Toward a More Just Future

In celebration of Black Women’s Appreciation Day, join the Center on Faith and Justice and the Georgetown University Women’s Center for an evening with the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas will explore the role of Black women in the church followed by a moderated discussion with Rev. Ebony Grisom.

Participants:

The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas is Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and serves as Canon Theologian of Washington National Cathedral.

Rev. Ebony Grisom is Interim Director of Protestant Christian Ministry at Georgetown University.

Rev. Jim Wallis is Chair in Faith and Justice at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice.

Event Cosponsor: The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, The Episcopal Diocese of Washington, & The Washington National Cathedral.

This event will take place in-person on Georgetown University’s main campus. All in-person attendees must either show a GUID or confirmation of their COVID attestation and event registration. If you are not a GU student, faculty, or staff you are required to complete Georgetown’s COVID-19 Vaccination Attestation. Click here to provide proof of vaccination.

All steps in this process must be completed prior to the event, or entry to the event will not be permitted. Confirmation of this will be checked prior to entrance to the event.

RSVPs are for COVID contact tracing protocol purposes only and do not guarantee you a seat. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis.

For those unable to attend in-person, the event will also be livestreamed on The Center on Faith and Justice Facebook and YouTube pages. A Facebook account is not required to view and the event will have live closed captioning.

Accommodation requests and any additional event-related questions may be sent to faithandjustice@georgetown.edu. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests.