Velda R. Love, MATS, DMIN5924 N. Lincoln Avenue Apt 302

Chicago, IL 60659(773) 860-9461

VRayeLove@Live.com

COURSE FACILITATION AND INSTRUCTION

Adjunct Course Instructor Up You Mighty Race: The African Diaspora – Matrilineal Society &Womanist Ideology Sankofa: Journey to Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation African American History, Culture, and Race Pedagogy Living Responsibly in the Realm of God: Stewardship, Health and Justice Pre-Colonial Black Africa: The Movement From Black to African American An African Introduction to the Bible

Lectures 1. Womanist Thought, Ideology, and Theology2. American Jurisprudence & The House I Live In: Mass Incarceration is the New Jim

Crow3. Trauma: What is it and How does it affect the Brain, Body, and Spirit of Individuals,

Families, and Communities4. Diversity in Community: Theological Perspectives on the Imago Dei 5. Civil Rights Then and Now: Race, Gender and Social Activism6. Introduction to Ministry: Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation 7. Diversity in the Workplace 8. Embodiment, Empowerment and Spirituality in the Lives of Black Women9. The Public Witness of the Church 10. Rape as a Weapon of War: Women Surviving in the Democratic Republic of Congo11. Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe’s Valuable Lessons

Speaking/Preaching, Workshop and Training Sessions Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race Conference, Conference Presentation: Afrocentric

Responses to Eurocentric Theological Scholarship, Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain), August 2016

Deeply Rooted Women’s Conference, Keynote Speaker, Jesus People USA, Chicago, IL May 2016

Cultural Immersion: Practical Tools for Ending Racism – Mirrors and Methods: Tools for Creating Racial Equity, The YWCA Evanston, IL May 2016

Good Friday Sermon: Black Bodies, the Justice of God and the Cross, First United Methodist Church, Des Plaines, IL March 2016

What’s Love Got to Do With It, Jesus People USA Christian Church, Chicago, January 2016 Performance: A Man and a Movement Set to Music: From 1960 to 2016, Written and Directed by

Velda R. Love, January 2016 Without Sanctuary: Literally and Metaphorically Lynching the Black Body, North Park

University February 2015 Responding to Police Brutality: Ferguson-New York, Baltimore, Chicago, North Park University

March 2015 Am I My Sisters Keeper? A Woman’s Perspective on the Old and New Testament, ECC

Women’s Triennial, San Diego, CA, August 2013

Jewels Among Us: Mother’s Day Luncheon, Faith Christian Center, Miami FL May 2012 Faith Christian Center Covenant Church, Mother’s Day Sunday Worship, Miami, FL May 2012 Community Covenant Church, Calumet Park, IL July 2012 Racial Righteousness: A Deep Dialogue about a Post-Racial Society II—Evangelical Covenant

Church Midwinter Conference, Chicago, IL, January 2011 Living a Life of Faith: Local National and Global Justice According to the Word of God—

Evangelical Covenant Church Women’s Triennial Conference, Washington, D.C., July 2010 Racial Righteousness: A Deep Dialogue about a Post-Racial Society—Compassion Mercy &

Justice Conference, Denver, CO, January 2010 Transforming Church Communities toward Racial Righteousness & Reconciliation: Bi-Annual

SCUPE Congress 2008, Chicago, IL April 2008 Justice Symposium Respondent: North Park Theological Seminary September 2007 Women Pursuing Justice Ministries -- Southeast Women’s Conference Retreat in Atlanta, GA

October 2007 Community Development Training for Transformation: Bethesda Covenant Church, NY October

2006 Christians and Muslims in Dialogue: What the Bible Say’s About Women, Chicago, IL

November 2006 Doing Justice in Rural Communities: Bi-Annual SCUPE Congress 2006, Chicago, IL April 2006

Publications and Articles Mudroom Blog – Making Room in the Mess June 2016: Race, Culture, Identity

www.mudroomblog.com Cultural Immersion as a Pedagogical Tool to End Racism –(Doctoral Thesis: Chicago Theological

Seminary May 2016) Covenant Home Altar: Pentecost Devotional – A Womanist Interpretation (Evangelical Covenant

Church Publication, Chicago, IL 2016) Restorative Justice: A Biblical Basis Beyond Crime and Punishment (Youth Nexxus Curriculum,

September 2010) A Radical Word—(Round Table Magazine, The Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada, April

2008) When the Good News is Used as a Tool of Oppression – Things Fall Apart (Ex Auditu

Theological Journal 2007) From Generation to Generation – (inSpirit: The Magazine for Women in the Covenant Church) Reclaiming the Spirit of God in Womanist Theology – (Masters Thesis: North Park Theological

Seminary May 2006)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND2016 Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL

Doctor of Ministry – Social Transformation May 2016 “Cultural Immersion as a Pedagogical Tool to End Racism”

2006 North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, ILMaster of Arts in Theological Studies – Theology, Ethics and Social Justice“Reclaiming the Spirit of God in Womanist Theology”

1991 Roosevelt University, Chicago, ILBachelor of Science Business Administration – Marketing Communications

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2007 Ordained to Word and Service– Evangelical Covenant Church 2006 Theology Award – North Park Theological Seminary

Thesis Project: Reclaiming the Spirit of God in Womanist Theology – North Park Theological Seminary

2010 One Chicago One Nation Ambassador – Interfaith Youth Core 2011 Interfaith Dialogue at North Park University – Eboo Patel, Rabbi MichaelWeinberg,

o Rev. Mark A. Dennis, Jr. 2012 Interfaith Dialogue at North Park University – Rabbi Andrea London, Rev. Karen

o Mosby-Avery, Dr. Marcia Hermansen 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Worship Experience – Rabbi Andrea London,

o Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung 2013 Campus Theme Speakers-What is Justice? - Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak,

o Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Worship Experience—Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings

2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Teach-Ins – What is Civil-What is Right? A Millennial Responseo Black Youth Project 100o Jessica Disu aka FMSupremeo Cliff Nellis, Gabe Gonzalez

2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Performance – A Man and A Movement Set to Music: 1960 – 2016 (Written and Produced by Velda R. Love)

EMPLOYMENT

2000 – Present North Park University, Chicago, ILNorth Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL

1998 – 1999 Chicago Area Project, Chicago, IL

1996 – 1998 Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago, IL

1990 – 1996 Chicago Area Project, Chicago, IL

MEMBERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIESMayor’s Task Force on Homelessness – MemberInterfaith Action of Evanston – Board Member

Poverty and Hunger Steering Committee – ChairInterfaith Youth Core – Chicago Ambassador

Football Chaplain - North Park UniversitySecond Baptist Church – Pastoral Staff

InterConnect Solutions Group - Board MemberOrdained to Word and Service: Specialization, Social Justice – Evangelical Covenant Church