"Getting Woke" with Rev. Cornell W. Brooks - Workshop for Religious Leaders (offsite)

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary invites religious leaders to a special workshop with Reverend Cornell William Brooks, former President and CEO of the NAACP, as he challenges people of faith to commit to creating a more tolerant and just society.  

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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
8:45–9:30 AM Registration ($20 suggested donation)
9:30–10 AM Keynote Speaker Rev. Cornell William Brooks
10:10–11:30 AM Breakout Sessions
11:40 AM Reconvene & Lunch (A vegetarian/dairy lunch will be served.)

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
“When The Face I See Isn’t Like Me”
Rev. Richard Freeman, Resurrection Baptist Church of Braddock, Chaplain, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; and Rev. Liddy Barlow, Executive Director, Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania

“Hard Talk: Deepening Relationships”
Rev. De Neice Welch, Bidwell Presbyterian Church, Chair, Spiritual Leaders Caucus, Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN); and Rev. John Welch, Dean of Students, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-woke-with-rev-cornell-w-brooks-tickets-42801314885 

Location: Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, John Knox Room, 616 N Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Click for a campus map. (John Knox Room is #8.)

SPONSORED BY THE SIMON HAFNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION & THE FINE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF RABBI JAMIE GIBSON’S 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AT TEMPLE SINAI

Event Advisory Committee: Rev. Liddy Barlow (Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania), Rev. Richard Freeman (Resurrection Baptist Church), Rabbi Jamie Gibson (Temple Sinai), Rev. Rodney Lyde (Baptist Temple Church of Homewood), Rev. De Neice Welch (Bidwell Street United Presbyterian Church), and Rev. John Welch (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary)

About Cornell William Brooks

Cornell William Brooks is a fourth-generation ordained minister, widely-experienced civil rights attorney, and national activist committed to prophetic social justice. Mr. Brooks serves as Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center, addressing both criminal justice and voting rights. He was recently named Visiting Professor of Social Ethics, Law and Justice Movements at Boston University, hosted by both the School of Theology and the School of Law.  Mr. Brooks also serves as Visiting Fellow with the Institute of Politics at Harvard University, directing the program on campaigns and advocacy (Fall 2017) and Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School (Spring 2018).  He is a regular Contributor for CNN, providing analysis of public affairs, as well as social justice and ethics.

Mr. Brooks earned a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, in political science from Jackson State University and a Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology, with a concentration in social ethics and systematic theology. After seminary, Mr. Brooks earned a Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School, where he served as a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal and Member of the Yale Law and Policy Review. He held a judicial clerkship with then Chief Judge Sam J. Ervin, III, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. While studying at Boston University as a Martin Luther King Scholar, Mr. Brooks was awarded both the Oxnam-Leibman Fellowship for outstanding scholarship and promoting racial harmony and the Jefferson Fellowship for outstanding scholarship and excellence in preaching.  His national leadership has been recognized with hundreds of awards as well as honorary doctorates from Boston University, Saint Peter’s University, and Payne Theological Seminary.