An Interdenominational Encuentro of Latinx Leadership
Honoring the Past,
Celebrating our Present,
&
Co-Creating our Future
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Hispanic Youth Leadership Academy (HYLA)
July 27-29, 2023
At Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA
| Wednesday, July 26th | |
| 12noon Meeting of Leadership Team | |
| Thursday, July 27th HONORING THE PAST | |
| (What does it mean to be separated from our roots and to replant our roots in a foreign land that often feels like concrete!… history of HYLA and its beginning… the why) |
| 12 p.m. – 4p.m. | Pre Encuentro gatherings and registration Housing registration (at 10Buick St. Boston, MA 02215) Conference registration (at Boston University School of Theology -745 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 room B24) | |
| 12noon- 5:00p.m | ACLAMEN - Annual Gathering (BU School of Theology) | Room 335 |
| 3:00-4:00pm | Ice cream social & Orientation | STH B-24 |
| 5:00 p.m. | Dinner | STH B-24 |
| 6:30 p.m. | Welcome and Opening Ritual | Marsh Chapel |
| 7:00 p.m. | Opening Session Lecture: “Why spaces like these are important, a historical analysis of the past, why HYLA emerged?” Rev. Patricia Bonilla | Marsh Chapel |
| 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Responses: (40 min) (in small groups) | |
| HYLA —High school participants | STH B-23 | |
| HYLA – College students | STH 115 | |
| Raices Latinas - Seminary Students | STH Chapel | |
| ACLAMEN – Latina Pastoras | STH 325 | |
| Other Church Leadership – Clergy/faculty/lay leadership | STH 343 | |
| 8:40 p.m. | Report back and closing reception | STH B-24 |
| 9:15 p.m. | HYLA after Dark for High School students |
Friday, July 28th CELEBRATING OUR PRESENT
(Celebrating the present, the success and the lessons, the roses, and the thorns)
| 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Opening Ritual | STH B324 |
| 9:00 a.m. | Panel: “HYLA… A movement” | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Panel “Celebrating the fruits of the HYLA movement” Engagement with the Community/sharing wisdom | STH B24 |
| 12 noon | Lunch | STH B24 |
| 2:00– 4:15pm | Workshops: “Healing as we move” | |
| Peace process in Colombia/Palenque Communities By Karen Pacheco, HYLA Colombia | STH 115 | |
| The (Art) of healing: co-creating poems and liturgy. By Rev. Dr. Lis Valle | STH 343 | |
| Healing through Mandalas (the meaning and practice) By Diego Garrido | STH B24 | |
| Mujerista Workshop, for ACLAMEN participants By Dr. Arelis Benitez | STH 325 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Closing ritual | STH B-24 |
| 5:00 p.m. | DINNER (on your own) | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner for high school students only | STH B-24 |
| 8:30 p.m. | HYLA After Dark for High school students | STH B-24 |
Saturday, July 29th Co-CREATING OUR FUTURE
(The future, how do we imagine and dream a collective future… the idea of a movement that continues and cannot be stopped) Acts 28:25-31
| 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening ritual (I come from a place, I’m going to a place, I am & I am) | STH B-24 |
| 9:15 a.m. | Small groups: Exercise on imaging the future and processing in community. | |
| HYLA —High school Students | STH B-23 | |
| HYLA – College Students | STH 115 | |
| Raices Latinas – College/graduate Seminary students | STH B 23 | |
| ACLAMEN – Latina Pastoras | STH 325 | |
| Other church leadership – clergy/faculty/lay leadership | STH 343 | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break (Networking opportunities). | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break (Networking opportunities). | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Introductions Keynote: “We are the ones we have been waiting for” Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez | STH B-24 |
| 11:30 a.m. | Responses in a collective process | |
| 12 noon | Lunch | STH B-24 |
| 1:30 p.m. | The co-creation of the future we envision for HYLA. Each group to consider: How do we see HYLA in the next 20 years? What do we want HYLA to look like for the next 20 years? | |
| HYLA high School Students | STH B-24 | |
| HYLA College Students | STH 115 | |
| Raices Latinas – Seminary/graduate students | STH B-23 | |
| ACLAMEN – Pastoras | STH 325 | |
| Other church leadership – adults/clergy/faculty | STH 343 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Closing Ritual | STH B23 |
| 6:00 p.m. | Reception (Center Ballroom- One Silber Way, 9th Floor Room 922 | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Banquet. (Center Ballroom – One Silber Way, 9th Floor Room 922) |
Sunday, July 30th
Departure