Interfaith Scholar Weekend 2021 Webinar Series

Feb 11, 2021 —

Fresno City College is once again pleased to co-sponsor the 2021 Interfaith Scholar Weekend event. This year due to COVID-19 restrictions, the usual in-person events will not be held and instead will be presented virtually. The Interfaith Scholar Weekend committee invites you to join and register for the six-session webinar series entitled, “Bearing Witness from Fresno’s Mason-Dixon Line.”

The opening panel is slated for Monday, February 15 at 4:00 pm and will include a conversation with three guest scholars—Dr. Nathan Hensley, Associate Professor at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Malik Simba, Professor Emeritus of History and Africana Studies, Fresno State University; and Uziel Jimenez, Antiracist Educator, and Co-founder of the Fresno Ethnic Studies Coalition.

Four book study webinars are scheduled for February 22, March 1, 8 and 15 and are sponsored and hosted by Fresno City College. Each of these Monday webinars we will take a deep dive into Eddie S. Glaude’s New York Times bestselling book, Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own. All webinars are free and will start at 4:00 pm.

The weekly faith speakers include:

Reverend Paul Binion, Pastor of Westside Church of God, Fresno
Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Hajj Reza Nekumanesh, Executive Director, Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno
Veena Howard, PhD, Professor Asian Religions Coordinator, Peace and Conflict Studies, Fresno State University Coordinator

The closing roundtable is on Monday, March 22, from 4–5:30 pm and will be moderated by Jim Grant, Chair, Interfaith Scholar Weekend Committee along with the weekly faith speakers.

For more information and to register for this timely interfaith webinar series on racial reckoning, please check the Interfaith Scholar Weekend webpage or on Eventbrite