The Architect of Your Own Inner Healing
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYChapl. Tina Chery Chaplain Chery’s journey of healing began when her fifteen-year-old son, Louis, a brilliant student and a peacemaker, was murdered in the crossfire of a shootout. With her former […]
The Point of Arrival
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYCarrie Newcomer Known for emotionally intimate songs that explore the personal, political, and spiritual with compassion, insight, and wit, American singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer has become a mainstay on the contemporary […]
Shape Your Future: Energy, Climate Change and Human Rights
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYJames Hansen Dr. Hansen, climate activist and leading climate scientist at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, will address the importance of the potential of actions in the next few years to […]
Legacies of Service Rooted in Appalachia
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYJane Stephenson & Michael Maloney Challenging established expectations of identity, region, and community, Jane Stephenson and Michael Maloney have each created organizations and networks that cultivate connection and opportunity for Appalachians. While their work is separate and unique, they will each receive the Berea College Service Award and come together at this Service Convocation to […]
Ezell: A Parable of Domination & Resilience from the Foothills of Appalachia
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYBob Martin In Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man, the complexities of climate change, land stewardship, indigenous erasure and intergenerational trauma are embodied in Ezell, a man who seeks to take advantage of an anticipated fracking boom and the opportunity to reconnect with the people and land of his raising. Writer-performer Bob Martin of Clear […]
Wutiko—The Quest of a Lifetime
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYÉlage Diouf Master percussionist of Senegalese origin, singer-songwriter Élage Diouf uses the musicality of his mother tongue, Wolof, to invite listeners to follow him toward a universe of dance rhythms where everyone is invited to participate. His music, a hybrid of pop, world, blues, folk and asiko, and his unique and warm timbre of voice […]
Why Berea?
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYDr. Lyle Roelofs Ten years ago, Dr. Roelofs delivered an opening convocation address with this same title. This talk will take up some of the questions he was thinking about back then and connect them to the present and the future of Berea College. Special music will be provided by the great singers of the Berea […]
Soul
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYBrian Owens Soul singer Brian Owens enthralls his audiences with soulful, jazzy numbers while conjuring up the spirits of such Motown legends as Marvin Gaye and the Temptations. Owens’ songs […]
Songs of Slavery and Emancipation
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYDr. Kathy Bullock and Mat Callahan In 2015 Mat Callahan discovered a song composed and sung by slaves preparing an insurrection in South Carolina in 1813. The lyrics were explicitly […]
Beyond Berea: A Convocation on Careers
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYBerea Alumni Join us as we welcome three accomplished Berea alumni who will share their stories of navigating career discernment and finding direction. Each speaker will talk about their own personal experiences and provide insights into how they managed to overcome hurdles related to their careers. Their unique perspective on “success” is meant to inspire future […]
Career Development Week: Beyond Berea Networking
Doris Ulmann GalleriesContinue the conversation with our career convocation speakers with light refreshments.
Putting On Our Blue Jeans: White Supremacy, Counter Witness, and God’s Delivering Presence
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYRev. Dr. Drew G.I. Hart Rev. Dr. Hart will explore the domesticated and distorted witness western Christendom has produced, with particular concern for its colonial child, white supremacy. Rather than […]