Table Turning: The Prophetic Tradition in the time of Neofascism

Date & Time

Sun May 28 2023 at 11:00 am

Location

Rainier Arts Center | Bryn Mawr-skyway, WA

Details

Valley and Mountain Fellowship invites you to join us in a special Celebration, "Table Turning: The Prophetic Tradition in the time of Neofascism" with Rev. Dr. Cornel West.
The event will be livestreamed on the Valley and Mountain YouTube page. This is a special event taking place after our weekly V&M celebration.
**Accessibility, COVID protocol, and childcare info info below**
ABOUT THE DIALOGUE
The Prophetic Tradition in the Time of Neo Fascism featuring Dr. Cornel West
Sunday, May 28th, 2023, 11am PST at the Rainier Arts Center, located 3515 S. Alaska St, Seattle, WA 98118, Valley and Mountain Fellowship welcomes Dr. Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary and is considered one of the greatest public intellectuals our time. This is a joint service with Innovation Vitality Team of the Greater Northwest Area of The United Methodist Church and Kingdom Family Worship Center International—an open and affirming Black Pentecostal congregation.
Dr. West ‘s visit is part of the ‘Set Us Free from Fear series’. To combat the ever- growing white Christian Nationalist movement, Valley and Mountain Fellowship’s Center for Faith, Art, and Justice has partnered with the Innovation Vitality Team of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church. In addition to the expertise of Valley and Mountain pastoral staff, we have invited scholars and activists to share their wisdom. Our past speakers include Rev. Dr. Obery Hendrick, Visiting Professor of Religion, Columbia University, Dr. Anthea Butler, Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and Chair of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Rev. Dr. Edward Donalson, III, Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of Doctoral Ministry, Seattle University, School of Theology and Ministry, and noted Palestinian American activist Linda Sarsour have provided our community with a keen insight into current political climate and its religious implications. Soon, Ash-Lee Henderson and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Co-Directors, Highlander Research and Education Center will present a Zoom workshop on ways to combat white supremacy organizing in rural communities and congregations.

ABOUT DR. CORNEL WEST
Dr. Cornel West, affectionately known to many as Brother West, is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. West teaches on the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as courses in Philosophy of Religion, African American Critical Thought, and a wide range of subjects -- including but by no means limited to, the classics, philosophy, politics, cultural theory, literature, and music. He has a passion to communicate to a vast variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. – a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice.
Dr. West is the former Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton.
He has written 20 books and has edited 13. He is best known for his classics, Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at nineteenth and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.
Dr. West has partnered with MasterClass to provide teachings on several influential courses including a class with Pharrell Williams on Empathy, MasterClass’s first-ever multi-instructor class on Black History, Black Freedom & Black Love, as well as Dr. West’s standalone class on Philosophy.
ACCESSIBLITY
• Event will be live-streamed to YouTube with live auto generated captions.
• Masks are required (and provided) at every Valley & Mountain event until further notice.
• This is a child-friendly event with provisions for children, but no formal childcare will be provided; parents and caregivers are asked to stay with their children.
• Both levels of the RAC are fully accessible and have ADA restrooms.
• There is an outdoor wheelchair lift to the auditorium and ramps to each level.
• The auditorium has reserved areas for wheelchairs.
• The small (15-spot) parking lot is reserved for community members with disabilities, limited mobility, or encumbrances.
• Sound: the band will play with fervor and amplification! You might consider bringing noise protection for little ones or those who are sensitive to sound.
• Scents: as this is a rented space with its own custodial services, we cannot offer a totally scent-free space.

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
Innovation Vitality Team of the Greater Northwest Area of The United Methodist Church
Kadima Reconstructionist Community
Faith Action Network
Kingdom Family Worship Center, International
Council of American Islamic Relations: Washington
Muslim Association of Puget Sound
Council of Churches of Greater Seattle
UCC Join the Movement toward Racial Justice
KCBS
South Seattle Emerald

Event Location

Rainier Arts Center, Bryn Mawr-skyway, United States

Event Host

South Seattle Emerald