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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
USC Launches Program for Emerging African American Leaders
USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture
For Immediate Release
May 31, 2006
Contact:
Tim Sato, Communications Director, 213-740-0962, timothys@usc.edu
Rev. Mark Whitlock, Program Director, 949-955-0014, ptm@usc.edu
A new program for clergy and lay leaders begins on June 1, 2006 with an address by Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. May 31, 2006: As African American pastors from the civil rights era enter their retirement years, clergy are concerned about passing on their legacy to the next generation of leaders. USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture (www.usc.edu/crcc), has created a new program to allow senior clergy to train and mentor the next generation of leaders.
The Passing the Mantle Clergy and Lay Leadership Institute is an eight-week program that will train 30 black leaders in community organizing, economic development and church leadership strategies. In addition to classroom training, the program includes structured mentoring meetings with some of the leading ministers in the Los Angeles area.
The institute is led by the Rev. Dr. Cecil "Chip" Murray, Tanzy Professor of Christian Ethics at USC, and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Mark Whitlock, founder and pastor of Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Rev. Eugene Williams, founder of Regional Congregations and Neighborhood Organizations, are co-directors of the program. The institute at USC's College of Letters, Arts & Sciences is made possible with support from The James Irvine Foundation.
"We need an extremely sophisticated pastor in the new generation. Passing the mantle on to them just means that somehow we'll finish the race," says Rev. Dr. Cecil "Chip" Murray.
On Thursday, June 1, the institute presents the first in a series of public lectures on faith and civic engagement. The Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith, senior pastor of Allen Temple Baptist Church, will deliver the lecture. Dr. Smith is author of On the Jericho Road, and is a longtime activist. He is the recipient of numerous civic and humanitarian awards and has been recognized as one of the Most Influential Black Americans by Ebony Magazine.
Event Schedule: The lecture will take place June 1, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Lincoln Memorial United Church of Christ, 4126 Arlington Avenue, (at the corner of Arlington and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in Los Angeles.)
Additional information: The lecture is free and open to the general public.
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For Immediate Release
May 31, 2006
Contact:
Tim Sato, Communications Director, 213-740-0962, timothys@usc.edu
Rev. Mark Whitlock, Program Director, 949-955-0014, ptm@usc.edu
A new program for clergy and lay leaders begins on June 1, 2006 with an address by Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. May 31, 2006: As African American pastors from the civil rights era enter their retirement years, clergy are concerned about passing on their legacy to the next generation of leaders. USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture (www.usc.edu/crcc), has created a new program to allow senior clergy to train and mentor the next generation of leaders.
The Passing the Mantle Clergy and Lay Leadership Institute is an eight-week program that will train 30 black leaders in community organizing, economic development and church leadership strategies. In addition to classroom training, the program includes structured mentoring meetings with some of the leading ministers in the Los Angeles area.
The institute is led by the Rev. Dr. Cecil "Chip" Murray, Tanzy Professor of Christian Ethics at USC, and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Mark Whitlock, founder and pastor of Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Rev. Eugene Williams, founder of Regional Congregations and Neighborhood Organizations, are co-directors of the program. The institute at USC's College of Letters, Arts & Sciences is made possible with support from The James Irvine Foundation.
"We need an extremely sophisticated pastor in the new generation. Passing the mantle on to them just means that somehow we'll finish the race," says Rev. Dr. Cecil "Chip" Murray.
On Thursday, June 1, the institute presents the first in a series of public lectures on faith and civic engagement. The Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith, senior pastor of Allen Temple Baptist Church, will deliver the lecture. Dr. Smith is author of On the Jericho Road, and is a longtime activist. He is the recipient of numerous civic and humanitarian awards and has been recognized as one of the Most Influential Black Americans by Ebony Magazine.
Event Schedule: The lecture will take place June 1, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Lincoln Memorial United Church of Christ, 4126 Arlington Avenue, (at the corner of Arlington and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in Los Angeles.)
Additional information: The lecture is free and open to the general public.
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