What: A Conference About Recovery from Moral Injury, Reintegration, and Resilience
When: Jan. 29, 9 am - 8:30 pm and
Jan.-30, 9am - 4 pm
Where: First United Methodist Church,
2111 Camino del Rio South,
San Diego, CA 92108
- General Public Registration: $125 (breakfasts and lunches included, catered by Chef Nanci Copley)
- Special Rate for Active Duty Military, Veterans, their Families, and Students or Low Income: $50
- Clergy CEUs $30, if registered by Jan. 15
REGISTER AT: http://www.disciplespswr.org/
Suggested hotel - DoubleTree Hotel Circle San Diego: Mention the Moral Injury and Soul Repair Conference, Jan 29-30, or call, fax, or email Brenda Gerard, CMP / Senior Convention Services Manager, (619) 501-1180 | Fax (619) 881-6890 / brendag@doubletreehotelcircle.com
SCHEDULE AT:http://www.brite.edu/soulrepair/events
FEATURED SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, AND WORKSHOP LEADERS:
Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben, Chief of Navy Chaplains
- Doctorate of Ministry, Princeton Theological Seminary; M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College; former senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace. RADM Kibben will also meet informally with military and VA chaplains at a private dinner in her honor Jan. 29 (separate fee: $25).
Veterans of Iraq: Lisa Dunster and Camilo Ernesto Mejia
- Dunster veteran of Desert Storm, directs the Compass Retreats Program for Veterans in Ohio.
- Mejia, author of Road from Ar Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia.
Rev. Stephen Boyd, Minister for Chaplains and Specialized Ministers, United Church of Christ
- Chaplain Endorser for the United Church of Christ and Former Reserve Chaplain.
Rev. Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock, Director of the Soul Repair Center
- Research Professor of Theology and Culture and Director of Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School, and co-author ofSoul Repair: Recovery from Moral Injury After War.
Dr. Nancy E. Dietsch, Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor and Chaplain at the San Diego VA
- Logotherapy expert who works with survivors and witnesses of trauma from combat and childhood or ritual abuse.
Rev. Dr. Kristen Leslie, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care at Eden Theological Seminary
- From 2013-2014, Leslie traveled to Navy bases to teach chaplains how to minister to those with MST.
Dr. William Gibson, Clinician at the Rochester VA, NY
- Expert on post-traumatic stress and the neuroscience of PTSD.
Chaplain (Lt.) Zachary Moon, U.S. Navy Reserve
- Ph.D. candidate in Pastoral Theology and Counseling, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO, author of Coming Home: Military Service, Reintegration, and the Role of the Church.