University of Wisconsin Memorial Union (Tripp Commons and other locations) Co-sponsored by WE International, Mad City Church, New College Madison, and the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Contemporary Issues Program.
Friday, November 4, 1:00-6:00 p.m. and
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am – 5:30 p.m.
It is our hope that through the Justice Forum, individuals and churches would be informed, mobilized and equipped to respond to issues of injustice in the nations with awareness, humility, and action.
Friday, Nov. 4
(Tripp Commons, UW Memorial Union & 3650 Humanities)
2:00 p.m. Registration, Displays, Book Table
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Introduction: David Lippiatt, WE International and Vern Visick, New College Madison
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Plenary Session I: Bethany Hanke, International Justice Mission, “The Problem: Exploitation of Children Around the World”
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Dinner (on your own)
6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Film: "Born Into Brothels", with a question & answer session with Zana Briski, Director of the movie (3650 Humanities Building)
Saturday, Nov. 5 (Check Today in the Union for locations [TITU])
10:00 a.m. Coffee, Refreshments, Displays
10:45 a.m.- 11:45 p.m. Breakout sessions I
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions II
3:00 - 4 p.m. Plenary Session II: Rob Morris, Justice for Children International, Successes and Failures; The Campaign to Eliminate Child Trafficking”
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Coffee break
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Ron Sider, “You Can Change the World”
• Child Porn • Poverty and the Exploitation of Children
• American Cultural Values and the Exploitation of Children (Vern Visick)
• Worldwide Trafficking in Children (Rob Morris)
• Child Soldiers (as seen in the video Invisible Children) (David Lippiatt)
• The Sexual Exploitation of Children (Mary Molstad, LCSW)
• Infanticide and the Bias Against Female Children
• Undoing the Damage: An Overview of Therapies for Children (Phyllis Kilbourn)
• The Roles of Government, NGO’s, and the Church in Protecting Children (Bethany Hanke) • A Lifestyle of Justice and Mercy (Heidi Williams)
• Adults Saving Kids, a practical church-based project in the upper Midwest
Zana Briski is the director of the Academy Award-winning film Born Into Brothels, a feature documentary about the children of Calcutta’s prostitutes. In 2002 Zana created Kids with Cameras, a non-profit organization to empower marginalized children through learning the art of photography.
Ronald J. Sider is President of Evangelicals for Social Action and Director of the Sider Center on Ministry and Public Policy at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. A widely known speaker and writer, Ron has spoken on six continents, published 27 books, and is the publisher of PRISM magazine and a contributing editor of Christianity Today and Sojourners.
Rob Morris is President and Co-founder of Justice For Children International (www.jfci.org). JFCI works toward the abolition of child sex trafficking through advocacy, prevention, and aftercare. Rob travels internationally as a speaker and teacher and is part of the Axiom missional church community in New Haven, CT.
Bethany Hanke is the Education Program Manager at International Justice Mission. IJM is an international human rights agency that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery, and oppression. Bethany received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
