{"id":12063,"date":"2020-01-24T17:41:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T22:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/?p=12063"},"modified":"2020-03-02T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T16:36:36","slug":"celebrate-black-history-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/?p=12063","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Luke&#8217;s will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with adult forums focused on what we can learn about the rich influence on the Episcopal Church. Throughout the month, hymns will be selected from <em>Lift Every Voice and Sing \u2013 An African American Hymnal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our celebrations begin on <strong>Sunday, February 2<\/strong>, when The Very Rev. Joshua Mastine Nisbett, D. Min., will lead an adult forum about the Caribbean Diaspora within the Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nisbett.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12065\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rev. Nisbett is the author of the book <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/791418-bloom-wherever-god-plants-you\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bloom Wherever God Plants You: Following Jesus from a Small Caribbean Parish to the Big Apple<\/em><\/a>, and has also published another book, several hymns, and a passion play. Rev. Nisbett earned his doctorate in Ministry from the University of the South, Sewanee, TN; he holds a Master of Arts from Fordham University and Bachelor of Arts from the United Theological College of the West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On Sunday, February 9<\/strong>, Shawn Rochester will present our Adult Forum, speaking on\nracial economic inequality. Mr. Rochester is the author of <em>The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America<\/em>, and has\nextensively researched the financial cost of conscious and unconscious\nanti-Black discrimination. He is an entrepreneur and an expert in identifying,\noptimizing, and allocating cash flow. A former corporate development and global\nstrategy executive, Mr. Rochester has executed $500 million worth of\ntransactions and generated over $10 billion of incremental revenue and cash\nflow. He holds a master\u2019s degree in Business Administration from The University\nof Chicago Booth School of Business with a focus in Accounting, Finance and\nEntrepreneurship. For more about our celebration of Black History Month, please\ncontact Matthew Price via email at <a href=\"mailto:mjprice62@yahoo.com\">mjprice62@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/african-american-hair.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <strong>Sunday, February 16 at 11:30am<\/strong>, we will share a video by&nbsp;Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, a clinical psychologist in the New York City. She was&nbsp;instrumental&nbsp;in the passage of the new&nbsp;legal enforcement guidance issued in New York City last year, which was the first in the country to recognize discrimination on the basis of hair as race discrimination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more about our celebration of Black History Month, please contact Matthew Price at <a href=\"mailto:mjprice62@yahoo.com\">mjprice62@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Luke&#8217;s will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with adult forums focused on what we can learn about the rich influence on the Episcopal Church. Throughout the month, hymns will be selected from Lift Every Voice and Sing \u2013 An African American Hymnal. Our celebrations begin on Sunday, February 2, when The Very Rev. 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