Workshops
The Local Societies Initiative is intended to foster the dialogue between religion
and science by making available three-year $15,000 grants to groups dedicated
to an open and exploratory discussion of the issues raised by these two great
pillars of human culture. The workshops are designed to help current and prospective
local societies improve their organizational skills, creativity, outreach, and
intellectual activities.
- The Great Society: Nuts and Bolts of Local Dialogue Groups. Eric
Weislogel, Ph.D., Associate Director, Local Societies Initiative, Metanexus
Institute
- The Only Thing Worse than Being Talked About is NOT Being Talked About:
Publicizing the Religion-Science Dialogue, Silas Deane, President and
CEO, Logic Media Group
- The Philanthropic Principle: Becoming Self-Sustaining, Valerie Martin
and Judy Marchand, John Templeton Foundation
- Meaning and Communication, Pamela
Thompson, John Templeton Foundation, with Alina Wheeler, Graphic Designer
- Taking Accounts of the Religion-Science Dialogue: Accounting for Local
Societies, Margarette Golding, COO, Metanexus Institute
- Get Con-NET-cted: Internet Outreach, Adrian Wyard, Counter Balance
Foundation
- Running a LISTSERV: A Virtual Marathon, Stacey Ake, Ph.D., Ph.D.,
Associate Editor Metanexus: The Online Forum for Religion and Science
- Whats News?: Creating a Society Newsletter, Julia Loving, Director
of Communication, Metanexus Institute
- Powerful Pedagogy: Science and Religion in the Classroom, Metanexus
Institute Board Members: Andrew Petto, Ph.D. (University of the Arts, National
Center for Science Education), Peter Hess, Ph.D. (Center for Theology and
the Natural Sciences), Stephen Dunning, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania
Department of Religious Studies).
- In the Pews and From the Pulpit: Bringing the Dialogue to Congregation,
Reverend Frank Pennington, United Church of Christ at Valley Forge and Jack
Giegerich, Metanexus Institute Board, St. Davids Church
- Healing Faith: Medicine, Science, and Religion, David Hufford, Ph.D.,
Metanexus Board, Penn State College of Medicine and Elizabeth Mackenzie, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Representatives from over 20 new local societies, grantees of the Local Societies
Initiative program, will be in attendance to share their work through an exciting
Poster Session that will describe what they have accomplished and plans for
the future. A number of $10,000 supplemental grants will be awarded to those
groups demonstrating particular ingenuity, creativity and effectiveness.