Building a Campus of Mutual Respect:
Gender, Intimacy & Campus Culture
Date: September 23 – 25, 2017
Open to all Lutes
Join a remarkable group of students, staff and faculty as we jointly confront and dismantle personal and cultural patterns of gender conditioning, and together restore reverence across identities. Gender relations are in a state of crisis worldwide, as evidenced by rates of gender-based violence, dating abuse, and sexual exploitation on college campuses. Developed over 24 years and introduced on campuses from South Africa to Colombia, the Gender Reconciliation process draws upon principles and practices from the world’s wisdom traditions to empower students to jointly unravel gender and sexual conditioning without blame or shame, and reclaim mutual harmony, inspiration, and reverence between identities. Open to people of all sexual orientations.
This is a 3-day non-residential workshop.
To RSVP please contact Jennifer Smith at:
smithjb@plu.edu
Location:
TBA
Facilitators
Will Keepin, Ph.D and Rev Cynthia Brix, are co-founders of Gender Reconciliation International. They have facilitated more than 90 gatherings in seven countries for healing and reconciliation between women and men. They are authors of Divine Duality: The Power of Reconciliation between Women and Men (2007) and Women Healing Women (2009). Will and Cynthia are currently leading professional training programs for facilitators of Gender Reconciliation in the United States, South Africa, India, Australia, and Kenya.
John Tsungme Guy, MA, LMHC, is a consultant with Gender Equity and Reconciliation International. He is a psychotherapist, addictions counselor and meditation instructor. John Tsungme earned a BA in Sociology from the University of Nevada and an MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University. From 2003 to 2012 he worked with youth and adults in diverse settings to instill positive lifestyle habits and foster healthy relationships. He joined GRI as a volunteer in 2012 and as a consultant in 2013. John Tsungme is a certified GERI facilitator and is in training as a GERI Trainer.