Earth Justice & the Harmony Way: Finding our path back to belonging

91193 North Willamette Street,Coburg OR 97408

14 May, 2022

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"What does it mean to be rooted in the land?" How do we belong? Book signing following. Free admission! Donations accepted. Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley is an activist, scholar, author, teacher, wisdom-keeper, and Cherokee descendent, recognized by the Keetoowah Band, who speaks on justice, faith, the Earth, and Indigenous realities. He is the author of numerous books, including his latest work, Becoming Rooted, as well as Shalom and the Community of Creation and Living in Color. He and his wife, Edith, co-sustain Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds outside Portland, Oregon. ------------------------------------------------------->Meet Dr. Randy Woodley Dr. Woodley addresses a variety of issues concerning American culture, faith, justice, race, our relationship with the earth, and Indigenous realities. He currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture at Portland Seminary, Portland Oregon. His expertise has been sought in national venues as diverse as Time Magazine, Christianity Today, The Huffington Post, and Planet Drum: A Voice for Bioregional, Sustainability, Education, and Culture. Randy identifies strongly with issues of eco-justice, diversity, and racial justice. He has found the sweet spot of sharing difficult truths, in the spirit of love and acceptance through his teaching. Randy’s authentic and timely messages dig to the root of our own imbalanced and unjust systems in an effort to restore us all to ways of harmony. Dr. Woodley earned a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies and remains active in ongoing discussions in a variety of areas concerning spirituality, earth-care, racial and ethnic identity, diversity, peace, social justice, eco-justice, interreligious dialogue, Indigenous studies, agriculture, and missiology. A former member of the Oregon Dept. of Education, American Indian/Alaska Native Advisory Board, Dr. Woodley has taught Theological Education by Extension (TEE Program) for Cook Indian School, at Bacone Indian College, and was a founding board member of NAIITS, the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies. Dr. Woodley was co-founder and Program Director of the NAIITS/George Fox Master of Arts Intercultural Studies degree. He is a tenured and distinguished professor at George Fox University even though he is first-generation college-taught, and maternally, a first-generation non-coal miner. Randy was raised near Detroit, Michigan in a section of Ypsilanti called Willow Run, and later moved to Saline, Michigan. He spent some summers on his uncle's ranch in Oklahoma, a lifestyle he would later cherish and personalize. He is recognized as a Cherokee descendent by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. Randy and his wife Edith, are the founders of Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Seeds. Through Eloheh they invite people to a new relationship with Creation and model sustainable farming practices and Earth justice. --https://www.randywoodley.com/about