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Saturday, November 2, 5-7:30pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. Broad St.

Rev. Jim Wallis is the inaugural holder of the Chair in Faith and Justice at the McCourt School of Public Policy and founding Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice, which advocates for racial justice and building a multiracial democracy, eradicating systemic poverty, and promoting peacemaking in the United States and around the world.

A panel discussion will follow the lecture.

The interfaith leaders who will engage with Rev. Wallis are those whose traditions are impacted by the beliefs and practices of white Christian Nationalism.

Panel

• The Rev. J. Bennett Guess, Executive Director, ACLU of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, Moderator

• Viles Dorsainvil, President, Haitian Community Help and Support Center, Springfield, Ohio

• C. Stonebraker-Martinez, Co-Director, InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Cleveland, Ohio

• The Rev. Dr. Michelle Boomgaard, Rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield, Ohio

• Denise Rector, Doctoral Student in Residence, Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University; Ph.D. Candidate, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois

• The Rev. Dr. Jefferey P. Kee, Pastor, New Faith Baptist Church of Christ, Columbus, Ohio

• Steven Dimler, Baha’i Faith and President of Interfaith Association of Central Ohio

Sponsor

• Ohio Council of Churches

Co-Sponsors

• Faith in Public Life

• Interfaith Association of Central Ohio

• Hunger Network in Ohio

This event is free but registration is required.

Register for this event at givebutter.com/RXquk1.

Hosted by Ohio Council of Churches.

Date: 

Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 5:00pm

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