Register to join Women’s Empowerment and Trauma Healing – An Interfaith Panel for Women’s History Month on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, from 12:45–2:00 p.m. This event will be held in Classroom B and online, offering both in-person and virtual participation. A light lunch will be provided for in-person attendees, and complimentary parking will be available in the parking garage adjacent to the building. Women’s Empowerment and Trauma Healing is an interfaith panel designed to foster courageous conversation, mutual learning, and spiritual solidarity. Panelists will reflect on how faith communities can address trauma—both personal and communal—while challenging the systemic inequities that shape women’s lives. Through storytelling, theological reflection, and practical insight, this session will highlight how interfaith collaboration can become a powerful force for healing and empowerment. Participants will leave with deeper awareness, renewed commitment, and tools for cultivating resilience within their own communities.

Panelists

Tamisha Holifield

Tamisha Holifield is a community advocate, educator, and leadership facilitator committed to healing, truth, and restoration within faith and community spaces.

Itedal Shalabi

Co-Founder/Executive Director at Arab American Family Services.

Brooke Petersen

Author of Religious Trauma: Queer Stories in Estrangement and Return
John H. Tietjen Chair of Pastoral Ministry and Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and
Director of MDiv and MAM/MA Programs and Director of Candidacy at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

For questions related to this event, contact ccme@lstc.edu