The Synod is co-sponsoring live webcasts of “Listen for a Change: Sacred Conversations for Racial Justice” featuring New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, actor Anna Deavere Smith, and Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean Emilie Townes on January 21-23, 2016, at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
The webcasts from Trinity Wall Street’s annual theological conference will explore structural racism, mass incarceration, and policy change. Small group discussions will focus on how to undo racism here at home.
The three-day conference begins Thursday, Jan. 21 at 5:30 pm in LTSP’s Brossman Center, and concludes Saturday, Jan. 23 at 4:30 pm. Cost is $20 for all three days (LTSP students free with ID).
Register starting December 1 at StMartinEC.org. For more information contact Barbara Ballinger at Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at or 215.247.7466, ext. 102.
Other co-sponsors of the event are The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Seminary, The Episcopal Mission Center, the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania and its Anti-Racism Commission.
Other speakers include Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Gary Dorrien, Kelly Brown Douglas, Michelle Norris, and Victor Rios. For more information about Trinity Institute’s National Theological Conference in NYC — including speaker bios, schedule, videos, and more — visit TI2016.org.
This schedule is subject to change. Please visit here for updates.
5:30PM Registration Opens
6:30PM Opening Worship
Preacher
The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry
8:00PM Keynote Address
7:45AM Registration opens, continental breakfast
9:00AM Gathering in song and prayer: Melanie DeMore
9:30AM Session 1: What Is Race, Anyway?
20-minute opening talk:
Nicholas KristofPanel and Q&A with:Nicholas KristofEmilie TownesEduardo Bonilla-Silva
11:00AM Break
11:30AM Reflection group meeting
12:45PM Lunch
2:00PM Gathering in song and prayer: Melanie DeMore
Session 2: A People’s History of Race
20-minute opening talk:
Emilie TownesPanel and Q&A with:Gary DorrienJanine Tinsley-RoeT. James Kodera
3:30PM Break
4:00-5:15PM Reflection group meeting
8:00AM Continental breakfast
9:00AM Warm-up in song and prayer: Melanie DeMore
9:30AM Session 3: Soul Searching in a Culture of Control
The New Jim Crow
11:00AM Break
11:30AM Reflection group meeting
12:45AM Lunch
2:00PM Session 4: Listen for a Change
Q&A
3:15PM Break
3:30PM Session 5: What We Can Do Together – Policies and Practices
Speaker:
Rector, Trinity ChurchQ&A and panelPanel guests to be announced
4:30PM Closing