Book Talk: Black and Episcopalian – The Struggle for Inclusion

Join the Crummell-Cooper Chapter UBE and author/priest Gayle Fisher-Stewart for this event. Inclusion is more than the fight for acceptance. Is it possible to bring one’s whole, authentic self to the church? How can we ensure that those who enter see themselves in the liturgy, iconography, music and formation processes or is there an “Episcopal bootcamp” where one is stripped of beliefs, traditions, culture to become Episcopalian? What is the “Black Church” in a white denomination and why is the Episcopal Church still so white? The moderator for this event is Dr. William Byrd, St. George’s Episcopal Church.