Here are the highlights of postings this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Mental Health Ministries, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf. Please note that many posts have additional comments and discussion which will not be reflected in these links.
- Bishop's Blog: Creation Care
- Bishop's Blog: Mass
Murder Every Day
AMD
-
DHM/UMCD
- NY Times: On Tech, Hearing aids for the masses
- AP: Disabled nominees hope their moment becomes a movement
- Deaf Link: Kalmunai, Pottuvil, and Ampara
- NY Times: Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign
- Hearing Health & Technology: I love your hearing device
- Atomic Hands: Signing for STEM
- San Antonio Express-News: Let
Texans with disabilities vote privately
DMC
- Brookes Publishing: Inclusion
- Day in the Life: ADA, disability, civil rights movement
- Dakotas Conferece: Circle of Friends ministry
- Holston Conference: Vaccines reach more people through work of churches
- Nursing Clio: Eugenics
- Curb Free: Destinations and disability
- Christian Citizen: Mental
health ministry--beginning with worship
MHM
- Contemplative Monk: Fixing
Events
- Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
- April 24 Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary: Social
Justice, Deacons in ministry
- April 27: Georgetown Disability Alliance: Racism
and Ableism, Exposing the Injustices of our healthcare
systems
- May 5: NCDJ: Book
reading with K. Schneider
- May 17-20: Centre for Public Justice (Canada): Seeking
Justice Together
- DMC Grants, applications open until May 31
- Wesley Seminary is offering the summer course, "Introduction to Disability Ministries and Deaf Ministries" (CM-629-VT). This 2-week virtual course is 5/24-6/4/21. While exploring these justice-related ministries to consider for your ministry setting, graduate credits or CEUs may be earned. The course can be audited as well. Contact Rev. Leo Yates at leoyjr@gmail.com for more information.
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