The National Collaborative on Faith and Disability 2015 Webinar SERIES (Collaborative on Faith and Disability)


While many agencies providing services and supports recognize the right to religious freedom, they seldom include spirituality in individual planning. Nor do they often help people participate in the spiritual activities or religious communities of their choice and/or tradition. Individuals and their families also often face a mixed response from congregations, even though many congregations and faith networks have established model programs and strategies for including people with disabilities.

This webinar series from Collaborative on Faith and Disability explores these dynamics and include the following on-demand webinars:

The mission of the Collaborative on Faith and Disability is to support people with disabilities, their families, and those who support them by providing national and international leadership in the areas of research, education, service, and dissemination related to disability, religion, and inclusive supports.

 


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Presbyterian Churches and Solar Energy (Presbyterian Church )


In this on-demand webinar, five PC(USA) congregations share stories and photos of their solar panels at church, including how they made the decision to invest in solar, how they financed their project, what benefits they’ve experienced, and what other energy efficiency measures they completed.
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Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.

Sanctuary: Frequently Asked Questions (Insurance Board)


Heather Kimmel, General Counsel for the United Church of Christ, addresses the current interest of faith communities in operating as sanctuary churches, the legal risks, and ways churches can minister to undocumented persons.
 
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Human Rights: The Rights of Refugees (Amnesty International)


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Across the world, barriers are growing. Every day people fleeing war and persecution find the door slammed in their face.

Refugees have human rights. What are these rights? Who is responsible for upholding and protecting them? How can we hold them to account?

This short course will enable you to find the answers and empower yourself to defend and promote the rights of refugees and discover how you can be part of the solution.

Learn from the experts, campaigners and activists at Amnesty International how to identify human rights violations and to claim, defend and promote the human rights of refugees.

You will be challenged to think critically and interact with participants. Together you will learn how to empower yourselves to create change.

Be prepared for active learning, connecting with course participants from across the world and to become part of a global community campaigning for the rights of refugees to be upheld everywhere.

The course is also available in French and Spanish.

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Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.

Food Security and Sustainability – SERIES (Wageningen University and Research Centre)


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How is it possible that the world currently produces enough food for everyone, but still people suffer from hunger and nutrient deficiencies? How to produce sufficient food in an environmentally sustainable way to feed the increased world population in the future?

In this Environmental Studies XSeries from the Wageningen University and Research Centre, you will learn about the principles of food production, the sustainability of food production systems and the actors and their roles in mediating access to food at international, national, local, household and individual level.

The courses include:

Food Security and Sustainability: Crop production
Learn the basics of crop production in order to feed the world and preserve our planet’s resources.

Food Security and Sustainability: Systems thinking and environmental sustainability
Learn how to apply systems thinking to improve the environmental sustainability of food production systems.

Food Security and Sustainability: Food Access
Who decides what food is on your plate? Understand the basics of access to food and food decision-making from a multilevel perspective.

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Human Rights (Curtin University)


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Enrich your understanding of human rights ideas and practices at local, national and international levels throughout this series of three courses about Human Rights – in one package from Curtin University.  This package includes:

Human Rights Theory and Philosophy
Explore what is meant by human rights through learning about the development of the conventional understanding of universal human rights as well as some of the major critiques of the concept.

Human Rights and Development
Discover why a critical understanding of development is paramount to addressing poverty, inequality, climate change, indigenous rights and issues of social justice.

Activism, Advocacy and Change
Learn about the role of social movements, advocacy groups and activism in bringing about social change.

The series is multidisciplinary and will benefit anyone wanting to begin or advance their career across a broad range of disciplines. Gaining an awareness of contemporary issues in human rights is important in professions such as education, health, law, religion, social work and development work, both in the public and private sector.

You can also benefit from human rights knowledge in a voluntary capacity, advocating social justice, peace or building a sustainable future.

Learn more about this online class about Human Rights


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Follow Jesus on the Way to Justice (Center for Progressive Renewal)


on-demand-webinar-follow-jesus-justiceFor “doers” in our congregations, it is often difficult to connect the sometimes individualized season of Lent with the communal struggle for justice and social transformation. In this on-demand webinar you will join Rev. Dr. Lindsay Andreolli-Comstock, Executive Director of the Beatitudes Society, to explore the connections between Lent and social justice.

Come discover best practices for engaging new movements with authenticity and challenging the powers that be in your community.

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The Moral Imperative of Climate Change (Metropolitan Community Church)


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The study of climate change is developing very quickly. Significant new information is coming out—literally—every day. This on-demand webinar explains the basics, but it also mixes in some new information to help to provide viewers with an understanding of the world and our future.

 

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webinar-climate-change-stephen-wagenerPresenter: Dr. Stephen Mitchell Wagener

Dr. Mitch Wagener teaches climate ecology, entomology, and related courses at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. His research interests include the impact of historical events—such as the Industrial Revolution—on the environment.

Mitch began life in the Midwest, growing up a barefoot boy in the Ozarks and attending high school in Branson, Missouri—before it became so famous. After graduating from the University of Missouri with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife, he moved to Fairbanks, Alaska to attend graduate school. Mitch received a masters degree in Stream Ecology and a doctorate in Soil Ecology during his 13 years in Alaska. There, too, he met the lovely Rita Kabali, a native of Uganda, East Africa, to whom he has now been married 33 years. They have two lively daughters, Rohanna 27 (a history teacher in an inner-city middle school) and Danika 19 (a student at Ithaca College). Mitch enjoys—among other things—watching his daughter play lacrosse and explaining climate change to the public.

Ph.D. Soil Ecology. August 1995. University of Alaska Fairbanks.
M.S. Stream Ecology. December, 1984. University of Alaska Fairbanks.
B.S. cum laude. Fisheries and Wildlife. May, 1981. University of Missouri, Columbia.

 

 

 

Extreme Prejudice (Southern Poverty Law Center)


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Source: Teaching Tolerance

 

Lack of education about religious diversity has left students—particularly Muslim and Sikh students—vulnerable to bias and bullying by classmates and teachers who don’t understand the full context of religious extremism. This hostility can make it difficult for students to learn and even puts their physical safety in jeopardy. Expanding your students’ knowledge of world religions—and the diversity that exists within them—is critical to combating these dangerous stereotypes and fostering empathy in the school community. This on-demand webinar is from the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding and it explores strategies that can help you teach about extremism accurately and safely, such as discussing extremism across multiple religions, examining the economic and political contexts in which extremism arises, highlighting religious peacemakers and empowering your students to make their school more inclusive.
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Religious Freedom and LGBT Equality (Southern Poverty Law Center)


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Source: Teaching Tolerance

 

This on-demand webinar demonstrated classroom activities that can engage students in understanding primary sources, recognizing patterns and trends across time, and evaluating how some religious freedom claims contribute to the backlash against the advancement of LGBT rights. Special guest speaker was David Dinielli, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s LGBT Rights Project.

 

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