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
Professor at Law, Washburn University School of Law; author and speaker
Topeka, Kansas
Rev. Michael Brooks
Pastor, The Oasis Church, President of Concerned Clergy of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Phyllis K. Lerner
Instructor, Johns Hopkins Univ., Fulbright Specialist (Rwanda), member, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Jews United for Justice
Bethesda, Maryland
Rev. Dr. Myron McCoy
Pastor, First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple; former president of the Saint Paul School of Theology
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Catherine Meeks
Director, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing; chaired prior dismantling racism initiative of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta; former professor at Wesleyan College
Atlanta, Georgia
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Itzbeth Menjívar
Founder of BridgePeople LLC; co-founder of The Healing Collective Global;
racial equity, healing and justice practitioner; cultural strategist
Washington, D.C.
Steven Shindler
Former CEO, Nextel International; venture capital entrepreneur; philanthropist
Darien, Connecticut
Rev. Dr. Paul Smith
Civil rights leader, pastor emeritus of mutli-racial congregations, author and national speaker, Senior Advisor to Honda of North America
Bethesda, Maryland
Rev. Cassandra Wainright
Pastor, Heaven Sent Ministries and member of Concerned Clergy of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Ambassador Andrew Young
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; former mayor of Atlanta; civil rights leader & author
Atlanta, Georgia