BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14454@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T210000 DTSTAMP:20240302T153934Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/soul-force-martin-luther-king-jr-the-trip le-evils-and-american-democracy/ SUMMARY:Soul Force: Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, The Triple Evils and America n Democracy DESCRIPTION:Soul Force: Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, The Triple Evils and Ame rican Democracy The Action Council of the UUCPA has joined the Becoming B eloved Community Task Force at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church as a co-spo nsor for their free speaker series\, Community\, Faith\, and Racial Justic e.  They have invited us to attend the first talk by Dr. Lerone A. Martin \, Professor and Director of the Martin Luther King\, Jr. Institute for Re search and Education at Stanford University entitled\, Soul Force: Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, The Triple Evils and American Democracy\n\nAnyone may attend and admission is free\, but we would love people to register so we can plan seating. tinyurl.com/march6speaker.\n\nSoul Force: Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, the Triple Evils\, and American Democracy\n\nProfessor Leron e A. Martin will speak on The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s belief s about the threats to democracy from racism\, economic exploitation\, and militarism. He explores some of these themes in his most recent book\, T he Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of Wh ite Christian Nationalism. Dr. Martin is the Martin Luther King\, Jr. Cent ennial Professor and Director of the Martin Luther King\, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University.\n\nSeries Background: Our na tion continues to combat racial inequality in 2024\, 60 years after the pa ssage of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Chur ch in Palo Alto invites the wider community to an upcoming speaker series\ , “Community\, Faith\, and Racial Justice\,” that explores the role of Christianity\, including the current white Christian Nationalist movement \, in this injustice and seeks to define a path toward justice\, healing\, and reconciliation. Professor Martin’s talk on Wednesday\, March 6 is the inaugural event in this speaker series.\n\nMembers of St. Mark’s Ep iscopal Church in Palo Alto felt compelled to create this speaker series b ased on their experience with the national Episcopal Church’s Becoming B eloved Community framework for racial justice\, healing\, and reconciliati on.\n\nBay Area community members who want to learn more about this critic al topic and how they can help enact change locally will benefit from hear ing the experiences\, perspectives\, and ideas of these renowned authors.\ n\nAdditional speakers (see below) are scheduled for 7 PM on May 8 and Sep tember 18\, with all events taking place at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church\ , 600 Colorado Avenue\, Palo Alto. Admission is Free with donations apprec iated. Light refreshments will be served following the event. Speakers' bo oks will be available after each event.\n\nAccessibility: Venue is wheelc hair accessible. Closed captioning will be available.\n\nParking: There is ample parking at the rear of the church.\n\nEvent website here\, or ti nyurl.com/stmarkseries\n\nPresenting Sponsor: Saint Mark’s Episcopal Chu rch - Palo Alto\n\nCo-sponsors: American Muslim Voice Foundation\; First C ongregational Church of Palo Alto\, UCC\; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice\; Peninsula Solidarity Cohort\; Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church\, Saratoga\; Saint Jude's Episcopal Church\, Cupertino\; Saint Paul’s Ep iscopal Church\, Burlingame\; Saint Timothy’s Episcopal Church\, Mountai n View\; Saint Thomas Episcopal Church\, Sunnyvale\; Showing Up for Racia l Justice @Sacred Heart\; Trinity Episcopal Cathedral\, San Jose\; Unitar ian Universalist Church of Palo Alto\n\nQuestions? Please email beloved_ community@saint-marks.com\n\nFuture speakers\n\nMay 8\, 2024 7:00 PM :  Confronting Christian Nationalism\n\nThe Reverend Dr. Pamela Cooper-White  is an Episcopal priest and clinical psychologist and the recently retire d Christiane Brooke Johnson Professor of Psychology and Religion at Union Theological Seminary. A prolific author\, Prof. Cooper-White will speak on the topic of her recent book\, The Psychology of White Christian Nationa lism: Why People are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide.\n\nSeptem ber 18\, 2024 7:00 PM: Challenging Segregation With Just Action\n\nMs. Lea h Rothstein is a community organizer and the co-author\, with Richard Rot hstein\, of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted under the Color of Law. She will speak on actions that communities can take to resto re housing rights and access to people of color who have been excluded fro m the financial benefits of home ownership\, access to good public schools \, more protected environments\, and better community services.\n\nTENTATI VE Winter 2025 A speaker who will discuss the role of the Christian churc h in harming Native Americans and Asian Americans. 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