How do we move from a human-centered worldview to one that places us within the world that we share with the whole community of life?
In this BUSSW Equity & Inclusion Speaker Series Event, Sister Sharon Zayac, OP, co-founder of Jubilee Farm, will discuss how this shift in worldview requires us to learn to think and speak inclusively of creation and acknowledge that who we are and all that we do are intimately interconnected with the whole.
Zayac will explore the idea that our role as humans is to co-create a world where the whole of life might flourish, positing that no one flourishes unless all do, and that this can be the work of both science and faith. She will discuss how understanding our evolutionary story as a scientific and spiritual journey offers us both promise and hope, and how the crises we currently face are opportunities to create the kind of world we want to inhabit.
The discussion will draw from one of Zayac's core beliefs: “As co-creators, each of us is called to midwife [this] world by sharing our passion, our gifts, our dreams with whatever capacity we have.”
1 CE credit will be available to social workers licensed in Massachusetts. Licensed social workers outside of Massachusetts may also receive credit depending on their jurisdiction. If you wish to receive CE credits, please provide your license number in the registration form.
Featured Speaker: Sharon Zayac, OP, Co-Founder of Jubilee Farm
Sharon Zayac is a Dominican Sister and an internationally known thought leader on the interconnection of ecology and spirituality. She is co-founder of Jubilee Farm, her congregation’s 164-acre center for ecology and spirituality in Springfield, Illinois.
Zayac holds degrees in secondary education and hospital administration, as well as a master’s degree in earth literacy from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana. She is an advocate, writer, public speaker and retreat leader, and is particularly interested in the cosmic creation story and our evolving consciousness, and their implications for life and faith.
Accessibility
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The webinar will be conducted using the online Zoom webinar platform. This webinar is open to all members of the BU community including alumni, students, faculty, staff and the public.