Carol Bremer-Bennett, executive director of World Renew, will present a lecture on 鈥淭he Power We Carry: Belonging as a Sacred Responsibility,鈥� as part of 麻豆传媒官网鈥檚 recognition of National Indigenous Peoples鈥� observances. The lecture will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 3:30 p.m. in the recital hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. The public is invited and admission is free.
麻豆传媒官网 is honored to host Bremer-Bennett for a compelling lecture that will explore the deep human need for belonging and the sacred responsibility people carry in nurturing it. Drawing from Indigenous wisdom, Christian faith and lived global experience, Bremer-Bennett will reflect on how interdependence is rooted in Creation itself鈥攁nd how flourishing emerges when one lives to complement and strengthen one another. This is the Navajo concept of 鈥渉ozho鈥� where there is balance, harmony and beauty.
In a time marked by division and displacement, she will speak to the tensions of honoring homelands and histories while embracing the dignity and belonging of all people. This lecture invites listeners to consider: how to use the power we carry鈥攊n our words, actions and systems鈥攖o create spaces of belonging rather than exclusion? And how might we live into a vision where all people, and all of Creation, are seen, valued and made whole?
Doors will open at 3:15 p.m. and there will also be a Q&A panel discussion following the presentation.
About Carol Bremer-Bennett
Carol Bremer-Bennett is World Renew's U.S. executive director. She was born to the To鈥檃heedliinii (Waters Flow Together) Clan and to the Todich鈥檌inii (Bitter Water) Clan of the Navajo Nation. Bremer-Bennett is an educator by training, with a B.A. from Calvin College and M.A. from Western New Mexico University. Her extensive experience in Christian ministry spans more than 25 years of organizational leadership, leadership development and administration.
Adoption has played an ongoing role in her story. Five of her six children are adopted. She and husband Theo Bremer-Bennett have three children of Navajo descent and three of Ethiopian descent. Their family motto is: the African bus is never full!
About Indigenous Peoples鈥� Day
Indigenous Peoples鈥� Day is celebrated on the second Monday of October. Hope鈥檚 Center for Diversity and Inclusion is presenting this Oct. 23 lecture in collaboration with the Pan-Indigenous Student Organization and the Office of Culture and Inclusive Excellence.
To inquire about accessibility or what accommodations may be needed to fully participate in the event, please email accommodations@hope.edu. Updates related to events are posted when available at hope.edu/calendar in the individual listings.
The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.