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2012 SWC Annual Meeting
Let Justice Roll!
Our Featured Guests
MIGUEL DE LA TORRE is an associate professor of social ethics and director of the Justice and Peace Institute at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. He specializes in applying a social scientific approach to Latino/a religiosity within this country, liberation theologies in the Caribbean and Latin America, and postmodern/postcolonial social theory. Dr. De La Torre has authored numerous articles and over 14 books, including the award-winning, Reading the Bible from the Margins and Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins.
SANDY SORENSEN is currently the director for the UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries in Washington. Having served in various capacities during her many years with the UCC's national setting, the Rev. Linda Jaramillo, JWM's executive minister says, "Sandy has solid and diverse advocacy and organizing experience which is based in her faithful understanding of justice."
PAUL SHERRY is the director of the Washington D.C. office of Interfaith Worker Justice. The president of the United Church of Christ from 1989 to 1999, he is a longtime advocate for economic justice and civil rights. Sherry, along with nearly a dozen other faith community leaders were arrested last July during a prayer vigil urging Congress to exempt from budget cuts programs that assist the poor.
