With DV statistics skyrocketing during the pandemic, there is great urgency to equip emerging faith leaders to respond appropriately. Educators share trauma-informed teaching practices and their own classroom experience in engaging the topic.

Documentary Conversations: Stranger / Sister

Apr 14th, 2021 1h 17m

How can we move beyond distrust and divisions towards understanding and solidarity? What can we learn from women of different faiths who have united against hate? How do we really work to eliminate hate in our communities? JCo-Leaders of the

Election Extremism: Hope & Healing in the Aftermath

Nov 23rd, 2020 1h 11m

“Who will we be together?” Our Live Town Hall conversation with faith leaders and change makers included special guests from The On Being Project and RNS as we considered together how we listen, learn, and move forward in the face of deep natio

Documentary Conversations - Trapped: Cash Bail in America

Oct 28th, 2020 1h

Trapped: Cash Bail in America is a compelling new film that takes a close look at the controversial cash bail system in the United States, the people adversely affected by its implementation, and the ongoing grassroots efforts to combat its neg

Documentary Conversations: Recy Taylor

Oct 28th, 2020 1h 4m

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Odyssey Impact and the NAACP Youth & College Division held a conversation on the legacy of Recy Taylor, the disproportionate discrimination faced by survivors of color and why it is important to be a

Documentary Conversation: Mass Incarceration, COVID-19 and Milwaukee 53206

Oct 28th, 2020 58m 50s

Odyssey Impact and Ending Mass Incarceration convened a town hall conversation on the challenges of life post-incarceration, the importance of communal support for the formerly incarcerated, and the power of second chances. The town hall was le

Election Extremism: Lessons for Leading with Healing, Hope and Bravery

Oct 19th, 2020 1h

In a year when political extremism is compounded by concurrent pandemics, how are faith leaders uniquely positioned to help heal and convene healthy dialogue? Many faith leaders face difficult choices about how to provide leadership and care am

Intimate Partner & Family Violence During COVID-19

Oct 14th, 2020 58m 37s

Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE are convening a live town hall conversation examining how COVID-19’s stay-at-home orders are impacting the psychological and spiritual isolation of people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing i

Church's Role in the Work of Anti-Racism & Policing

Oct 5th, 2020 1h 17m

Odyssey Impact’s Young Adult Initiative convened a conversation on how the Christian Church of 2020 can show up to help lead the work of anti-racism in society and equitable policing in Black and Brown communities. The town hall was led by Rev.

Teen Mental Health, The Rising Mental Health Needs of Teens & Young Adults 2020

Oct 5th, 2020 1h 3m

For chaplains and faith leaders, the mental health of teens and young adults is a spiritual care issue made more urgent by the compounded chronic stress of 2020. With rising rates of suicide and mental health crises among our young people, wha

Navigating Communal Trauma in Faith

Oct 5th, 2020 58m 7s

Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Macedonian Ministryand Institute for Collective Trauma and GrowthFor faith leaders, no disaster exactly parallels the COVID-19 pandemic. However, what about other crises and communal traumas weathered by congrega

Spiritual/Moral Dilemmas In COVID-19: How Might Spiritual Care Help?

Oct 5th, 2020 56m 54s

A candid conversation with leading chaplains and pastoral theologians about the particular challenges facing those who provide spiritual care in health care settings. We discuss solutions for moral dilemmas facing spiritual caregivers: when “do

Movement Chaplaincy: Meeting Spiritual Needs in our Struggles for Justice

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 3m

In this moment of social uprising and the compounding crises related to the global pandemic, many clergy and lay leaders are experiencing a pull to use pastoral skills in service to the wave of social change and constantly shifting needs. Movem

Preaching During Crisis

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 3m

As preachers look ahead to creating sermons in 2020, the national context of interrelated crises is impossible to ignore: pandemic, racial injustice and economic fallout, and escalating pastoral care needs. What does this mean for the task of

Prison Chaplains: On the Spiritual Front Lines in Correctional Facilities

Aug 28th, 2020 58m 20s

Spiritual Care Providers working within correctional facilities across multiple faith identities face many challenges every day. But now, in pandemic conditions, the complexities have multiplied: grief needs, religious accommodations, increased

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