Without Walls: Four Events with the Rev. Kirk VanGilder

Without Walls: Do Religions Need Institutions?

Sunday, Oct. 28

Protestant Service, Main Chapel
Hendricks Chapel, SU Campus
11 a.m.-noon

As mainline denominations enter the 21st century, heated debates about declining institutional membership raise important questions about the shape of religious institutions. What might the practice of creating temporary deaf spaces offer us as a model for how social bonds form in the 21st century?

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. If you require any accommodations please contact Elizabeth Cronk (eacronk@syr.edu) by Oct. 22.
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Without Walls: What Temporary Deaf Spaces Can Tell Us About Managing Identity Politics

Disability Culture, Faith and Secularism, Part II: Creating Spaces for Inclusion

Monday Oct. 29
The Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life
102 Walnut Place, SU Campus

Dinner 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Space is limited—RSVP by Oct. 22 to eacronk@syr.edu.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. If you require other accommodations please contact Elizabeth Cronk (eacronk@syr.edu) by Oct. 22.

Public Lecture 7-8 p.m.

Rev. VanGilder draws upon how Deaf identities are formed and maintained through the creation of temporary deaf spaces. Could this and other examples of temporary space be models for fostering co-existence and cooperation rather than division and competition between identities in society?

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) for this lecture will be provided. Light refreshments will be served. If you require other accommodations, please contact Elizabeth Cronk (eacronk@syr.edu) by Oct. 22.

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Luncheon with Students
Tuesday, Oct. 30, noon—1 p.m.
Hendricks Chapel, Nobel Room, SU Campus

Space is Limited—RSVP to Elizabeth Cronk (eacronk@syr.edu) by Oct. 22. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be
provided. If you require any other accommodations please contact Elizabeth Cronk (eacronk@syr.edu) by Oct. 22.

Co-sponsored by Hendricks Chapel, the Interfaith Student Council, the Secular Student Alliance, the Disability Student Union (DSU), the SU Disability Cultural Center, the SU Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies, the Department of Religion, the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee, and ‘Cuse ASL.

Website: sudcc.syr.edu

Contact Person: Elizabeth Cronk
Hendricks Chapel
443-2902
eacronk@syr.edu