2018 LREDA Professional Day, June 20 2018, Kansas City, MO

LREDA was proud to welcome the Rev. Deanna Vandiver as our 2017 Professional Day speaker.

Resist and Rejoice: Faith Formation in a Time of Radical Awakening

The Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal is founded and grounded in the values of Unitarian Universalism. This organization has been engaged in praxis experiential relational learning for over a decade and has lots of stories, dreams, and actions to share.

Unitarian Universalism is a faith that calls us to speak and live on the prophetic edge of what is and what is possible in the co-creation of beloved community. Religious Educators are powerful catalysts for systems change.

The Reverend Deanna Vandiver serves as a Co-Director of the Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal. The Center’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for social, economic, environmental, and racial justice through activism, community engagement, and transformational learning. www.celsjr.org In 2012, she was ordained by all three congregations of the Greater New Orleans Unitarian Universalist cluster and serves as a GNOUU Community Minister for the cluster. www.gnouu.org Rev. Vandiver is grateful for the net that works, the love of friends and family, and to be co-creating a world transformed by the power of equity and compassion.

Previous Professional Day Programs

YEAR	SPEAKER	TOPIC & RESOURCES	PLACE
2017	Rev. Deanna Vandiver	Resist and Rejoice: Faith Formation in a Time of Radical Awakening	New Orleans, LA
2016	Carey McDonald	Carey McDonald with Dr. Tony McDonald, Religious Education as a Growth Strategy (download powerpoint)	Columbus, OH
2015	Susan Katz Miller	Interfaith Family Project	Portland, OR
2014	Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed	The Ignored, the Naive and the Innocent: Supporting our Children as They Navigate a Multicultural World (download powerpoint, keynote)	Providence, RI
2013	Excellence in Shared Ministry Task Force	Excellence in Shared Ministry Practices, Final Report	Louisville, KY
2012	Louise Derman-Sparks	Justice GA: Anti-bias education with young children and families	Phoenix, AZ
2011	Dr. Mark Hicks and others	Training and workshops on emerging RE initiatives	Charlotte, NC
2010	Dale McGowan	"Warping and Woofing through the Human Tapestry"	Minneapolis, MN
2009	Rev. Dr. Nancy Crumbine	"Religious Education: The Heartbeat of Our Movement"	Salt Lake City, UT
2008	Joseph Cornell	Finding the Divine in Nature	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2007	Rev. Meg Barnhouse	Your Surly Inner Waitress's Guide to Keeping Your Sanity	Portland, OR