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Westchester Residents to Gather for National Conference on Race
January 21st--23rd: REPAIR (Rivertowns Episcopal Parishes Action on Inclusion and Race) Will Host the Event in Irvington, NY
From January 21st--23rd The Church of St. Barnabas in Irvington, in coordination with REPAIR, will welcome Westchester attendees for Trinity Institute’s 45th National Theological Conference, “Listen for a Change: Sacred Conversations for Racial Justice.”
Activists, scholars, authors, artists, clergy, and others will come together to hold life-giving conversations on the racial issues of our time. These important issues include structural racism, mass incarceration, and policy change.
The live conference (TI2016), held in New York City, will be webcast in real time at the St. Barnabas parish hall. Participants will be able to participate in Q&A sessions and breakout discussion groups at this official Partner Site.
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The event is open to anyone interested in a practical, theological perspective on racial equality and is ideal for students, seminarians, church, and community leaders looking for thought-leadership from experts and activists.
Among the speakers are Nicholas Kristof, author and Pulitzer prize-winning columnist at The New York Times; Anna Deavere Smith, actress and founding director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue; and Michele Norris, former host of NPR Radio’s “All Things Considered,” and author of The Grace of Silence (2010), which explores her own racial legacy and Barack Obama’s impact on racial conversations after his election as president.
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The REPAIR Partner Site schedule is:
Thursday, January 21st, 6:30 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m.
Friday, January 22nd, 9:00 a.m. -- 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 23rd, 9:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.
To register for the event, go to www.listen-for-a-change.eventbrite.com. Participants may attend all or part of the conference.
For more information on REPAIR, go to www.repairrivertowns.org and the REPAIR Facebook page. You may also contact the REPAIR Coordinator, The Rev. Joanne Izzo at revjoanneizzo@gmail.com, 914-631-2074.
For the full conference schedule, speaker bios, and information on Trinity Institute at Trinity Church Wall Street, go to www.TI2016.org.
The event is free; donations are requested from those who are able to give. Food and beverages will be provided.
The Church of St. Barnabas is located at 15 North Broadway, Irvington, NY.
