{"id":21868,"date":"2022-06-08T09:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ravenfoundation.org\/?page_id=21868"},"modified":"2023-04-12T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T20:38:19","slug":"2020-collaborators-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ravenfoundation.org\/2020-collaborators-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborators Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Collaborators Conference<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Collaborators Conference for the Flourishing of Nonviolent Christianity was a one-time online event fostering learning, empowerment, and community in August of 2020. This conference was presented by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ravenfoundation.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Raven Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/theologyandpeace.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theology &amp; Peace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the course of five days, the Collaborators Conference combined keynote presentations, panels, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities to empower participants with actionable tools and resources to help make positive changes in our communities and strengthen faith. Keynote speakers and panelists include members of the mimetic theory community and nonviolent Christianity movement who are actively enacting change in their spheres of influence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are excited to make these recordings from the conference available to the public!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Kevin Miller | Deconstructing Deconstruction&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/MXwlGM6-mXc&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are we living through unprecedented times? Or are we going through a cycle that has happened before? Drawing on Watchmen, Cold War history, Richard Rohr, Ren\u00e9 Girard, the musical Hamilton, and the Bible, Kevin offers insights into what it will take for real change to happen.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Welcome to the Collaborators Conference \/ Q&amp;A with Kevin Miller&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/5UfSak-jT3w&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suzanne Ross (Raven Foundation Co-Founder) and Preston Shipp (Head of Theology &amp; Peace) welcome attendees and kick off the 2020 Collaborators Conference! The welcome is followed by a live Q&amp;A with Kevin Miller, moderated by Shannon Mullen.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;James Alison | Toward A Girardian Reading of the Book of Revelation&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/Fxoc7TcBtM8&#8243;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Girard himself never attempted a sustained reading of the Book of Revelation. Nevertheless his insights, furnished with the ever greater understanding we have of the \u201ccodes\u201d (or \u201cimaginary world\u201d proper to those associated with the Jerusalem Temple in the years leading up to and surrounding its destruction in 70 AD) do give us a sense of how misleading it has been to read our sense of what is \u201capocalyptic\u201d into the world of the \u201cApocalypse of St. John.\u201d James Alison explores how the vision shared with John helps us read the violence of our own times.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Panel with James Alison &amp; Kevin Miller&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/HDsKkZCRi-E&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A live Zoom Panel with Kevin Miller and James Alison, moderated by Sue Wright.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Julia Robinson Moore | The Church Has Left the Building: Racism &amp; Religion in the time of COVID-19&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/TekjTrJvBwQ&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does a Christ-centered conversation around structural inequality and systemic injustice look like? With the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic as its context, this keynote presents a model of non-violent Christianity for those in the Body of Christ who seek solutions to societal injustice and healing from abusive forms of Christianity. <\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Rebecca Adams | What is \u2018Good\u2019 or \u2018Loving\u2019 Mimesis? Understanding Different Models of Mimetic Desire for Creative Outcomes&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/LB4WEtUjOWY&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Ren\u00e9 Girard is known primarily as a theorist of violence, his mimetic theory contains resources for imagining beneficial forms of mimesis. In this keynote, Rebecca Adams discusses Girard\u2019s concept of mimetic desire \u2013 its history, controversies, and the implications around what Girard calls \u201cpositive\u201d mimesis. Adams then poses further constructive models of mimetic desire that Griard does not explicitly discuss, but which actually strengthen the claims of his theory.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Panel with Rebecca Adams &amp; Julia Robinson Moore&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/iXmVCbfW_Ak&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A live Zoom Panel with Julia Robinson Moore and Rebecca Adams, moderated by Lindsey Paris-Lopez.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Concert Performance: Audrey Assad&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<b><i>Due to copyright restrictions, the recording of this concert is not available for public viewing.<\/i><\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acclaimed musician and 2019 Raven Award Winner Audrey Assad performed an exclusive concert performance (\u201cincluding \u201cYour Peace Will Make Us Whole\u201d and a brand new song), interspersed with her personal experiences and stories.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Panel with Audrey Assad &amp; David Dark&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/shNCbDdO6RM&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A live Zoom Panel with Audrey Assad and David Dark, moderated by Preston Shipp.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;David Dark | Beloved Community and Guilty Pleasures and Robot Soft Exorcism&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/dlZhRhfiBg4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Dark uses story and humor to illuminate a path into beloved community. Taking on toxic images of God, David invites us to be more merciful to ourselves and to find the grace to extend that mercy to others, even those we consider obstacles to beloved community.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Adam Ericksen | Crashing Into the Future: The Church and Technology Beyond COVID-19&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/WsCpDW6UhLo&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worshiping <\/span><\/i><b><i>not<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> physically together is weird and hard for people. But this is part of the future of the Church. Adam walks us through how he uses Facebook for worship and to get the message of nonviolent Christianity out to the public. In a breakout session following the presentation, participants explore the following questions: Does your congregation use social media for worship? What has been most effective? What hasn\u2019t worked? What might you do differently? How do you do communion?<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Q&amp;A with David Dark &amp; Adam Ericksen | Closing Remarks&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/xJ8UUn57WnU&#8221;][vc_column_text]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q&amp;A discussion with David Dark, moderated by Adam Ericksen, followed by closing remarks from Suzanne Ross and Preston Shipp.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Collaborators Conference The Collaborators Conference for the Flourishing of Nonviolent Christianity was a one-time online event fostering learning, empowerment, and community in August of 2020. This conference was presented by The Raven Foundation and Theology &amp; Peace. 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