Phoenix: Born of Ashes – Summit Tracks

2022 Summit on Human Dignity

PHOENIX: BORN OF ASHES
Feb. 28–March 10, 2022

MISSION STATEMENT

True to our Jesuit charism of the service of faith and the promotion of justice, the Brophy community continues its annual Summit on Human Dignity this year by focusing on our place in the world – our specific place: the city of Phoenix. While talk of social, economic, racial, and environmental justice can sometimes become abstract, Brophy seeks to commit itself through this Summit to living out our incarnational faith in an incarnational way. Just as God became man in Christ and was born into a specific time and place, we are called to find the ways that God wants to move in us and pour out His timeless love in the specific context of the greater Phoenix area in which we members of the Brophy community reside. In so doing, we are grateful for the collaboration and support of our many local partners who are participating in this Summit. Together, we hope to commit ourselves more deeply to the continual betterment of our city; strengthen our connections with others working for the common good here; and contribute to a more just, more equitable, and more loving Phoenix oriented toward the Catholic ethical imperative of the preferential option for the poor, and God’s will for the whole human family as we live the faith that does justice.

2022 SUMMIT ON HUMAN DIGNITY TRACKS

Click a title or the corresponding image at top to view each track's keynote speakers.

ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY » Coordinator: Dominika Sieruta • Water use and scarcity • Heat island effect • Unsustainability of a desert metropolis	LAND USE » Coordinators: Wes Sundberg and Michael Noonan • Rising costs and housing bubbles • Gentrification • Legacies of redlining
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS » Coordinator: Cooper Davis • Land acknowledgment and restorative justice • Legacy of Phoenix Indian School • Disparities on and off the reservation	MIGRATION » Coordinator: Deena Sellers • U.S./Mexico border policies • Undocumented neighbors • Domestic transplants and a first-generation city
POLITICS » Coordinator: Mike Welty • Statehouse polarization • Shifting political demographics • City's rising national prominence	EDUCATION » Coordinator: Tim Broyles • Arizona 48th in education outcomes • Racial disparities in education quality • Issues in education funding
UNHOUSED IN THE HEAT » Coordinator: Bryce Deline • Unique drivers and risks in Phoenix • Effects of recession and housing bubble • Forces for change	POLICE AND INCARCERATION » Coordinator: Jim Welty • Department of Justice probe • Disparities in incarceration rates