Fall 2024 Events:
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Graduate Urban Program - a weekend retreat centered on an issue facing our world and thinking about it through professional and faith lenses.
Faith, Work, and Life: A Conversation
Join us March 28th, 7-9PM in VPD 203 to hear from some wonderful guest speakers, have a time for Q&A, and then engage in some informal conversation. RSVP here. Full guest speaker bios below, followed by the flier and map to where VPD is located:
Bios
T.J. McCarthy is a labor economist and Assistant Professor (Teaching) in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, and received a Ph.D. in economics from UC Davis. His economic research has focused on higher education, veterans policy, and marriage and family formation, and he has collaborated on interdisciplinary work with medical researchers on a variety of topics ranging from breast cancer chemoprevention to the use of antibiotics in treating children with ear infections. McCarthy teaches courses in microeconomics, public finance, cost-benefit analysis, and applied econometrics, and currently serves as field coordinator for the Price School’s programs in public policy.
Jamari Perry is an emerging filmmaker who hails from the Bay Area, CA. Her films focus on popular culture and community empowerment. She has produced and directed several works of various genres including documentary, experimental, and narrative films. Jamari graduated with a MFA in Film and Television Production at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2013 and is currently working as a freelance producer. A short film Jamari co-produced, War Paint recently screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
David Kim is an experience designer based in LA. His professional WHY is to inspire good in the world by WHAT he does (designing products/services that meet the needs of the world) and HOW he does (developing people through work instead of getting work done through people). He lives, works and wrestles at the intersections of life as an immigrant from South Korea, a designer with no design background, and an atheist turned believer. He believes the intersections are the best place to worship.
Being affiliated with InterVarsity means we're a part of a larger movement across the USA. We're apart of the SoCal Area. This retreat is for grad students in the SoCal area! Click here to register. Need financial assistance? Click here to apply for a partial scholarship and email jerry.romasco@intervarsity.org with your name as a place holder, or if you have any questions.