Get to know NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community in SoCal

This two-day event, a partnership between NAIITS and Fuller, begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 in the Travis Auditorium at Fuller Seminary, 135 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, California, and runs through Saturday, Nov. 15.

Panels and workshops span a number of topics, including Indigenous ministry and cultural development in SoCal, Indigenous women’s leadership, ministry with Indigenous youth and young adults, asset-based approaches, arts and ministry and more.

Speakers include Shari Russell, director of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community; Virginia Carmelo, former chairperson of the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation of the Los Angeles Basin; Mary Crist, Indigenous theological education coordinator for The Episcopal Church; Soong-Chan Rah, Robert Boyd Munger Professor of Evangelism at Fuller Theological Seminary and co-author of “Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery;” and more.

A social reception sharing highlights from the new book “Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation” by H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe will follow at 5 p.m. Saturday.

The event is free, but a donation is suggested.

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NAIITS An Indigenous Learning Community

NAIITS An Indigenous Learning Community (formerly the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies) is one of two members of Indigenous Pathways (IP), a nonsectarian, non-profit organization dedicated to working together with the Indigenous community.

NAIITS’ focus within IP is the development and articulation of Indigenous perspectives in theology and practice. We encourage Indigenous learning styles and world views in our instruction as we facilitate the development of a body of work addressing biblical, theological, and ethical issues from Indigenous perspectives.

NAIITS offers graduate and post-graduate degrees and awards.