Stepping to the Fore: Faith Leaders Address Sexual and Gender Based Violence

In June 2014, Sojourners magazine and IMA World Health collaborated to publish "Broken Silence: A Call for Churches to Speak Out," which polled 1,000 protestant pastors on how they understand sex and gender-based violence (SGBV). Using that highly-circulated report as a launch pad, this panel interrogates the ways in which faith leaders are thinking about and responding to SGBV in their communities and congregations. Panelists will discuss the different dimensions of SGBV, whether specific cultural, social, and institutional attitudes enable, facilitate or help combat SGBV, and the roles and responsibilities of faith and community leaders in working with victims and survivors.
00:00 Welcome by Ahmed Ragab, Richard T. Watson Assistant Professor of Science and Religion, Harvard Divinity School
01:23 Overview by Richard Santos, Executive Director, IMA World Health
13:54 Introductions by Ahmed Ragab
19:05 Mary Setterholm, Pastoral Activist, Serenity Sisters
32:52 Rev. Jeddediah Mannis, Founder and Minister, Outdoor Church, Cambridge
42:56 Cheryl Giles, Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling, Harvard Divinity School
51:31 Q&A moderated by Ahmed Ragab and Richard Santos
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