Katherine Turpin: How We All Get Free Series

Join us for Iliff’s Pulpit+ Exchange Series, an inspiring series of in-person and virtual gatherings where clergy, lay leaders, activists, scholars, ministers, journalists, and community organizers come together to wrestle with the most pressing questions of our time. Together, we’ll explore powerful stories of hope, healing, and action—each rooted in a shared vision of justice and liberation.

Learning to be free requires identifying the deep and sometimes subtle roots of white supremacy that infect the everyday ways we imagine things like leadership, congregations, and the Christian tradition. The questioning of deeply held, “common sense” values can be painful and doubt-inducing work, but ultimately opens us to embrace collective wisdom, to nurture strong and resourceful communities, and to live faithfully without certainty or superiority.

Reflecting on nearly a quarter century of teaching students at Iliff, Katherine will tell the story of how being challenged by esteemed colleagues to uncover the white supremacy at the heart of her academic discipline led to a journey of questioning everything she thought she was supposed to be doing as a seminary professor, forming Christian ministers. A commitment to listen and to learn with humility fuels the ongoing process of unbinding from the legacy of whiteness while still being accountable to what it has wrought.

Katherine Turpin joined Iliff’s faculty in June 2002. She also currently serves as Associate Dean for Curriculum and Assessment and Director of the MDiv program. Her current research interests include how histories of oppression and structural inequality inform the identity of white women and unlearning and disrupting white supremacy in the practices of education and theological reflection.

5:00 – 5:45 PM (MST): Light meal and connection

5:45 PM: Lecture begins, followed by Q&A and deep discussion

Location: In-person at Iliff or online via livestream. Unable to attend in person? Register to receive the livestream link.

Because change starts in community. This is a space to be challenged and inspired, while meeting others who share your passion for faith-rooted justice, equity, and collective liberation.

Come for one evening or all. Stay for the conversation. Leave with new energy, new insights, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Whether you’re a faith leader, community builder, or someone seeking meaningful connection, this is more than a lecture series—it’s an invitation to be part of a growing network of changemakers committed to building a more just and equitable world.

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