Anti-Racism Conference, October 8–10
TJ District’s 2010 Anti-Racism Conference:
Building the World We Want: From Just Us to Justice
October 8-10
First UU Church of Richmond
On Sunday morning, do you see the multicultural congregation you have imagined?
Are you passionate about building a world with equality and opportunity for all people?
Then join fellow UUs and other justice-minded people of faith at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond on Friday through Sunday, October 8-10, for Building the World We Want: From Just Us to Justice, the TJ District’s 2010 Anti-Racism Conference.
The early registration deadline is Thursday, September 15. After that date, the registration fee increases from $55 to $70. Registration closes the Friday prior to the conference, October 1.
Program activities will spark reflection and discussion about the connections between race and place in regard to inequality and racism, and will equip participants with practical strategies for developing diverse, multicultural congregations and for moving their communities from being ones with equality and opportunity for some to ones with opportunity and equality for all.
Professor john a. powell, an internationally recognized authority in civil rights, civil liberties, and issues relating to race, ethnicity, poverty and the law, will deliver the keynote address: Race, Place, & Opportunity: The Role of Structures in (Re)Producing Inequality. Presenters include Dr. Andrea Simpson (University of Richmond), Dr. John V. Moeser (Bonner Center for Civic Engagement), Rev. Nan White (UU Fellowship of Beaufort), Jim Key (TJ District President), Dr. Leon Spencer (co-author, The Arc of the Universe is Long), Paula Cole Jones (anti-racism consultant), Dr. Mark Hicks (author of the Building the World We Dream About curriculum), Annette Marquis (TJ District Executive), and Bob Gross (former Journey Toward Wholeness committee member).
Please Register in Advance Online: www.tjdistrict.org/newsevents/antiracismconference. Home hospitality and childcare are only available to conference participants who register in advance.