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The Advisory Board

We are honored to have the following people serving on the Interwoven Congregations Advisory Board!   As we continue the work of promoting racial healing across the United States, they will provide invaluable guidance to the Interwoven Board and staff.

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Professor Rory Bahadur

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Professor at Law, Washburn University School of Law;      author and speaker

 

Topeka, Kansas

Rev. Michael    Brooks

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Pastor, The Oasis Church, President of Concerned Clergy of Kansas City

 

Kansas City, Missouri

Phyllis K. Lerner

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Instructor, Johns Hopkins Univ., Fulbright Specialist (Rwanda), member, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Jews United for Justice

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Bethesda, Maryland

Rev. Dr. Myron    McCoy

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Pastor, First United Methodist Church at          the Chicago Temple;   former president of the Saint Paul School of Theology

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Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Catherine Meeks

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Director, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing;  chaired prior dismantling racism initiative of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta; former professor at Wesleyan College

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Atlanta, Georgia

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Itzbeth Menjívar

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Founder of BridgePeople LLC;  co-founder of The Healing Collective Global;   

racial equity, healing and justice practitioner;  cultural strategist 

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Washington, D.C.

Steven Shindler

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Former CEO, Nextel International; venture capital entrepreneur;    philanthropist

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Darien, Connecticut

Rev. Dr. Paul Smith

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Civil rights leader, pastor emeritus of mutli-racial congregations, author and national speaker, Senior Advisor to Honda of North America

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Bethesda, Maryland

Rev. Cassandra Wainright

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Pastor, Heaven Sent Ministries and member of Concerned Clergy    of Kansas City

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Kansas City, Missouri

Ambassador Andrew Young

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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; former mayor of Atlanta; civil rights leader & author

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Atlanta, Georgia

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