We are excited to announce that Starr King has received a generous grant from The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation to host our first Starr King School for the Ministry Graduate Reunion and Mentorship Weekend!
All events are completely FREE for grads and in fact, there is a certain amount of travel funds available to make this a possibility for everyone to attend. You can submit a travel grant request here. We will also livestream as much as possible for those who are unable to attend.
The breakfast and lunch on Friday (1/10/20) are designed to facilitate mentorship between graduates and SKSM students, especially those who have been traditionally under-represented in ministry (people of color, LGBT persons, and women). We especially encourage graduates who identify as people of color, LGBT, and women to attend and connect with current SKSM seminarians.
We are excited to announce that the Graduate Reunion Dinner will take place on Friday, January 10th at 7:00 pm on the campus of Mills College in The Gathering Hall at the Lokey Graduate School of Business. There will be dinner, followed by a short program with featured speakers SKSM Graduate, Rev. Sean Parker Dennison and SKSM President, Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt. Following the program we will have fellowship and dancing to celebrate this new chapter in the life of the school. Please RSVP today at the form at the bottom of this page. We hope you can join us!
Please RSVP at the form below if you plan on attending any or all of this special event.
Schedule of Events (subject to change)
Thursday, January 9, 2020:
- Threshold Ceremony and Vespers Service
- Location: Front of School/Fireside Room
- Time: 5:30 pm
- Click here to join via Zoom
Friday, January 10, 2020:
- SKSM Graduate and Student Breakfast
- Location: Easton Hall
- Time: 8:00 am
- Interactive Lecture Session (UU History) with Meg Richardson
- Location: Easton Hall
- Time: 9:30 am
- Title: With Heart and Soul and Mind: Aurelia Henry Reinhardt as a Radical Prophet for Starr King’s New Beginnings
- Click here to join via Zoom
- Treasures of the SKSM Rare Book Collection
- Location: Stacks and Lounge at SKSM
- Time: 10:45 am
- Hosted by Meg Richardson, Arliss Ungar, and Jay Atkinson
- SKSM Graduate and Student Lunch
- Location: Fireside Room
- Time: 12:00 pm
- SKSM Graduates Gratitude Chapel Service
- Location: Fireside Room
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Click here to join via Zoom
- Interactive Lecture Session (Multi-religious) with Som Pourfarzaneh
- Location: Fireside Room
- Time: 3:00 pm
- Title: The Social Justice Algorithm: Countering Oppression with Multi-Religious Media
- Click here to join via Zoom
- Free time for grads until evening dinner
- Reunion Dinner with featured speakers: Rev. Sean Parker Dennison & President Rosemary Bray McNatt
- Time: 7:00 pm
- Speakers will be livestreamed at 7:40 pm
- Location: The Gathering Hall at the Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College
- 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613
- Directions: Click here for a map of Mills campus. The event is at the Lokey Graduate School of Business (Graduate School of Business) which is building #25 on the map. Lyft & Uber know the campus well and will drop off and pick up at the red square (Mills Shuttle stop) across the road from Graduate School of Business (GSB). If using a ride share service we recommend using 5000 MacArthur Blvd, not Mills College, as the destination. Parking will be easy as it is a Friday evening during school break.
Saturday, January 11, 2020:
- Symposium with Honored Teacher, Dr. Rachel Harding
- Location: First Unitarian Church of Oakland
- 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
- Free for grads!
- Please Note: You must register for Symposium separately via Eventbrite.
Sunday, January 12, 2020:
- SKSM Seminarians of Color Retreat
- Location: Fireside Room at SKSM
- Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am
- Graduates of color are invited to connect with our seminarians of color
In addition to covering the cost of attending Symposium for grads, a portion of the funds will be available in the form of travel assistance grants.Click here to apply for travel assistance.
