And here’s the schedule and the registration link: Registration is now open for this important and timely gathering! Free and open to all who come in peace! Meals provided for everyone who registers!
 
Indigenous Justice and Christian Spirituality Symposium – leader bios
 
• Dr. Casey Church (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Southwest Michigan, Bear [mother] and Crane [father] clans) is founder, spiritual leader, Pipe Carrier, and pastor of Good Medicine Way, an Indigenous, intertribal congregation which worships Monday evenings at Mesa View UMC. He resides in Albuquerque.
• Sarah Augustine, an Albuquerque native and Tewa descendant, is co-founder and executive director of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery, author of The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery, and co-author of So We & Our Children May Live: Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis. She resides on the Yakama Indian reservation in the State of Washington.
• Rev. Carol Rose is a Mennonite pastor (retired, most recently interim pastor at Albuquerque Mennonite Church), is a leader of the Oak Flat Committee of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery, and strong supporter of Apache Stronghold in their struggle to protect Oak Flat from destruction by a multinational mining company. She resides in Tucson, AZ.