Rainbow PUSH Coalition Events
Saturday Forum - Feb 15th
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"From Protest to Policy: Advancing Global Peace and Justice"
Join us Saturday, February 15th, 2025, at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition for our forum.
Keynote Speaker Presiding Bishop Frederick A Wright, Sr.
Discuss the global implications of civil rights work, connecting domestic movements to international struggles for justice and peace. Celebrate the global solidarity forged by leaders like Dr. King and Nelson Mandela, and call for collective action rooted in the theology of peacemaking.
Event Highlights
9:00 AM: Begin your day with a free continental breakfast.
10:00 AM: Saturday Morning Forum Broadcast
Seats are limited, so we encourage you to secure your spot and Register Today!
Bishop Frederick A. Wright, Sr. is the son of the late Reverends Abner and Cornelia Wright. His mother was the first female appointed Presiding Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States.
Bishop Wright earned a Master of Divinity Degree from the Interdenominational Theological Seminary as an AME Turner Student in Atlanta, Georgia and a Doctor of Ministry Degree from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
Bishop Wright served as a pastor in the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio in the Third Episcopal District of the AME Church. His last pastorate was at Quinn Chapel AME Church in Cincinnati, Ohio for seventeen years.
Also, Bishop Wright has been an associate professor at Payne Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio for 23 years and a Trustee Board Member at the Turner Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. ...full bio
Saturday Forum - Feb 22nd
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"The Unfinished Journey: Honoring Black History, Building Black Futures"
Join us Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition for our forum.
Keynote Speaker Rev. Dr. Reginald Williams
Book Signing: My Afro Is A Rising Sun
Reflect on the accomplishments of past generations while outlining the work that remains to ensure civil rights, economic opportunity, and educational equality. Incorporate themes of hope and perseverance, rooted in faith and the belief that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Event Highlights
9:00 AM: Begin your day with a free continental breakfast.
10:00 AM: Saturday Morning Forum Broadcast
Seats are limited, so we encourage you to secure your spot and Register Today!
Reginald W. Williams Jr. is the first of three children born to Dr. Reginald Sr. and the late Atty. Marcelle H. Williams. He was born and raised in Chicago, IL, into a family, which acknowledged and affirmed a spirituality that serves God by serving God’s people, particularly in the cause of liberation. Dr. Williams pride and joy comes in the persons of his two daughters: Miss Nia Mar’Celle Williams and Laila Imani Williams.
Dr. Williams is a graduate of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Florida A & M University (cum laude), the University of Wisconsin Law School, and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University where he earned his Master of Divinity (2002), and Doctorate of Ministry (2017). Upon the completion of his M.Div requirements at Virginia Union University, Rev. Williams, was called to serve the Trinity United Church of Christ under the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., as the Associate Pastor for Justice Ministries. Since September of 2008, Dr. Williams has served as pastor of the First Baptist Church of University Park, IL. ...full bio