Join Rev. Stephanie Perdew, PhD, tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation, ordained UCC minister, and Director of the Damascus Project for three online learning sessions covering Native history and its intersection with the UCC. Topics will include the Doctrine of Discovery, tribal boarding schools, and statements of the UCC General Synod. We will spend some time considering actions and relationships of accompaniment, allyship, and repair.

Tuesday evenings October 6, 13, and 20 from 6:30-8:00 PM CST

Three sessions on Zoom via the Damascus Project Learning Network. Course material will be living on the Learning Network a week before each class.

This course counts for the anti-racism training education requirement for authorized ministers in the Minnesota and Wisconsin Conferences. Wisconsin Conference clergy must have taken Exploring Implicit Bias already for this to be applicable.

Meet Your Instructor:

Rev. Stephanie Perdew, PhD, Director of the Damascus Project and tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation Stephanie has oversight for the vision and curriculum of the Damascus Project, the shared theological learning ministry of the Minnesota and Wisconsin Conferences UCC. She designs and plans courses, recruits instructors, and works with both Conference staffs to create learning and training opportunities that support the needs of congregations, clergy, and UCC members. Stephanie is a lifelong member of the UCC raised in the Nebraska Conference. She holds a BA from St. Olaf College and MDiv and PhD from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in Evanston, Illinois.