Center For Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement Fall 2020 Sounding

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Rev. Dr. Edward Donalson III introduces the Fall 2020 Sounding

Rev. Dr. Edward Donalson III, Director of the DMin. Program and Faculty Fellow at the Center 

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Meet the Panelists: Marlon Brown

Marlon Brown

Board Member of Black Lives Matter - Seattle/King County & Racial Equity Consultant

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Meet the Panelists: Dr. Erica Martin, Ph.D.

 Dr. Erica Martin, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs & Instructor of Hebrew Scriptures at Seattle University

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Meet the Panelists: Rev. Dr. Mark Tyler

Rev. Dr. Mark Tyler

Pastor at Mother Bethel AME Church

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Meet the Panelists: Aaron Scott

Aaron Scott

Chaplain & Organizer at Chaplains on the Harbor

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Sounding Q&A with the Panel

Question 1:

Q1: How do you help white people love themselves enough to disinvest from power and privilege?

Panelist Aaron Scott answers this question from Rev. Edward Donalson addressing the nature of White self-love and its connection to racism. 

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Question 2:

Q2: How would a religious leader come into partnership with Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County?

Panelist Marlon Brown answers this question from Rev. Edward Donalson addressing the connections that religious leaders can make to become involved in Black Lives Matter Seattle - King County. 

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Question 3:

Q3: How do you see the Jewish community being called to action afresh in this moment?

Panelist Erica Martin answers this question from Rev. Edward Donalson addressing how the Jewish community today will be mobilized in response to current events. 

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Question 4:

Q4: What can local congregations do to support these types of innovative leaders?

Panelist Mark Tyler answers this question from Rev. Edward Donalson addressing the "innovative leaders" that Mark Tyler spoke of in his panel, and how the rest of the world can support those leaders. 

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Question 5:

Q5: How do we, as religious practitioners, offer a critique of empire that speaks to the disenfranchised and marginalized?

Panelist Aaron Scott answers this question from Rev. Edward Donalson addressing how religious practitioners can expose the axiom of empire and the praxis of presenting itself as a solution.  

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Question 6:

Q6: How do you contact the board of Black Lives Matter Seattle - King County in order to build a relationship and do the work?

Panelist Marlon Brown answers this question from Rev. Edward Donalson addressing the logistics of building a relationship and working with Black Lives Matter Seattle - King County. 

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