Cultural Competency Workshop Leaders

The first training session for all team members of the Uganda mission will be held on April 25th, from 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. The workshop will be led by the Rev. Dr. Lucia Ann McSpadden and Rev. Kathryn Choy-Wong.


LUCIA ANN McSPADDEN, Ph.D.
Dr. McSpadden, a cultural anthropologist and life-long United Methodist, has lived and worked in Mexico, Japan, Nepal, and Sweden. In the U.S. she developed multi-ethnic curriculum for Head Start, investigated community development on a Native American reservation and worked extensively with congregations resettling African refugees. The author of Meeting God at the Boundaries: Cross-cultural/Cross-racial Clergy Appointments and A Manual for Church Leaders, Dr. McSpadden has designed and co-facilitated cultural competency and anti-racism workshops for church and community organizations as well as for humanitarian aid organizations in Europe. Currently she is adjunct faculty working with international students at Pacific School of Religion.


REV. KATHRYN CHOY-WONG
Rev. Choy-Wong, an American Baptist clergywoman, is pastor of a pan-Asian multicultural congregation in Castro Valley, CA. Previously, she served as Area Minister for the American Baptist Churches of the West Region, as Admissions Director of American Baptist Seminary of the West and on the national staff of the American Baptist Church USA at Valley Forge, PA. Rev. Choy-Wong is an experienced facilitator and trainer and author of Building Bridges: A Handbook for Cross-cultural Ministry. She has worked extensively with ethnic minority and multi-racial congregations, and co-facilitated cross-cultural/cross-racial workshops for clergy.