Rev. Byron Williams: An Outspoken Evening with America’s only Pastor & Progressive Journalist

KPFA Radio presents

Rev.
Byron Williams: An Outspoken Evening with America’s only Pastor &
Progressive Journalist

From
“1963: The Year of Hope and Hostility”…
until now.

Hosted
by Gabrielle Wilson

Thursday, July 25, 7:30 pm

Black Repertory Theatre

3201 Adeline Street, Berkeley

$12 advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/401741
:: 800-838-3006 or Pegasus Books 3
locations), Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, DIESEL
a Bookstore. SF: Modern Times  ($15 door)   Info:www.kpfa.org/events  KPFA benefit

 “1963: The Year of Hope and Hostility” just
published, offers a crucial new view of many of America’s most shocking and
profoundly formative occurrences, a view that sharply clarifies many of today’s
racial and social crises.

Author
Byron Williams, the only reverend/syndicated columnist in the country, has been
since 2002 the pastor at Resurrection Community Church in Berkeley. He is also
the writer of a twice-weekly social/political column for the Oakland Tribune, a featured writer for The Huffington Post, and the author of Strip Mall Patriotism: Moral Reflections of the Iraq War.

His column appears in 15 publications
and several progressive websites across the country. In addition, his articles
have appeared in the Wall Street Journal,
USA Today, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, the UK Guardian, Tikkun Magazine,
and Public Theology, among other
places. He has interviewed President Kennedy, Cornel West, Ted Sorenson,
Secretary of State John Kerry, Senator Ted Kennedy, Vice President Joe Biden,
social critic Michael Eric Dyson, Michael Scheuer (former Chief of the CIA’s
Counterterrorist Center’s Bin Laden Unit) and Maya Angelou.

Pastor Williams has appeared on
numerous television and radio news programs, including CNN, ABC Radio, Fox
News, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. 
He serves as a member of People for the American Ways’ African American
Religious Affairs, and is religious co-chair for the National Black Justice
Coalition.  In 2010, his work was
nationally recognized with his nomination as “Columnist of the Year” by the Gay
& Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

Cornel West considers Byron’s work “groundbreaking and historic.”

Host
Gabrielle Wilson
received the degree of Juris Doctor after studying French and International Law
at the University of Paris. A host and producer at KPFA since 1999, her major
interests include The First Amendment, Marriage Equality, Islamophobia,
Education, Judicial Misconduct and the Arts.