The Forum at Grace Cathedral

La frontera nos divide, pero la tierra nos une. (The border divides us, but the land unites us.)   We may not be a nation of immigrants ( listen to Forum guest  and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz discuss her book of that title on September 29, 2021), but immigration continues to impact us all. Natural disasters, war, corruption and oppression continue to drive migrants' continued pursuit for an op...

Artificial intelligence is embedded in our everyday lives: It influences which streets we walk down, which clothes we buy, which articles we read, whom we date and where and how we choose to live. It is ubiquitous, yet it remains obscure. Amid increasing scrutiny of technology's role in everything from policing to politics, "ethics" has become an industry safe word, but no one seems to agree on wh...

The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer is Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod (ELCA). The first openly transgender pastor Bishop in a mainline Christian denomination, Megan is an award-winning filmmaker, musician and historian. They were a finalist for the Lambda Literary award, received an honorable mention as an Unsung Hero of Compassion by Wisdom in Action with His Holiness the Dali Lama and have been featur...

Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. Are we indeed living in a land of opportunity—founded and built by immigrants? Or does this benign narrative of progress mask and diminish the US's history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, sla...