Saturday, October 5th, 2024

Guns, Race & America’s Love Affair with Killing

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Schedule

8:30 – 9:10 am – Registration and Breakfast

9:10 am – Interfaith Prayer/Reflection

9:20 – 9:30 am – Welcome from Ariel Gold, Fellowship of Reconciliation Executive Director

9:40 – 10 am – Ingathering and Music

10 – 11:15 amCommunity Panel of those Impacted by Violence – Community with Advocates, Organizers, & Faith-Based Groups – Moderators Rev.George Gilbert, Jr. & Rahim Jenkins
Tia Bell (TRIGGER), Jewanna Hardy (Gun Down Friday), Joyce Coats (Bibles over Guns), Rev. Delonte Gholston (Peace Walk DC)

11:15 – 11:45 pm – Questions and Answers

11:45 – 12 noon – Break

12 noon – 12:30 pm – Keynote Speaker: Rep. Jonathan Jackson, in conversation with Dr. James Zogby

12:30 – 1:30 pm – Lunch

1:30 – 2:15 pm – Faith and Violence – Ceon Debose, Tia Bell Latoya Bentsen, Roxanne Johnson, Rhonda Dormeus, Leonard Smith

2:30 – 3:15 pm – Panel on Police practices, violence, and community policing – Mr. Ron Hampton (Moderator), Evan Douglass, Dr. Terry Watson, Jacqueline Edwards, Diana Oestreich, Tyrone Parker, Frank Chapman

3:45 – 4:00 pm – Break with Music by Luci Murphy

4:00 – 4:30 pm – Keynote Speaker: Rev. William Lamar, IV

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Keynote Speaker: Patricia Oliver in conversation with Rania Batrice

5:15 – 5:30 pm – Music by Luci Murphy

5:30 – 6:00 — Keynote Speaker: Shane Claiborne, Red Letter Christians, The Simple Way, & RAW Tools

6:00 – 6:15 — Questions and Answers

5:50 – 7 pm – Dinner, Pledge/Call to Action, and Parting Words

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  • Saturday, October 5th, 2024
  • 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM
  • Metropolitan AME Church
    1518 M St NW, Washington, DC 20005
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Speakers & Panelists

Hear from leading voices in gun violence prevention, racial justice, and conflict resolution.

  • Tyrone C. Parker
    Alliance of Concerned Men
  • Rep. Jonathan Jackson
    Illinois’ First Congressional District
  • Ayanna Gregory
    Performing Artist-Activist-Educator
  • Delonte J. Gholston
    PeaceWalks DC / Peace Fellowship Church
  • Rania Batrice
    Batrice & Associates
  • Diana Oestreich
    Waging Peace Project
  • Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler
    FOR & Faith Strategies
  • Jawanna Hardy
    Guns Down Friday
  • Rev. William H. Lamar IV
    Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Luci Murphy
    Activist / Performer
  • Rev. George C. Gilbert, Jr
    Center for Racial Equity and Justice
  • Manuel and Patricia Oliver
    Change the Ref
  • Rev. Patricia Fears
    Fellowship Baptist Church
  • Ronald E. Hampton
    Blacks in Law Enforcement of America
  • Ariel Gold
    Fellowship of Reconciliation
  • Rahim Jenkins
    National Center for Juvenile Justice Reform
  • Shane Claiborne
    Beating Guns & Red Letter Christians
  • Robert Steiner
    Fmr. Utah State Senator
  • Maciah King Brooks
    Guns Down Friday
  • Joyce Coates
    Bible Over Guns
  • Evan Douglas
    Social Scientist / Advocate / Community Leader
  • Tia Bell
    T.I.G.G.E.R. Project

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