BIPI is excited to sponsor of this Student Activities event!
For more information please contact Student Activities Justice Intern Saralyn Salisbury
Proceeds benefit IJM National Office
Place your order with Dalychia_Saah@baylor.edu
JUSTICE SUMMIT
Monday March 21st
12:00 PM: Modern Day Slavery Demonstration, SUB Daniel Plaza Outside
*Counseling Center available to process this demonstration: 254.710.2467
6:00-6:15: Introduction, Barfield Drawing Room
6:15-7:15: Ron Soodalter, Barfield Drawing Room
7:15-7:30: Break, Barfield Drawing Room
7:30-8:15: Break Out Session #1, Barfield Drawing Room
8:15-8:30: Break
8:30-9:15: Break Out Session #2, Barfield Drawing Room
(Tomi Grover; Andy Hein; Art Tonoyan; Anita Johnson)
SPEAKER BIOS:
• Ron Soodalter (keynote speaker, Barfield Drawing Room) is a renowned historian with a B.A. in American History and masters degrees in Education and American Folk Culture. In addition to his two current books – Hanging Captain Gordon and The Slave Next Door – Soodalter’s articles appear frequently in magazines. He has recently written for Smithsonian, Civil War Times, Portland, New York Archives, and True West, and is a featured columnist for America’s Civil War. He is the recipient of the International Regional Magazine Association's 2010 Gold Award. Soodalter is also a well-known public speaker, recently presenting at “The Collective Shout,” an anti-trafficking conference hosted by Love146.
• Dr. Tomi Lee “T.L.” Grover (Baines Room; Title: Human Trafficking in the U.S. - Understanding Advocacy and Engagement Here) serves as an educator and abolitionist with TraffickStop, an anti-trafficking initiative to educate, advocate and engage people on the issues of human trafficking. She actively pursues educating others about the atrocities of exploitation and engages their response in a variety of avenues. T.L. holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work and Ministry-Based Evangelism, and a Master of Arts in Christian Education, from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She serves as an adjunct professor for Dallas Baptist University. T.L. had a twelve year career as a certified telecommunications operator, and was certified as a law enforcement officer, as well as a law enforcement instructor and holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Florida.
• Andy Hein (Fentress Room; Title-TBD) is the Texas Regional Director of Church Mobilization for International Justice Mission. Mr. Hein was ordained and served as a missions mobilization pastor at Saddleback Church for eight years, working to ensure that each of the congregation’s 2,800 small groups embraced and engaged in the P.E.A.C.E. Plan, a global effort to motivate Christians to address the “five global giants” of spiritual emptiness, corrupt leadership, poverty, disease and illiteracy. Mr. Hein joined IJM in 2010 to continue this calling to churches in Southern California and Texas. He teaches that holistic mission includes seeking justice for the poor who suffer abuse and oppression, and that matters of injustice are integral to the church’s missional mandate.
• Artyom H. Tonoyan (Beckham Room; Title: Genocide: Remembrance and Prevention) is a doctoral candidate in Religion, Politics & Society in the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also lectures on nationalism, ethnic conflict, and international human rights. He is completing his dissertation on religion and national identity in the Southern Caucasus. His research interests include religious nationalism and church-state issues in the post-Soviet space, and the Armenian Genocide. His most recent article on Armenian-Georgian tensions was published in Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization.
• Anita Johnson (White Room; Title: John School) Johnson has served as an investigator with the Waco Police Department for the past 21 years. During 18 of those years, Investigator Johnson has served as an undercover prostitute, which led to her initiative to start Waco’s first John School. The John School was founded by Investigator Johnson in 2002, and has had an incredible success rate in Waco. This unique program aims to decrease the amount of men seeking prostitution in Waco by exposing them to the harm prostitution can cause the clients (the Johns), the prostitute, and the community.
JUSTICE WEEK Dr. Pepper Hour
Tuesday March 22nd, Barfield Drawing (3-4pm)
Participating Organizations:
• International Justice Mission-Baylor Chapter
• Baylor Students for Social Justice
• Waco Arts Initiative
• The Campus Kitchen Project
• The Wells Project
• Baylor School of Social Work
• Mission Waco
• Steppin’ Out
• Up ‘Til Dawn
• And others social justice student groups
These organizations work the Dr. Pepper Hour together, to inform students about the opportunities on campus with justice- and service-oriented student organizations.
TUNNEL OF OPPRESSION
Tuesday March 22nd, Barfield Drawing Room (6-10pm)
The Tunnel of Oppression will portray various types of oppression around the world such as sex trafficking, homophobia, and racial discrimination. Student organizations will be portraying these oppression skits for the observers. Observers will be led in a debriefing after experiencing the Tunnel to discuss and process what they saw. Participating student organizations:
• Theater students (sex trafficking)
• The Wells Project (clean water access)
• Interested Students (homelessness)
• UNITE Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (religious persecution)
• Baylor Students for Social Justice (sweat shops)
• Interested students (homophobia)
HEART FOR JUSTICE
Wednesday March 23rd, Fountain Mall (10pm)
International Justice Mission is partnering with Spiritual Life to host student artists and staff worship leaders in a time of praise for God’s heart of justice. Tents will set up at this event for students to enter and pray for specific forms of oppression such as modern-day slavery.
ACOUSTIC CAFÉ + CALL & RESPONSE FILM
Thursday March 24th, SUB Den (7-10pm)
IJM will be partnering with Acoustic Café to present the issue of modern-day slavery and justice through music. We will present a portion of the “Call + Response” film, as well as justice-oriented artwork provided by Houston Rescue and Restore. PARTNERS:The Academy for Leader Development and Civic Engagement; Baylor Student Government and the Student Government Allocation Fund; Baylor Interdisciplinary Poverty Initiative; StudioNorth
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