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.
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