Theme: Caring for Our Community
Basics
When: May 3-5, 2019 (Friday 3pm - Sunday 12pm)
Where: Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010
(Parking is available, but space is limited, so please reserve your spot for $3. Please consider carpooling if possible, too!)
Schedule
3:00pm Arrival and registration
5:00pm Dinner on your own
6:30pm Opening worship with Rev. Vikki Flippin (she/her), Pastor of First and Summerfield UMC (New Haven, CT)
8:00-9:30pm PAAC Hangout
Workshops (time slot TBD)
(De)constructing Asian American Masculinity
Chris Paek (he/him)
Beyond Purity Culture: Creating a Better Christian Sexual Ethic
Liz Lin (she/her); Grace Kao (she/her), Professor of Ethics and Director of the Center for Sexuality, Gender, and Religion at Claremont School of Theology; Michael Campos (he/him), founding member of the Emerging Queer API Scholars
Setting Healthy Boundaries with Your Family
Jessica ChenFeng (she/her), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Associate Professor at Loma Linda University
Our Journeys of Love and Acceptance (with our LGBTQIA+ children)
Marsha Aizumi (she/her), Director of the PFLAG National Board, Co-President of the PFLAG San Gabriel Valley Asian Pacific Islander chapter, Biden Foundation Advisory Council; Sung Tse (she/her), Co-President of the PFLAG San Gabriel Valley Asian Pacific Islander chapter; Danny Cortez (he/him), Founder and Director of Estuary Space, Executive Board Member of Q Christian Fellowship
Reproductive Justice
Sung Yeon Choimorrow (she/her), Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
What is PAAChristianity?
Stella Won Phelps (moderator, she/her), panelists TBD
Interest Groups
We are planning to convene several interest groups. When you register, you can pick up to 3, but you will only attend one during conference.
- LGBTQIA+
- Ministry Workers (pastors, church staff, seminarians, etc)
- Music/Arts/Media
- Southeast Asian
- South Asian
- Multiracial Asian
- Pacific Islanders
Tickets
Ticket includes Saturday breakfast and lunch, as well as coffee, tea, drinks, and snacks for the weekend.
Adult (ages 13+) Full Conference: $100 early bird by March 15th / $120 after March 15th
College Student: $75 (please provide a copy of your student ID)
Children (0-12 years old): $50
(Childcare will be available for Saturday only, 9am-6pm, with an hour lunch break. We'll have caretakers but no programming, so please bring books, toys, movies, etc. Lunch, snacks, and drinks will be provided.)