An Examen for Pride Month
As we are in June and Pride Month, take a moment to consider the ways in which the LGBTQIA+ community enlivens and animates our world. When you think about Pride Month, where do you feel gratitude?
Dr. Susan Haarman is the associate director at Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship where she facilitates faculty development and the university's service-learning program. She has degrees from Marquette University, Loyola University of Chicago, and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and previously served as the faith and justice campus minister and ran service immersions. In addition to having a Ph.D. in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies, she holds a Master's in Divinity, a Master's in Community Counseling, a certificate in directing the 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises, and is a licensed therapist. Her research focuses on the intersection between social justice education, community-based learning, civic identity, and imagination. She is also an improviser and a storyteller. She plans to spend Pride trying to talk her girlfriend into finally watching D.E.B.S.
As we are in June and Pride Month, take a moment to consider the ways in which the LGBTQIA+ community enlivens and animates our world. When you think about Pride Month, where do you feel gratitude?
Joy is not predicated on perfection, serenity, or having it all together. It begins and ends in the reality of a loving and faithful God who cares for us.
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