“From Emergency Living to a New Way of Life: Mutual Aid and Safety for All.”
Dr. Elizabeth Corrie teaches at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Her teaching draws on commitments to both peace with justice and the education of young people, particularly the development of teaching and ministry that empower people for global citizenship.
Having focused her doctoral work in 19th century philosophy and theology, Corrie became increasingly interested in practical theology as her work with youth and in peace and justice activism deepened. Her research interests include transformative pedagogy, theories of nonviolence, and conflict transformation. Her current book, Youth Ministry as Peace Education: Overcoming Silence, Transforming Violence (Fortress Press, 2021), focuses on creating a new approach to youth ministry that teaches young people how to overcome disempowerment and transform violence in their communities.
As part of her commitment to anti-racism, Corrie became involved with the Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund (MAMA), a project that arose out of the emergency needs of the COVID crisis, with a specific commitment to funding Black, Indigenous, and other peoples of color. MAMA’s long-term vision of building the infrastructure for a post-capitalist system through a “solidarity not charity” model of mutual aid inspires Dr. Corrie’s reflections for this talk.