Ascension Lutheran Church will be a partner site for Trinity Institutes 46th National Theological Conference on Water Justice from March 22 through 24 at the church, 1600 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. <\/p>\n
The conference will provide guidance for churches and individuals wishing to take unified, faith-based action on the front lines of the water justice movement that assures everyone has access to safe and clean drinking water, particularly the poor and marginalized. <\/p>\n
At the conference, activists, scholars, authors and experts will offer guidance on this issue. <\/p>\n
Conference participation is open to anyone interested in a practical, theological perspective on water justice and is ideal for seminarians, students and church leaders. <\/p>\n
The live global conference will be held at Trinity Church in New York City and webcast across the world. As a partner site, Ascension will offer all aspects of the conference, including on-site reflection groups to help participants explore the issue and what they can do about it. <\/p>\n
The speakers at this years conference are former California Sen. Barbara Boxer; Maude Barlow, a former United Nations senior adviser; Winston Halapuais, the archbishop and primate of the Diocese of Polynesia and Aotearoa New Zealand; Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist; Christiania Peppard, an expert on the ethics of fresh water and problems of climate change, social justice and sustainability; and Thabo Makgoba, the archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. <\/p>\n
For information about attending the conference at Ascension, email Stacy Smith at ssmith@alcto.org<\/a>, call (805) 495-0406 or visit http:\/\/www.alcto.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Link:<\/p>\n Ascension hosts global water justice conference - Thousand Oaks Acorn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ascension Lutheran Church will be a partner site for Trinity Institutes 46th National Theological Conference on Water Justice from March 22 through 24 at the church, 1600 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks Continue reading