| Mark Potter |
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WORKSHOPS3-12 From Charity to Advocacy: Solidarity for the Long Haul In this workshop, we will examine solidarity as a central, relevant, and practical principal of the Catholic social tradition. Of particular interest to educators and parish social ministers, we will explore methods for responding to the challenge of solidarity personally (for ourselves and our students), as a parish, and as institutions. Ultimately, solidarity requires that people of faith move from actions of charity (works of mercy) to active advocacy for justice – and we will consider and explore several strategies for doing just that. |
Mark Potter serves as the Provincial Assistant for Social Ministries to the California Province of the Society of Jesus, encouraging, supporting and promoting social justice activities and advocacy with Jesuit ministries throughout California and Arizona. Mark holds a doctorate in theological ethics from Boston College, where his work focused on the development of solidarity in the Catholic social tradtion. Mark lives in San Jose with his wife, Kristin Heyer (a theologian and ethicicst at Santa Clara University), and their two boys, Owen & Luke.