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Embassy Evening Discussion: Emancipation Still Coming....

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)

Washington, DC

Embassy Evening Discussion: Emancipation Still Coming....

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IN COMMEMORATION OF ....

2011 UN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT

&

2011 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

 AN EMBASSY EVENING DISCUSSION

 

EMANCIPATION STILL COMING: 
The Role of Faith & Spirituality in the Emancipation of African Peoples

 

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Rev. Dr. Agorom Dike,  Adjunct Professor, National Bible College & Seminary

Dr. Sulayman Nyang, Professor of African Studies, Howard University

Dr. Cathy Royal,  Professor of Management and Human Development & Ordained Yoruba Priest

Professor Ian Straker, Professor of Black Church History, Virginia Union Theological Seminary

Dr. Olayiwola Abegunrin, Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science

Rev. Sylvia Van Laar, Chaplain, Children's National Medical Center

 for a powerful ROUNDTABLE DIALOGUE on the future of  emancipation theology and spirituality for people of African descent in the 21st Century.  

on

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011 @ 6:00 pm

EMBASSY OF ST.KITTS & NEVIS

3218 New Mexico Avenue NW

"Emancipate yourself from mental Slavery.... none but ourselves can free our mind." Bob Marley...

 

* What is the future for the church and the social justice movement? 
* What is relationship between political independence and spiritual emancipation?        
* Can the Church of the 21st Century continue the emancipation struggle?
*
 Does a return to African traditional religions signal  spiritual  & pyschological emancipation? 
    *    Can  faith and spirituality play a role in the struggle for economic justice?  
  *    What about Rastafari and Repatriation? 
* What Voudoun means for  Haitian social psychology?  


 

There are more .... questions.... than answers...  Emancipation Still Coming....

*Light Refreshments will be served

 

When & Where


3218 New Mexico Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)


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