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IAP 2007 Activities by Sponsor

Lutheran Ministry at MIT

Energy Audits are Good Theology
Amy McCreath
Wed Jan 10, 07-08:15pm, W11 Main Dining Room

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Why should people of faith be concerned about the environment? How should they respond? What is the church doing to protect the future of the planet? Steve MacAusland will discuss the work of Interfaith Power and Light (www.mipandl.org) and his work to influence the policy and practice of the Episcopal Church around environmental stewardship.
Contact: Amy McCreath, W11.007, x3-2983, mccreath@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Episcopal Chaplaincy

Hymn Sing
Johanna Kiefner
Wed Jan 17, 05:15-06:15pm, MIT Chapel

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Do you like to sing? Do you have favorite hymns that you just love and don't often have opportunity to sing? Do you want to know what different Christian communities have in their song books? Want to try some new tunes? If so, this Fourth Annual LEM Hymn Sing is the place to be. There will be a number of songbooks available for you to choose what you know or want to try for your singing pleasure.
Contact: Johanna Kiefner, W11-035, (617) 253-2325, jkiefner@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Episcopal Chaplaincy

Living One's Faith in the Workplace
Graham Kelder, JD Suffolk University
Wed Jan 17, 07-08:15pm, W11 Main Dining Room

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This is part of an occasional series on how one’s faith can shape how we live into our professions and vocations. Tonight Suffolk Law Professor and attorney Graham Kelder discusses how his Christian faith shapes and informs the kind of law he practices – products liability and public health/cancer control law/regulation. Attorney Kelder comes to the conversation as being part of the law team that took on the tobacco industry and won.
Contact: The Rev. Johanna Kiefner, W11-035, x3-2325, jkiefner@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Episcopal Chaplaincy

What's Up with the American Food Industry?
Graham Kelder, JD Suffolk University
Wed Jan 24, 07-08:15pm, W11 Main Dining Room

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up

It’s no coincidence Americans struggle with obesity and other food related health issues. Who is to blame? The consumer? The food industry? What is the relationship between the food industry and food related health issues? What can we do about it? Suffolk University Law Professor and attorney Graham Kelder leads a discussion on these questions and what they can mean for our future health as a nation.
Contact: The Rev. Johanna Kiefner, W11-035, x3-2325, jkiefner@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Episcopal Chaplaincy


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