On Thursday, Feb. 8, at 5 p.m., the Nott Memorial will be graced by the presence of Rev. William J. Barber II, the esteemed president of Repairers of the Breach, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering social change. He will be delivering a speech as part of the Wold Lecture on Religion and Conflict.
The public is cordially invited to attend Barber’s talk, titled “We Are Called to be a Movement”. This event is a collaborative effort, co-hosted by the Wold Lecture Series, Campus Protestant Ministry, the Office of Intercultural Affairs, and Hillel.
“We are deeply honored to welcome Rev. Dr. William Barber II, a man who has taken up the cause championed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and has emerged as a leading advocate for social justice in our nation,” expressed Protestant Chaplain Tim Coombs, a member of Union’s Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.
Barber, a Protestant minister, social activist, professor, and founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at the Yale Divinity School, is renowned for his Moral Mondays initiative. This series of nonviolent protests serves as a powerful tool to resist threats to education, social programs, and voting and labor rights.
Barber also co-chairs the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival, a movement committed to advancing economic equality. He has served as the president of the North Carolina NAACP for nine years and was a member of the National NAACP Board of Directors for 12 years.
Following his talk, Barber will be available for a book signing.
For further details, please reach out to Coombs at coombst@union.edu.
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