Founded in 1901, the Earl Lectures and Leadership Conference is PSR’s longest-running public event, hosting scholars, activists, and church leaders. The 2025 series features Cynthia T. Buiza, José Luis Marantes, and filmmaker Luis Argueta on migration, narrative, and the history of DACA.

What the course covers

• Breaking the Silence: From Fear to Solidarity
• Narrating Resistance and Resilience: Insights from the Frontlines
• How DACA Came to Voice
• Sanctuary People: How You Can Volunteer for Immigrant Justice in the Bay Area
• Faculty Panel: The Price of Movement

What you’ll learn and practice

• Explore how stories of migration can reclaim power and resist erasure
• Center lived experience and examine how dominant narratives are formed
• Narrate resistance and resilience and apply those lessons in ministry and leadership