Race & Othering - Elizabeth Jones, J.D. (Part 1)

Discovering the Self in Sacred Journey with the Other (Part 1)
2015 Festival of Faiths 'Sacred Journeys and the Legacy of Thomas Merton,' held May 12-17 at Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky.
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This panel discussion of millennial faith leaders explores our embedded assumptions of "otherness" as a function of our sacred journey through the lens of race, religion, class and immigration.
Hannah Drake with Roots and Wings (rootsandwingsar...) begins with a spoken word poem titled "10 & 2" about police brutality and race relations.
PANELISTS
Rev. Robert Harvey - Executive minister of strategic pastoral initiatives at St. Stephen Church in Louisville, KY.
Elizabeth Jones, J.D. - Attorney pursuing her Ph.D. in Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville.
Rev. Neichelle Guidry Jones - Associate Pastor to Young Adults at Trinity United Church of Christ on the south side of Chicago. She created Shepreaches, a virtual community and professional development organization that aspires to uplift African-American millennial women in ministry.
Rev. Willie D. Francois, III - Pastor of congregational care at First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. He is a founding fellow of Emerging Millennials Leadership Alliance, which is a movement committed to dismantling the racialized prison industrial complex in America.
Rev. Daniel Corrie Shull - Senior Pastor of the Burnett Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, KY, and is the author of a new book, 'Detours to Greatness'.