CRE, Roberson, and SIPE Collaborate with Diocese of Western LA for Environmental Justice
Together with the Roberson Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation and the Sewanee Integrated Program in the Environment (SIPE), CRE is collaborating with the Diocese of Western Louisiana to support environmental justice in central and northeastern Louisiana. Working from the Roberson Project's "Founding Funders" map, the group is cultivating partnerships with organizations working for social and environmental justice in communities to whom we are connected by the University's historical connections with slaveholders.
Click the link to see CRE director Andrew Thompson's 2024 lecture about this collaboration at the SUMMA Theological Debate Camp.
Webinar: Churches and Climate Change after Helene
Hurricane Helene has changed how many people think about the effects of climate change. On October 23, 2024, CRE director Andy Thompson facilitated a discussion with Bishop Brian Cole and Sara McIntyre of Sewanee's Office of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability about the damage the storm caused in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, the shifting calculus of climate resilience, and what churches and communities can do to respond.
