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Teach the Movement, originally started by Kate Shuster, is a volunteer program that focuses on improving civil rights education in both primary schools and high schools.

On Jan. 21, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., the Immaculate Heart Retreat Center will host its next discussion in the Coffee and Contemplation series, entitled “Water from a Deep Well: Four Christian Practices from the History of Christianity.”

We often hear about the supposed “wall of separation” between religious life and political life in the United States. One thinks of candidate John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election assuring voters that he would make decisions affecting the country as an American, not as a Roman Catholic.

On Oct. 2, Julia Stronks, Professor of Political Science, gave her final Lindaman Chair lecture at Whitworth University. The topic was the role of church and state regarding same-sex marriage, a topic she has explored both through the lens of constitutional law and her own faith journey.

New York film producer Markie Hancock, known for her independent documentaries including "Born Again," will be speaking at Whitworth University on Thursday at 7 p.m.

An American author, Episcopal priest, Dartmouth University professor and historian of American religion, Randall Balmer will present “His Own Received Him Not: Jimmy Carter, the Religious Right, and the 1980 Presidential Election” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29, in Weyerhaeuser Hall’s Robinson Teaching Theatre at Whitworth University.

Please welcome Katie Cunningham to SpokaneFAVS!