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DESCRIPTION:Caring for Creation: Finding Common Ground\nAnnual LSM-WA Earth
  Day Summit\n\nThe Laudato Si’ Movement Washington chapter (LSM-WA) invites
  you to attend the annual Earth Day Summit – Caring for Creation: Finding C
 ommon Ground on April 25\, 2026. Join us for a day of building bridges thro
 ugh love for creation with presenters representing diverse areas of special
 ty from across Washington State.\n\nRegistration is required for the summit
 . All are welcome to attend this free event. During registration you may ch
 oose to help offset the cost of your attendance by making a donation (estim
 ated cost to attend: $15 parking\; $15 lunch\; $10 refreshments).\n\nDetail
 s:\n\nCaring for Creation: Finding Common Ground\nSaturday\, April 25\, 202
 6\n8:30am – 4:30pm\nSeattle University\, Student Center LeRoux Room\n\nSumm
 it highlights include:\n\nThe day includes parking on campus\, morning and 
 afternoon refreshments\, a vegetarian lunch\, and time for prayer and spiri
 tual reflection.Morning keynote “Our Sacred Earth: The Care of Creation as 
 a Spiritual Imperative” with Sr. Mimi Maloney\, SNJM (Spokane)\, and Sr. Ma
 ry Ellen Robinson\, SNJM (Yakima)\, and Ms. Eleana Pawl (Seattle)Special gu
 ests: Daniel Harm\, Communications Director for the Center for Responsible 
 ForestryLynda Mapes\, retired Pulitzer Prize-nominated Environmental Report
 er for the Seattle Times and National Outdoor Book Award WinnerAshton Picar
 d\, Vice Chair of the Nez Perce TribeDick Warwick\, Cowboy Poet and retired
  farmerAfternoon breakout sessions include: Going beyond nice: effective co
 nversations on divisive topics with Kathy Wilmering: How do we manage the a
 nxiety and anger that emerge when someone with a different opinion attacks 
 us? Our ensuing fight\, flight\, or freeze response is counterproductive an
 d harms our health. Learn quick ways to calm your physiology so you respond
  effectively and scripturally.Creating your parish Laudato Si’ Action Plan 
 with Terri Nelson: Navigate the LSAP structure and its seven goals and lear
 n more about the benefits of your parish or organization joining this globa
 l Catholic network promoting integral ecology and care for creation.A poetr
 y writing workshop with Dick Warwick: Think it! Feel it! Say it! Enjoy it! 
  Release your inner poet.Protecting the Pacific Temperate Rainforest with D
 aniel Harm: What are legacy forests\, why do they matter\, and why is the W
 ashington Department of Natural Resources still managing them like short-te
 rm timber assets instead of long-term public infrastructure? CRF’s Communic
 ations Director\, Daniel Harm\, uncovers the full value of these ecosystems
 —from disaster protection and rural community resilience to biodiversity\, 
 carbon storage\, hydrologic maturity\, and microclimate stability. By linki
 ng forest ecology with long-term economic thinking\, this talk offers a hop
 eful\, forward-looking vision for stewardship grounded in watershed health\
 , collaboration\, and shared benefits. The summit is sponsored by Laudato S
 i’ Movement Washington (LSM-WA)\, Seattle University’s Institute for Cathol
 ic Thought and Culture (ICTC)\, the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center
  (IPJC)\, the Archdiocese of Seattle\, St. James Cathedral and the Sisters 
 of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM).
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LOCATION:Seattle University\, Student Center 160\, LeRoux Room
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SUMMARY:Annual Earth Day Summit: Finding Common Ground
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URL:https://events.seattleu.edu/event/annual-earth-day-summit-finding-commo
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