Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET
Available by: Join by Videoconference Only (learn more about videoconference)
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
Dear Friends,
Jose Saldana, above, spent 38 years in prison while earning his college degree, mentoring others, and advocating for social justice. Still, he was denied parole 4 times - adding 8 years to his sentence.
Transforming Lives is partnering with One Spirit in Action for a film screening and live discussion of The Interview. This 20-minute documentary offers shocking insights into the injustices of the New York Parole System. Watching the individuals in this film persist until they finally win their right to a second chance will infuriate, disturb, and finally inspire you. Following The Interview there will be a live discussion with the remarkable men and women from the film.
Please join us!
Cynthia Kling, Director
Transforming Lives
One Spirit in Action Moderators:
Rev. Dr. Salome Raheim is an Interfaith Interspiritual Minister and 1st Year Dean at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. She is a leadership and spiritual coach and an organizational consultant and trainer. She is passionate about actualizing the depths of human potential for caring, compassion, connection, healing, and justice. She has more than 40 years of experience in higher education, is Dean Emeritus at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, and Professor Emeritus at the University at Albany—SUNY School of Social Welfare. Among her areas of expertise are promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEI&B), addressing implicit bias, and implementing practices in organizations to foster wellbeing. During her career, she has led two schools of social work (University of Connecticut and University of Iowa) in organization-wide, multi-year change initiatives to increase DEI&B. Rev. Dr. Raheim’s commitment to creating more just and healthy organizations has taken her across the United States and to four continents to deliver presentations and provide training and consultation to schools, universities, nonprofit organizations, governmental organizations, and businesses. Recent clients include Georgetown University; Office of the County Executive and Department of Children, Youth and Families, Albany, NY; Liberty Healthcare Corporation; National Association of Social Workers; and LiveWell Dementia Specialists in Connecticut. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Rev. Dr. Raheim received ordination from One Spirit (www.1Spirit.org), holds the PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa, MSW from Catholic University of America, MA in Integrative Health and Healing from The Graduate Institute, and BSW from Bowie State University, a historically black college. She is a certified mindfulness and chair yoga instructor.
Reverend Heidi Tessmer, BA, MBA, was ordained from One Spirit in June of 2020. She started her spiritual training at Still Harbor where spirituality and social justice meet. She serves as a Chaplain/Spiritual Director for the Covid Grief Network. She brings compassion, openness and tenderness to her ministry and has be called to wonder about the wound’s unseen. Learning from activist and educator Ruby Sales, in asking, “Where does it hurt? Heidi worked as an organizational change management consultant, process redesign consultant, facilitator, and trainer for 12 years at one of the top Global Consulting firms. She is the mother of two teenagers and lives with her family in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
If you have questions about registering for this course, please contact One Spirit Learning Alliance by email to info@1spirit.org or call 212-931-6840.