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Join DIVERSITY UNITED on Tuesday, August 17th as Rev. Louise-Scott Rountree, manager of the Newark Mayor’s Office of Clergy Affairs and chair of the Newark Interfaith Alliance joins regular panelists, Pastor Steffie Bartley and Rabbi Capers Funnye to present “Black Churches – Black Synagogues: Religion, Community, and the historic role of Houses of Worship in the African American Community.”
Rev. Roundtree has been a positive influence in creating meaningful ecumenism by pursuing her motto of ‘My religion is personal, but my mission is humanity.’ She proves it each and every day. We are proud to welcome her to our Diversity United conversation.
In preparation for this program, read the following two magazine articles, by Henry Louis Gates:
To read “How the Black Church saved Black America” click here.
To read “We Need to Tell the Story of the Black Church” click here.
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Looking ahead to next month, on Tuesday, September 14th, world renowned scientist and author Robert DeSalle will be joining us to address the misuse of science and genetics in the discussion of race.
Robert DeSalle is a Curator and Professor in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. He is the co-author of the books, Race?: Debunking a Scientific Myth and Troublesome Science: The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race.
Our guest speaker on Tuesday, September 14th will be Robert DeSalle, Curator and Professor in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. He is the co-author of Race?: Debunking a Scientific Myth and Troublesome Science: The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race.
Our regular panel members are:
Mildred Crump: This longtime community leader is Newark’s first African-American Councilwoman and first woman to be chosen as City Council President.
Rabbi Capers Funnye: “Obama’s Rabbi,” Michelle Obama’s cousin, the leader of 200-member Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation of Chicago.
Pastor Steffie Bartley: New Jersey Coordinator, National Action Network and Pastor, New Hope Memorial Baptist Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey
DIVERSITY UNITED is a year-long program of outreach to people of all faiths, ethnicities, and races in Newark and the surrounding suburban communities, to discuss an anti-racist agenda and create a tangible platform to work collectively toward a just society.
We discuss issues of social justice, including mass incarceration, education, housing, healthcare, environmental justice, poverty, Jim Crow, and public monuments, all from the viewpoint of the systemic inequalities that have resulted from 401 years of American History.
The forum is formatted as a book club, with participants viewing films and reading materials before each of the monthly meetings. The panelists, African-American leaders, who have spent their lives in the trenches battling for civil rights, equality, and justice, lead discussion.
To watch videos of our previous events click here.
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For further information, contact Eric Freedman at
diversityunited@yahoo.com or or 201.988.3799.