Webinars

Date & Time: Oct 24, 9:30 -11am EST
Panelists: Kim Vaz-Deville, Kate (DeConinck) Gibeault, and Abel R. Gómez
Moderator: Harold D. Morales

Our Good Life Project seeks to illuminate collaborative paths toward community flourishing and improved quality of life in our cities. Through collaborative work, and with generous support from Morgan State University and the Henry Luce Foundation, the Center for Religion and Cities supports projects across the US. This webinar seeks to share lessons learned from projects in San Diego on pets by Kate (DeConinck) Gibeault, in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Black Masking traditions by Kim Vaz-Deville, and in San Francisco on Two-Spirit communities by Abel R. Gómez. 

Date & Time: Sep 26 at 11am-1pm EST
Panelists: Michelle Bostic, Rebecca Potts, Lisa Beyeler-Yvarra
Moderator: Harold D. Morales

In 2022, the Center for Religion and Cities received a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to explore the health of social/organizational infrastructures. This webinar considers religion as an infrastructural project. Infrastructures constitute the media that organize everyday life and the physical objects and technologies that make up our world. The participants in this panel discuss the various ways religions materialize as the nebulous architectures and formal networks that create urban landscapes and are created, in turn, by the spaces they inhabit.

In this webinar, scholars and practitioners discuss issues faced by congregations struggling to maintain their buildings. Learn what to avoid and identify proactive steps your community can take to align your vision and resources in rapidly changing urban environments. The webinar was organized and co-sponsored by Harold Morales at Morgan State University’s Center for Religion and Cities, Marquisha Scott at University of Denver and the CRC, Cailin McGough at Cap Ex Advisory Group, and Katie Day at Partners for Sacred Spaces, and includes invited guest speakers from Baltimore’s Lovely Lane United Methodist Church who recently completed a first phase of renovations.