Chaplaincy Innovation Lab

This fall, the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab will release an online reader focused on the work of African American chaplains. The online reader is envisioned as a reference for chaplains, students, and educators interested in examining the interplay between race and the history of chaplaincy in the United States.

This January, The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab (CIL) launched Conversation Circles for Chaplains of Color as part of our work with the Fetzer Institute to support and build networks for spiritual care providers. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial reckoning, and the legacies of racial violence, we decided that our first circles would honor and support the work that chaplains of color do to provide spiritual care for individuals and challenge racial structures. 

Just shy of a month ago, the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab (CIL) launched the first in a series of Conversation Circles for Chaplains of Color as part of our work with the Fetzer Institute to support and build networks for spiritual care providers.

What is the present state and future development of spiritual care? From December 11 to 13, 2019, the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab was grateful to partner with the Fetzer Institute on a convening and dialogue focused on just that. We welcomed spiritual care providers from an array of professional contexts and educational backgrounds including healthcare, higher education, social movements, state and federal agencies, and more.