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Journeys of Reconciliation

 

Journeys of Reconciliation is an inter-religious program that gives members of the Emory community the opportunity to cultivate relationships of partnership, service and friendship with communities around the world. By visiting these communities and supporting their work of reconciliation, we open ourselves to possibilities of hope and healing.

The Program

Each May, Journeys of Reconciliation sponsors two-week immersion experiences for Emory students, staff, and faculty. For each two-week immersion experience, the program seeks as diverse a group as possible, drawing from Emory's unusually diverse body of students, staff, and faculty; its thirty recognized religious groups; its significant non-religious population; and its array of academic disciplines and professional schools.

The program invites groups to encounter the world's complexity, to hear stories of pain and liberation, and to seek wisdom outside university walls. Participants build relationships with host communities in varying ways. In some settings, hosts ask us to contribute to a service project, and we do so gladly. In other settings, service work carries the taint of paternalism, even colonialism, and in those areas we focus exclusively on conversation and collaborative analysis with our hosts. Trip leaders, in conversation with their hosts, help determine the best ways to foster mutual, lasting respect and goodwill. Contact Rev. Susan Henry-Crowe for further information.

Recent Journeys

The Journeys program has visited places both internationally and nationally. Since 1999, the sites visited include Appalachia, Mississippi Delta, Montana, Texas/Mexico border, New Orleans, Mexico, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Northern Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, India, and South Africa. Future Journeys sites include the Middle East.

Upcoming Journeys

The Journeys program will be conducting journeys to Turkey and to Los Angeles, California on May 12-22, 2008. Details and applications are available from the Oxford College Chaplain's Office on the 2nd floor of the Student Center, and from the Office of the Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life in 316 Cannon Chapel or 260 DUC on the Atlanta campus.