SPS’s own Dr. David Leong will kick off the four-week series with “I Don’t See Race” on a history of housing segregation in Seattle.
When: Wednesday, April 8, 7-9 PM
Where: University Presbyterian Church
4540 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
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Here’s the full lineup:
April 8: “I DON’T SEE RACE.”
A History of Housing Segregation in Seattle
Speaker: Dr. David Leong, Professor of Missiology and Director of Global and Urban Ministry at Seattle Pacific University’s School of Theology.
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April 15: “HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WAS INNOCENT?”
A Comparison of Criminal Justice Practices in Ferguson and King County
Speakers: Dr. Robert Chang, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University;
Mark Larson, Chief Criminal Deputy of the King County Prosecutor’s Office, & Jeff Geohagen, SWAT officer with the Seattle Police Department.
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April 22: “I WORKED HARD TO GET WHERE I AM.”
White Privilege and Interracial Reconciliation
Speakers: Pastor Harvey Drake, Senior Pastor of Emerald City Bible Fellowship and President/Founder of Urban Impact;
Pastor Ken Kierstead, Outreach Pastor at UPC.
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April 29: “KOREANS HAVE THEIR OWN CHURCH. WHY CAN’T WE HAVE OURS?”
The Church’s Imperative to Become Multiethnic
Speaker: Dr. Soong-Chan Rah, Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at Northpark Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL and author of “The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity.”
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Saturday Workshop, April 25, 9 AM-12 PM, “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TAKE ABOUT RACE.”
Working Out Reconciliation Together
Facilitator: Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil, Associate Professor of Reconciliations Studies at Seattle Pacific University and author of “The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change.”
*Registration required for Saturday workshop here:
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Questions? Email April: aprily@upc.org
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