Public education future forum topic
New Millennium Church, 21 Lakeshore Drive in Little Rock, will host a forum on "Re-Segregation, Privatization, and De-Funding of Public Education," on Thursday, Friday and Jan. 26, according to a news release.
Iva Carruthers, general secretary of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, will discuss "Re-Segregation and Trans-Generational Trauma" at 6 p.m. Thursday; Little Rock Nine member Terrence Roberts will address "Re-Segregation and the Color of Law" with an audience dialogue afterward facilitated by New Millennium's pastor, the Rev. Wendell Griffen; and Nancy MacLean, professor of history and public policy at Duke University, will discuss "Re-Segregation, Privatization, and De-Funding of Public Education -- the Threat to Democracy," with workshops afterward, and a panel discussion with Sen. Joyce Elliot, Anika Whitfield, Jim Ross and the Rev. Toney Orr.
The church is co-sponsoring the forum with the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference and the Vanderbilt University's Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative. Registration is $50 and can be bought at newmillenniumchurch.us; more information is available at (501) 562-9244, (501) 416-1917 or pastorgriffen@newmillenniumchurch.us.
-- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Religion on 01/19/2019