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Thursday, October 24, 2013

What is the State of Race in Metropolitan Richmond? Taking on the “elephant in the room,” 15 strong voices, four panel discussions focusing on current economic, demographic, social, and employment situations in our metro area. Specifically and intentionally designed to give local clergy focused information for prayer, engagement, and transformation.

Here’s the event schedule:

7:00 am  Morning Prayer
7:30-8:30 am   Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 am   Opening prayer and Statement of purpose Notes on the history of race in Richmond: The Rev. Ben Campbell
8:45 am    The racial situation in numbers Poverty, residency, employment: Brian Koziol, Director of Research, HOME
Real estate: Laura Lafayette, CEO, Richmond Assoc. of Realtors
Schools and education: Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, VCU
9:30 am   Race in Metropolitan Richmond: View from Corporate Diversity Officers
Drexel Harris, Director of Human Resources, Dominion Resources
William Cooper, Vice President and Deputy Director of the Office of Diversity and Minority Inclusion, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Scott Blackwell, Senior VP and Chief Culture Officer, Health Diagnostic Laboratory
10:25 am  Race in Metropolitan Richmond: View from Journalists
Michael Paul Williams, Richmond Times Dispatch
Scott Bass, The Chesterfield Observer
Jack E. White, Jr., formerly of Time Magazine
11:15 am  Race in Metropolitan Richmond: View from Clergy
Rev. Marlon Haskell, President, Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Rev. Dr. Micah McCreary, Pastor of Spring Creek Baptist Church and Professor of Psychology at VCU
Rev. Paul Johnson, Rector, Christ Church Episcopal
Rev. Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church
12:00 pm  Mid-day prayers and charge
Dr. John Kinney, Dean of School of Samuel W. Proctor School of Theology,Virginia Union University
12:30 pm  Lunch (available for $10 contribution)

To register contact Richmond Hill at 804-783-7903
or email: mcraighead@richmondhillva.org