Student Engagement in Climate Justice
Hein-Fry Book of Faith Challenge
Kaylie H. Ines, the first graduate from the PLTS Concentration in Climate Justice and Faith was selected to present her internship project for the Hein-Fry Book of Faith Challenge. Her project – begun as a directed study for the Concentration – is entitled: “Hope Remains: A Creation Care Faith Study”.
PLTS students in Climate Justice and Faith concentration speak at Faiths 4 Climate Justice
In Fall 2021, PLTS students Julie Gerrish, Rayjenee Roberts, and Tori Valcarcel spoke about a Lutheran perspective on climate justice at a Faiths 4 Climate Justice interfaith event overlooking oil refineries in Contra Costa County, CA.
PLTS students join ‘Rise for Climate’ march in San Francisco
PLTS students join ‘Rise for Climate’ march in San Francisco
Climate Change, Gender Justice, and the Power of Art series
PLTS student in the Concentration in Climate Justice and Faith, Julie Gerrish, worked with the Women’s Studies in Religion project at the Graduate Theological Union and the Center for Arts & Religion to organize an online event series, “Climate Change, Gender Justice, and the Power of Art” in Spring 2021. Click here to view the inaugural event.
Lutheran Wave of Prayer for Climate Justice
As part of the GreenFaith Sacred People, Sacred Earth Day of Action, The Center for Climate Justice and Faith joined alongside people of all faith backgrounds to pray for climate justice. In Partnership with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, Lutherans Restoring Creation, and the Lutheran World Federation, PLTS student in the Concentration in Climate Justice and Faith student, Tori Valcarcel, organized the Lutheran community to join together in prayer.
