CA Events - Spring 2026

Michiana Seed Swap

10 pts for attending any one of the three sessions and writing your reflection. See the website below for desciptions of the three sessions.

When: January 17, 2026
Time: 9:30am-2:30pm
Location: Church-Chapel
Cost: Free

For more information: merrylea.goshen.edu/seedswap.


Peace and Climate Resiliency

in South Asia and the Sahel

10 pts for taking part in this convocation and writing your reflection.

When: February, 18, 2026
Time: 10 am (GC Chapel/Convo - counts for CA and convo credit!!)
Location: Church-Chapel

What is the connection between climate and peace? How does the changing climate drive conflict or make it worse? Can peacebuilding help communities become more climate resilient? Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the Anabaptist Climate Collaborative (ACC) are hosting this Global Voices Speaking Tour



GC conference on Religion and Science

10 pts
for each lecture Goshen College hosts an annual conference on issues at the intersection between religion and science. The 2026 conference features Dr. Wesley Wildman speaking on "The Future of Spirituality". He's a professor of Theology and Philosophy and data science at Boston University.

The lectures are:

  • Resilient, Reimagined, or Relegated? Challenges facing traditional religion,
    7:30 pm, Friday, March 6, College Mennonite Church – Koinonia Room
  • Shaping the Sacred? Understanding and designing spiritual experiences,
    10:30 am, Saturday, March 7, College Mennonite Church – Koinonia Room

Conference website

Academic Symposium

7 pts for each talk you attend and reflect on. Preference for

  • Environmental biology
  • Exercise physiology
  • How community works

Wednesday, April 8
Schedule TBA

Poverty Simulation

30 pts

Saturday, April 11, 9am-noon
College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall

This activity is organized by an extension educator from the Purdue University Health and Human Services extension service. A short description...

The poverty simulation is an interactive experience designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low-income family trying to survive from month to month. It is a simulation not a game. The object is to sensitize participants to the realities faced by low-income people.

In the simulation, 30-72 participants assume the roles of up to 26 different families facing poverty. Some are newly unemployed, some are recently deserted by the “breadwinner,” and others are recipients of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), either with or without additional earned income. Still others are senior citizens receiving Social Security or grandparents raising their grandchildren. The task of each “family” is to provide for basic necessities and shelter during the course of four 15-minute “weeks.”

Participants need to register ahead of time. Registration will close when they reach 72 participants. Here's the registration form.

Global water crisis

10 pts

Wednesday, March 25, 12:00-12:50
Westlawn 309 (third floor)

From the Communicator

Come join the conversation on the Global Water Crisis!

Come Join us, Wednesday, March 25 from 12-12:50 students working on a research project about the Global Water Crisis will be presenting their findings and ideas to address this issue as an individual and in our communities. Come join the conversation in WL 309! We will have free snacks but you can bring your green box or personal lunch. We’d love for you to be part of the discussion!


Last minute CA opportunities

10 pts each

Listen / watch any of the recordings from Faith in Place's "Annual Environment & Spirituality" summit 2025 and write a reflection:

  1. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Keynote speaker
  2. Dr. Randy Woodley, co-founder of Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds in Oregon

Or, looking backward, if you took part in either of these, write up a reflection to receive credit:

  1. There was a local No Kings protest in Elkhart, and a smaller one in Goshen on Saturday, March 29.
  2. There was a Teach-In for Constitutional Democracy with guest attorneys Kelly Hartzler and Lisa Koop, held in the Koinonea room on February 13.

The Roots of Extractivism and the Moral Call for Transformation

13 pts for this online webinar

Wednesday, April 15, 7 PM
From the Communicator:

      WEBINAR: The Roots of Extractivism and the Moral Call for Transformation
      On-campus sponsor: Alicia MZ, Scholar-Activist Fellow

      Register ahead of time (there's a free option)

      This webinar will be a space for reflecting on the Doctrine of Discovery and its legacy of increasingly extreme forms of extracting natural resources – and to explore alternatives to this economic paradigm. This is a great introductory webinar - Don't hesitate to join!

      Sarah Augustine from The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery is the speaker. The Coalition is co-sponsoring this webinar with Creation Justice Ministries, Sisters of Mercy, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, and the Mennonite Central Committee.