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The Basics of Anti-Racism II

Jessica Wai-Fong Wong, PhD (Azusa Pacific University), Rev. David Williamson (Grace UMC-St. Augustine), and L. Paul Lawson, PhD (Dundee UMC) discuss the Basics of Anti-Racism.

About the Speakers:

• Jessica Wai-Fong Wong, PhD, is an associate professor of systematic theology and works in political and liberation theologies with a focus on race, gender, society, and visual theory.
• Rev. David Williamson is co-pastor at Grace UMC-St. Augustine and one of the leaders of the Public Policy & Witness Team of the Bishop's Anti-Racism Task Force
• L. Paul Lawson, PhD is lead pastor of Dundee UMC. He is a native-born Jamaican with roots in Pentecostal, Wesleyan and Liberation Theology church traditions. With the help of the Holy Spirit, he is very passionate about confronting the forces of oppression and victimization, and leading in the search for God in an age of secularism.

The Basics of Anti-Racism I

Dr. Edgardo Colon Emeric (Duke Divinity School), Deaconess M. Garlinda Burton (General Commission on Religion and Race), Rev. Simeon Law (New York Annual Conference), and Rev. Lee Hall-Perkins (Florida Conference) discuss the Basics of Anti-Racism.

About the speakers:

• Dr. Edgardo Colon Emeric, Dean of Duke Divinity School; Irene and William McCutchen Associate Professor of Reconciliation and Theology; Director of the Center for Reconciliation. 
• Deaconess M. Garlinda Burton, General Commission on Religion and Race of The United Methodist Church In Washington, D.C. 
• Rev. Simeon Law, District Superintendent for the New York Annual Conference. 
• Rev. Lee Hall Perkins, Senior Pastor of Mt. Zion Church in Clearwater, FL.