WHEN WOMEN LEAD…
2017 PANAAWTM Conference, Methodist Theological School of Ohio
(Columbus, Ohio)
March 23rd to 25th, 2017
Schedule
Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
2:00 PM Arrival/ Registration (Methodist Theological School of Ohio)
5:30 PM Dinner (Guest House, Dewire Residence Hall Common Room)
7:00 PM Greetings from President Jay Rundell at Methodist Theological School of Ohio
Plenary Session (Centrum)
Moderator: Dr. Grace Yia-Hei Kao (Claremont School of Theology)
Panelists: Dr. Kwok Pui-Lan (Episcopal Divinity School)
Dr. Seung Ai Yang (Chicago School of Theology)
Rev. Dr. Mai Anh Le Tran (Eden Theological Seminary)
8:30 PM Reception
●Ride to hotel at 9:30 PM
Friday, March 24th, 2017
7:20 AM—8:30 AM Board Meeting at Chapel G145
●Ride to campus from hotel at 9:00 AM and 9:15 AM
8:30 AM—9:20 AM Breakfast (Dunn Dining Hall)/ At Hotel
9:30 AM—10:30 AM Morning Ritual, Introduction/Su Yon Pak, Kristen Chong,
Nora Cunningham, Lisa Cunningham Pratt
10:30 AM—12:00 PM Panel Discussion: Women and Leadership (Centrum)
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee
Panelists: Rev. Dr. Valerie Bridgeman
(Methodist Theological School of Ohio)
Rev. Linda Morgan-Clemente (Lawrence College)
Dr. Tamar Wasoian
The Rev. Kyungja Oh (Bexley Seabury Seminary)
12:00 PM—1:00 PM Lunch (Dunn Dining Hall)
1:00 PM—2:00 PM Interest Group Meetings (G133, G228)
Board Meeting (G151)
Free Time
2:00 PM—3:30 PM Workshops I
- Self-Care Through Narrating Yourself (AHyun Lee at G142)
This workshop is designed with Narrative therapeutic approach for empowering the psychological strength of self-care. This methodology is developed by Michael White and David Epston, Narrative therapy theory. They emphasize the importance claiming the storytelling right over our own life. During this worship, participants are going to use a visual metaphor in which a tree represents their lives and the various elements that make it up–past, present, and future. Through reflecting participants’ life stories, they are not only able to discover or rediscover their strength of self-care shaped by the past, but also they can begin to actively engage with other supporting systems in your relationship. It will lead them to seek the kind of person they want to be moving forward and create new horizon in their future
- Clinical Context, God’s Sanctuary, Your Ministry - Making Curing Whole (Yoke Lye Kwong at G157)
In this workshop, we will explore the intimate connection of medicine and spirituality, science and faith. How does this connection contribute to the process of wholeness for those who bear the pains of trauma, grief and pains resulted by physical and mental illnesses?
A case discussion will be provided at the workshop. A vignette will be discussed with participants.
- Advocacy in Theological Education and Beyond
(Jessica Kawamura at G133)
In the current social and political climate, how do we as Asian and AAPI women lead as advocates? How do we answer God’s call to prophecy so often tied to the development of theologies that speak in our own voices? This workshop will be an opportunity to share stories and exchange ideas on how we can lead strategically, particularly from locations of marginality and intersectionality. We will engage in conversation about the challenges of this work and brainstorm next steps.
4. Theological Education in China from A Woman’s Perspective (Qirui Chen at G228)
Having been teaching for ten years at East China theological Seminary Shanghai China, I have found theological education is significant for women in the Church in China. First, the number of student women at seminary is larger than men. Subsequently, the quality of theological education women received will directly influence their nurturing church members in future. Second, I will present what the women students at my seminary think of their mission and how they perform in my class. And then I will give reflections on the theological education based on my teaching experience at seminary.
3:45 PM—5:15 PM Workshop II
- Mandela Drawing, Contemplation (K. Christine Pae at G142)
Relax and focus on what is going on inside your mind. Quiet your thinking mind by drawing and coloring your chosen mandelas. This workshop using mandela drawing and coloring as ways to contemplative prayer and meditation.
2. Publication (Kwok Pui-Lan at G228)
This workshop will discuss strategies for publishing an article and a book. We will also discuss the vocation of a writer, writing skills, editing, and receiving feedback. The topics discussed will be based on the interests of participants of the workshop.
3. A Frank Talk about PhD Admissions and the Academic Job Market (Grace Kao at G151)
Are you thinking about pursuing a doctorate for a career in academe? Do you know about the realities of the job market? In the U.S., for example, the number of part-time faculty on college campuses has increased by 70% over the last 40 years, at the same time that the number of tenure-track positions have decreased by half. We’ll have a frank discussion of whether to pursue a PhD, how best to maximize your chances of getting into a top program, and what realistically to expect, job market wise, when you graduate.
4. Remembrance of the Internment of Japanese Americans During World War II and present issues surrounding racism, immigration, citizenry and faiths (Haruko Nawata Ward at G133)
Workshop participants learn about the history of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s issuance of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942 and subsequent forced incarceration of 12,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, two thirds of whom were American-born citizens, to Japanese American Internment Camps until 1946 without any legal proceedings. They discuss historical issues of anti-Chinese and anti-Asian discrimination, roles that media played to trigger war hysteria, racism and criminalization of a target population, trauma and fragmentation of families, and the church’s silent complacency. They compare this history to analogues situations right after 9/11 as well as under current US presidency, and strategize how Asian American women historians, theologians, ministers and religious leaders might maintain such historical memories for their own formation and teach these memories to younger generation and others for the sake of social justice now. The leader introduces her liturgy created from the texts of Japanese American Internment experiences to be used for conference’s conclusion.
5:30 PM—6:30 PM Dinner (Dunn Dining Hall)
7:00 PM—9:00 PM Gift Exchange and Celebration (Eunbee Ham at G133)
Saturday, March 25th, 2017
7:30 AM—8:20 AM Morning Prayer, Optional (Chapel G145)
8:30 AM—9:20 AM Breakfast (Dunn Dining Hall)
9:30 AM—11:30 AM Participants’ Presentations (Centrum)
Moderator: Rev. Eunbee Ham
Presenters:
Jennie Huang (Texas Christian University, Brite Divinity School)
Ellice Park, M. Div. (Pathways Counselling Center)
Yichen Liang (Boston University)
Elina Otu (Eden Theological Seminary)
Respondents: Jee Hei Park (Fordham University)
Lisa Asedillo Pratt (Drew University)
11:30 AM—12:00 AM Business Meeting (K. Christine Pae, Centrum)
12:00 AM—12:30 PM Closing Ritual (Centrum)
12:30 PM—1:30 PM Lunch (Dunn Dining Hall)
●Departure except those who participate in doctoral students’ seminar
2:00 PM—4:00 PM Doctoral Seminar (G228, G133, G142)
5:00 PM Dinner on Your Own
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