LGBTQIA2S+

Building Bridges with Fr. James Martin, S.J. (Jan. 30)

January 21, 2023

How the Catholic Church and the LGBTQ Community Can Live Out Gospel Inclusion

Join us for a livestream webinar with national figure Fr. James Martin, SJ, as he explores these and other crucial questions of our time:

Can the Catholic Church build a relationship with LGBTQ Catholics?
Is there a welcoming place for the LGBTQ person in the church?
And what might Jesus have to say about all of this?

Monday, January 30at 4:30 p.m.

Livestream Zoom at uportland.zoom.us/j/91753287064

Free and open to all. If you would like to submit a question to Fr. Martin, please submit by 1/27.

Co-sponsored by Garaventa Center, Student Affairs, Campus Ministry, and OIEDI.

Contact garaventa@up.edu or 503-943-7702 for more info.

BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ Support and Resources

September 30, 2022

Please find information on support and resources available (on-campus and off-campus) for our LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC community on the Health and Counseling Services web site. For questions or more info, contact HCC at hcc@up.edu, x7134.

Our Diversity Center also promotes diversity and inclusion programs (DIP) to engage and educate students and our UP community on issues, topics, and events related to diversity and inclusion. For questions or more info, contact our Diversity Center at oiedi@up.edu.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, presented “Rethinking the Human Person Beyond the Limits of Imago Dei: Insights from the Peripheral World.” A virtual lecture given to students at The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church. Tuesday, October 28, 2024. Aihiokhai also presented: “The Theologian as a Voice of Sacramental Disruption: Embracing a Curious Imagination”; “Theology as a Sacramental Discipline of Disruption: Towards a Pedagogy for a Secular World”; “Holy Disruption: Black Bodies as Sacraments of Transformation.” Sankofa Institute Scholars Meet and Greet Event, Sankofa Institute/Oblate School of Theology. San Antonio, Texas. November 8, 2024.

Anna Myers, Education, presented “Precise Feedback Instruction During Reading Intervention for Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension.” Conference Session at the International Dyslexia Association. Dallas, TX. October, 2024.

Matthew Warshawsky, International Languages and Cultures, presented “‘A Woman So Perfect Keeping the Law’: The Crypto-Jewish Faith of Justa Méndez in Colonial Mexico.” The 34th Annual Conference of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies (presented virtually). October 27, 2024.

David Fuentes, Nursing and Health Innovations, presented “Bridging the Skills across Human and Artificial Intelligence Coaching Strategies to Boost Peer-Coaching & Self-Coaching Skills.” Co-presenter: Dave Houglum, PhD. Lightning Session of the Catholic Higher Education and AI Conference at University of Portland. The session briefly highlighted some of the innovations concerning the use of AI in leadership coaching, practice/training, and coaching ongoing developmental growth. October, 2024. Fuentes also presented: “Using Project Management Methodologies to Align General Education Assessment, Program Review, and Accreditation Simultaneously.”; “Systems-Thinking and Relationship Building to Address Accreditation and Institutional Efficiency.”; “Promoting Institutional Culture through Assessment Policy Development and Maximizing Stakeholder Engagement through Organizational Learning.” Co-presenters: S. Richards and JA Hughes. Assessment Institute in Indianapolis. October, 2024.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, presented nine, one-hour invited leadership presentations for the European Leadership Programme in Brussels, Belgium. Houglum also provided individual leadership coaching sessions to many of the programme’s Fellows and to the staff of the Jesuit European Social Center (JESC). The European Leadership Programme draws emerging leaders from across Europe to participate in a five-month leadership development programme. October 12-16, 2024.

Andrew Eshelman, Philosophy, published “Reflection and Ideal Reasons-Responsiveness.” Special issue of Midwest Studies in Philosophy honoring the work of John Martin Fischer. October 8, 2024.

Jeffrey Gauthier, Philosophy, presented “Prostitution, Harm Reduction, and Male Entitlement” and “Comments on Virginia Moscetti, ‘Contracts and Sexual Promising: A Kantian Perspective.'” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College. November 2, 2024.

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