Book Study offered by the Conference
Anti-Racism Standing Committee:
DS Scott will have the series of book study that will begin on Tuesday, June 17, at 7 pm via Zoom. Everyone is invited to join. Recently DS Scott is a liaison to the Anti-Racism Standing Committee from the Cabinet. Registration is required to receive the zoom link.
The registration information is not available at the moment. This will be updated when available.
The proposed text book is “Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in A Racially Unjust America” by Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey, an award-winning author, educator, and public speaker. New York Times bestseller, Raising White Kids, offers practical, connected insights on how to parent white kids in an unjust society.
Jennifer Harvey is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at Garrett Evangelical Seminary, where she also teaches classes in Christian Ethics. Previously, she served as a Professor of Religion and the Faculty Director of the Crew Scholars Program—an academic excellence and leadership development program for students of color—at Drake University. She graduated from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York with a Ph.D. in Christian Social Ethics in 2004 and a Master of Divinity degree in 1998. Jen is ordained in the American Baptist Churches (USA). She currently lives in Chicago, Illinois and Des Moines, Iowa with her two children.
