{"id":11637,"date":"2025-01-15T17:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=11637"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:28:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:28:58","slug":"revolutionary-love-augsburg-university-interfaith-symposium-to-feature-valarie-kaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/15\/revolutionary-love-augsburg-university-interfaith-symposium-to-feature-valarie-kaur\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary Love: Augsburg University Interfaith Symposium to Feature Valarie Kaur"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Valarie<\/a>
Photo by Jiro Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Augsburg University will offer its third annual Interfaith Symposium at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 27, 2025, featuring visionary civil rights leader Valarie Kaur. The Interfaith Symposium<\/span><\/a> is an annual invitation to students and community members to learn about religious, spiritual, and worldview diversity and connect with exceptional interfaith leaders. This event is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaur\u2019s keynote address, \u201cRevolutionary Love Is the Call of Our Times,\u201d will draw on her work to inspire and equip people to build beloved community through the Revolutionary Love Project<\/span><\/a> she founded. Rooted in the belief that an ethic of love is essential to birthing a healthy, multi-racial democracy and a sustainable planet, the Revolutionary Love Project produces educational tools, training courses, artwork, films, music, and mass mobilizations to empower citizens from all walks of life to harness love as a force for justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, and educator, Kaur has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories and change policy on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. A daughter of Punjabi Sikh farmers in California, she lifts up her vision for America in her acclaimed TED Talk and #1 LA Times bestseller, \u201cSee No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love<\/span><\/a>.\u201d She is also the author of \u201cSage Warrior<\/span><\/a>\u201d and a children\u2019s book, \u201cWorld of Wonder<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cValarie’s message of revolutionary love is critically important at this time,\u201d said Najeeba Syeed, El-Hibri Endowed Chair and executive director of Interfaith at Augsburg. \u201cIn particular, I look forward to the ideas she will offer our students to address social justice issues that impact their daily lives through coalition building strategies that she has used throughout her own career as a human rights lawyer and activist.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the keynote address, a luncheon and panel discussion will take place at 12 p.m., featuring conversation with Ted Chen, vice president for equity, culture, and learning, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies; Tamara Gray, founder and chief spirituality officer, Rabata; and Anantanand Rambachan, professor emeritus of religion, St. Olaf College. A limited number of seats will be available for $35. Sign up for the luncheon waiting list through the event registration link.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

About Interfaith at Augsburg<\/span><\/h4>\n

Situated in a neighborhood home to numerous immigrant communities and with an increasingly diverse student body, Augsburg University is uniquely positioned to facilitate building bridges in a polarized world. Augsburg\u2019s commitment to interfaith engagement is central to its mission, identified as a key outcome of its strategic plan, and rooted in its Lutheran theological heritage. Through interfaith education and intentional opportunities to strengthen interreligious communication, understanding, and relationships, Augsburg\u2019s Interfaith Institute advances peacebuilding on campus, in the community, and beyond. Learn more at augsburg.edu\/interfaith.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Augsburg University will offer its third annual Interfaith Symposium at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 27, 2025, featuring visionary civil rights leader Valarie Kaur. The Interfaith Symposium is an annual invitation to students and community members to learn about religious, spiritual, and worldview diversity and connect with exceptional interfaith leaders. This event is free and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":11638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3235,3231,3232],"tags":[3409,4026,4049],"class_list":["post-11637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-media-advisories","category-on-campus","tag-interfaith","tag-interfaith-at-augsburg","tag-interfaith-symposium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11639,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11637\/revisions\/11639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}