Sheila Collins
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Sheila D. Collins was the author of "A Different Heaven and Earth: A Feminist Perspective on Religion", and is director of the Office of Voluntary Services in the national mission arm of the United Methodist Church. She has taught at New York Theological Seminary, Pacific School of Religion and Union Theological Seminary and serves on the executive committee of the Theology in the Americas . She is married to the Rev. John A. Collins.[1]
Supported Communist Party front
In 1982 Sheila Collins served on the National Coordinating Committee of a Communist Party USA front the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, which was led by leading Party members Angela Davis and Charlene Mitchell.
2011 YDS Winter Conference
On the weekend of March 18th-20th, 2011, the Young Democratic Socialists held their annual Winter outreach conference "Their Crisis, Our Pain: The Democratic Socialist Response to the Great Recession". Cornel West "will be the featured speaker on Saturday the 19th, and we will also host John Nichols, Bertha Lewis, Mark Engler, and Dan Cantor from the Working Families Party.
Other listed speakers included Komozi Woodard, Corey Walker, Fabricio Rodriguez, Christian Parenti, Stephanie Fairyington, Christine Kelly, Sheila Collins, Billy Wharton, Liz Shuler, Martin Weinstein, Michelle O'Brien, Skip Roberts, Joseph Schwartz.
Panels on race, the environment, organizing, and other topics will allow participants to learn from and communicate with fellow activists on some of the most important domestic and international issues. The event is perfect for both newcomers to Democratic Socialism/YDS, as well as activist veterans.
Add your name to the list here and you'll be notified when online registration goes live. Invite all your friends!
Location, Bayard Rustin High School 351 W 18th St New York, NY 10011.[2]
References
- ↑ [ http://www.womenpriests.org/classic2/collins3.asp Chains That Bind: Racism, Sexism and Classism by Sheila D. Collins New Woman, New Church, New Priestly Ministry Proceedings of the Second Conference on the Ordination of Roman Catholic Women November 1978, Baltimore, U.S.A. pp 17 - 30.]
- ↑ YDS website, Spring Conference, Their Crisis, Our Pain: The Democratic Socialist Response to the Great Recession, accessed Feb. 23, 2011
