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Published: April 29, 2025

Sept. 18鈥�20, 2025

The conference begins at 4:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Sept. 18, and ends at noon ET on Saturday, Sept. 20, with optional immersion experiences on Thursday afternoon.

Theme: Kinship with All Creation: Pursuing Relationship, Justice and Community 

Building on the six Rooted and Grounded conferences held since 2014, the seventh Rooted and Grounded Conference will examine our relationship with land and all of creation. Our keynote addresses will focus on restoring relationships with land and creation, confronting and repairing ecological injustice, and participating in solidarity with the suffering of all creatures.聽

Current plans are to offer the conference in a hybrid format. Some elements will be available only to in-person participants, and some will also be available to participants joining via livestream. Some papers and workshops will be presented virtually. 

Prior Rooted and Grounded conferences were held in September 2014, October 2015, April 2017, October 2018, October 2021 and September 2023.

Keynote speakers

(In chronological order of their keynote presentations)

• T. Wilson Dickinson, PhD, Director of Doctor of Ministry and Lay and Continuing Education Programs and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Lexington Theological Seminary
• Wendsler Nosie, Sr., PhD, Founder and Director of Apache Stronghold; Professor at the American University of Sovereign Nations
• Douglas Day Kaufman, ThM, Executive Director of Anabaptist Climate Collaborative

Call for paper and workshop proposals

Presentation styles and workshop criteria

Guidelines for papers: In a paper session, we are expecting a traditional presentation from a pre-written paper or an abbreviated version of a longer paper. The planning committee encourages a paper鈥檚 theme to be connected to the conference theme; this will be a criteria the committee will use to accept or decline submissions. Expectations for structure: a 20-minute presentation followed by 10 minutes of discussion 

Guidelines for workshops: Like papers, workshops should be connected to the conference theme. An additional requirement for the review process is for workshop leaders to outline their plan for the workshop: sharing content, leading/facilitating interactive learning, and making space for reflection. This is the suggested structure for a 60-minute workshop:

1. Introduction 鈥� 10 to 15 minutes
2. Interactive learning activity 鈥� 30 to 35 minutes
3. Reassembly for reflection and synthesis 鈥� minimum 15 minutes

Submit a proposal form

Use the 鈥淧resentation styles and workshop criteria鈥� above to determine which option describes what you want to share at the conference, and submit your proposal using the corresponding form: 

Forms may be submitted through June 1, 2025. If you have difficulty with either form, please contact rootedandgrounded@ambs.edu. 

Contact

Please send questions to the conference committee at rootedandgrounded@ambs.edu.

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