Author Talk: “Pauli Murray: Shouting for the Rights of All People”

Author Talk: “Pauli Murray: Shouting for the Rights of All People”

by | Mar 22, 2023

Deborah Nelson Linck has written a book about this Episcopal priest and civil rights icon for all people; however, it is geared to the younger generations who might not have heard about her and they learn about Black history. So, “come” and bring a young person. It is truly important as we face constant attacks on gender non-conforming and trans young people. They will find a sheroe in this story of Pauli Murray.

Event is free and will be virtual. Zoom link is below or you can call in: 1-301-715-8592,,84162996599# US

Book Talk: Black and Episcopalian – The Struggle for Inclusion

Book Talk: Black and Episcopalian – The Struggle for Inclusion

by | Jan 31, 2023

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.

Brothers in the Beloved Community

Brothers in the Beloved Community

by | Mar 17, 2022

In Brothers in the Beloved Community, Episcopal Bishop Marc Andrus tells the little-known story of a friendship between two giants of our time: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Bishop Marc Andrus, Bishop Mariann Budde and the Rev. Dr. Paul Smith join Dean Hollerith for an online discussion via Zoom to explore this relationship and the efforts of these two icons to resist the forces still at work today.

Several years before King’s death, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote an open letter to Martin Luther King Jr. as part of his effort to raise awareness and bring peace in Vietnam. There was an unexpected outcome of Nhat Hanh’s letter to King: The two men met in 1966 and 1967 and became not only allies in the peace movement, but friends. This friendship between two prophetic figures from different religions and cultures, from countries at war with one another, reached a great depth in a short period of time. Dr. King nominated Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He wrote: “Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.”

Speakers:
Bishop Marc Andrus, Episcopal Diocese of California
Bishop Mariann Budde, Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Rev. Dr. Paul Smith, Civil rights veteran, minister, educator and author

Registrants will be sent information with a Zoom link on April 6. Registration is free for this ONLINE event, with an option to pay what you wish.