Symposium 2025: Triage & Transformation

Exploring the shape of religious & social leadership amidst a polycrisis of sociopolitical, cultural, economic, & climatic disruption.

About this Event

For the third year, we continue our experiment in offering multi-locational, hybrid education, structuring a program that supports the full participation of persons who may gather either in person or online. The program will feature a variety of contributing presenters and workshop leaders, rather than a single Honored Teacher.

Triage and Transformation: Spiritual Leadership and Organizing Amidst a Polycrisis

Join us for the 13th annual Starr King Symposium as we explore the shape of religious and social leadership amidst a polycrisis of sociopolitical, cultural, economic, and climatic disruption. Because we cannot wait for government or business to enact responsible change, we must cultivate and organize our own capacities of spiritual grounding, resilience, and mutual care. Gathering together in hybrid community, we will find guidance and inspiration in expert teachers, practitioners, and one another, and will begin to develop action plans to meet the challenges ahead.

Our program will focus on community self-organizing to build resilience and the roles to be played by congregational ministers, chaplains, and social-change leaders. Topics and skill areas may include spiritual grounding, conflict resolution, solidarity creation, and other rituals and practices that will be vital in challenging times. Learn more at www.sksm.edu/symposium2025.

Symposium participants will have three options for program attendance:

1. Online via Zoom | Cost: $25
2. Full In-Person Program at Mercy Center, Burlingame. Fees cover lodging and meals Monday afternoon-Wednesday lunch | Cost: $425.
3. Day-Use at Mercy Center (Tuesday Only). Receive the Zoom link for Monday and Wednesday sessions and commute to Mercy Center for Tuesday sessions. Fees cover attendance during the day, lunch, and optional dinner | Cost: $145 (lunch only) or $170 (lunch and dinner).

IN-PERSON REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 12:00 AM PT ON MONDAY, JULY 21

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