Third event in the speaker series, Community, Faith, and Racial Justice. This series on racial injustice in America explores the role of Christianity, including the current white Christian Nationalist movement, in this injustice and seeks to define a path toward justice, healing and reconciliation
Leah Rothstein
in conversation with
Prof. Margalynne Armstrong
Challenging Segregation with
Just Action
Actions that communities can take to restore housing rights and access to people of color who have been excluded from the financial benefits of home ownership, access to good public schools, more protected environments, and better community services
Ms. Rothstein’s expertise in the full range of housing policy stems from more than two decades as a consultant to affordable-housing developers and local governments and as a community and union organizer. She is the co-author (with Richard Rothstein) of the recent book, Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
Prof. Armstrong is a St. Mark’s parishioner who teaches at Santa Clara University School of Law, where her courses include Race and Law, Constitutional Law, and Housing Discrimination. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on housing discrimination, privilege and other topics.
Date and Time: September 18, 2024, 7:00 PM
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto, CA
Admission: Registration link for FREE tickets at: tinyurl.com/september18speaker
Accessibility: St. Mark’s is wheelchair accessible; closed captioning will be available.
Parking: Ample parking behind the church.
Questions: Please email beloved_community@saint-marks.com
Future speakers include:
February 26, 2025: Religion, Race, and the “Heathen”
Dr. Kathryn Gin Lum is a Professor in the Religious Studies Department, in collaboration with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University. Professor Gin Lum’s most recent book, Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, looks at how the figure of the “heathen” in need of salvation underlies American conceptions of race.
Presenting Sponsor: Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church – Palo Alto
Co-Sponsors: American Muslim Voice Foundation • First Congregational Church of Palo Alto UCC • First Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto • Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice • Peninsula Solidarity Cohort • Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Saratoga • Saint Jude’s Episcopal Church, Cupertino • Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Sunnyvale • Saint Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Mountain View • Showing Up for Racial Justice @Sacred Heart • Stanford Canterbury • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose • Trinity Episcopal Church, Menlo Park • Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto • University Lutheran Church at Stanford
