UNITED STATES
KPCC
Thursday, May 24, 2018
The #MeToo movement has rocked the entertainment, political, media and tech worlds. More recently, it has reignited old conversations and started new ones within faith communities in the United States and around the world.
Accusations of sexual impropriety by male religious leaders have surfaced across faiths — from evangelical Christianity to Islam — fanned by the #MeToo movement, and social media has amplified the voices of accusers. But the conversation about women’s rights and treatment in religious circles is arguably less pronounced than in the secular world. Will it stay that way? Or is the conversation a slow burn ready to catch on?
Join KPCC’s Josie Huang on Thursday, May 24, at the Crawford Family Forum in Pasadena for a talk about the #MeToo movement and its place in faith and spirituality.
Guests:
Edina Lekovic – director of policy and programming, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Brie Loskota – executive director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California
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