{"id":99422,"date":"2024-09-16T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=99422"},"modified":"2024-09-12T09:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T17:23:12","slug":"human-rights-activist-ekemini-uwan-speaks-on-newberg-campus-tomorrow-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2024\/09\/16\/human-rights-activist-ekemini-uwan-speaks-on-newberg-campus-tomorrow-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights activist Ekemini Uwan speaks on Newberg campus tomorrow night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Social Work invites you to an event, \u201cSocial Work Fall Diversity Dialogue: Public Theology and Public Policy for Racial Justice with Ekemini Uwan,\u201d tomorrow (<strong>Wednesday<\/strong>) from\u00a0<strong>7 to 8:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>in Hoover 105.<\/p>\n<p>Uwan is a public theologian, international human rights activist, and coauthor of the 2023 NAACP image award nominated book\u00a0<em>Truths Table: Black Women\u2019s Musing on Life, Love and Liberation<\/em>. She serves as the special advisor for The Aspen Institute\u2019s Racial Justice and Religion Collective.<\/p>\n<p>Uwan is a charter member of the International Civil Working Group of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent at the United Nations and is a reparations activist whose work spans the globe, as she has advocated for global reparations on behalf of Africans and African descendants on the floor of the United Nations three times.<\/p>\n<p>As one who is passionate about theology, Uwan has a fierce commitment to the gospel and its implications for issues pertaining to reparations, racial injustice, anti-Black racism and white supremacy. She believes that theology can and does speak to our present-day culture, social and political issues.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this opportunity to dialogue with an accomplished social writer and activist. For further information and questions, contact Kim Rapp at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rappk@georgefox.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rappk@georgefox.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Social Work invites you to an event, \u201cSocial Work Fall Diversity Dialogue: Public Theology and Public Policy for Racial Justice with Ekemini Uwan,\u201d tomorrow (Wednesday) from\u00a07 to 8:30 p.m.\u00a0in Hoover 105. 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