REMINDER: Anti-Racism as a Spiritual Practice, Season Two – March Lineup

The second season of Religion News Service’s (RNS) Anti-Racism as a Spiritual Practice with Simran Jeet Singh is underway! Speakers in season two build upon the lessons and discussions of season one, focusing on “how to get it right” while probing the intersection of faith, justice, and politics. Conversations will be either live or pre-taped. The pre-taped interviews were live lectures at Trinity College and Columbia University. Live interviews will first appear on RNS’s Facebook page. All full-length interviews will be made available on RNS’s website and YouTube page. All episodes are scheduled for 3:00 pm EST on a Wednesday.  March’s lineup is:

Wil Gafney

March 3, 2021


The Rev. Wil Gafney is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is Brita an Episcopal Priest canonically resident in the Diocese of Pennsylvania.

 

 

Omid Safi

March 10, 2021

Omid Safi is an American Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. He served as the Director of Duke Islamic Studies Center from July 2014 to June 2019 and was a columnist for On Being.

 

 

Mark Charles

March 17, 2021

Mark R. Charles is a Native American activist, public speaker, consultant, and author on Native American issues, as well as a journalist, blogger, Reformed pastor, and computer programmer. He was an independent candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.

 

Judith Weisenfeld

March 24, 2021

Judith Weisenfeld is a scholar of African-American religion. She is Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion at Princeton University, where she is also the Chair of the Department of Religion.

 

 

Najeeba Syeed

March 31, 2021

Najeeba Syeed is Associate Professor of Muslim and Interreligious Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. She is a recognized leader in peacebuilding and twice received the Jon Anson Ford Award for reducing violence and was named Southern California Mediation Association’s “Peacemaker of the Year” in 2007.

 

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For information on all season two interviewees and view the full calendar, visit this page. All episodes from season one can be found here. The first season, originally titled Becoming Less Racist: Lighting the Path to Anti-Racism, launched in June 2020 given the protests against police brutality and racial discrimination in the U.S.

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