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Toward Spiritual, Communal and Holistic Transformation with Rev. Aizaiah G. Yong
What can community based paradigms and cultural wisdom teach us about transforming trauma? Join us to learn from the latest research on how narrative and spirituality is vital to post-traumatic growth. This transformative session invites spiritual directors to reconsider the sacred work of tending to trauma holistically and through culturally informed approaches in solidarity with BIPOC communities. This workshop offers a dynamic blend of contemplative, intercultural, and interreligious paradigms to trauma transformation, moving beyond individualistic approaches to foster communities of healing and post-traumatic growth. There will be ample time for plenary, practice, and dialogue.
September 24, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm PDT
About Rev. Aizaiah G. Yong:
Rev. Aizaiah G. Yong, Ph.D. is an ordained pentecostal minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) & with strong ties to the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TFAM). Aizaiah has over 15 years of experience in organizational leadership, award-winning scholarship, providing psychospiritual care, spiritual direction, and international public speaking.
He currently serves as executive director of Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at Saint John’s Abbey and University (Collegeville, MN), an intentionally interfaith, international, and intercultural faith-based organization rooted in the Benedictine tradition whose mission is grounded in bringing together people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives to foster the world’s healing through the power of religious ideas, insights, and practices.
