Americans at the Pulpit and in the Public Square:
A conversation on race, religion and rhetoric in a diverse America
January 17-19, 2009 Xavier University, New Orleans
Saturday, January 17th
Program at Hampton Inn Downtown-French Quarter Gravier Room, 3rd Flr.226 Carondelet Street, New Orleans
6:00 pm
Registration opens
Hampton Inn Downtown-French Quarter
Gravier Room, 3rd Flr.226 Carondelet Street, New Orleans
7:00 pm
Opening Program
Welcome
Brother Tyrone Davis, C.F.C.; Director, Office of Black Ministry, Archdiocese of NY
Havdallah, a brief service concluding the Jewish Sabbath
Dalit Horn, Assistant Director, Belfer Center for American Pluralism, American Jewish Committee
Confronting New Orleans' Challenges: A Microcosm for the Country
Film screening of The Axe in the Attic; discussion to follow with producers, Lucia Small and Ed Pincus, and Jimmie Brown, a Katrina survivor and film subject
Matias Ringel, ACCESS Board member, moderator
Sunday, January 18th
Program at Xavier University
University Center, 3rd Floor
1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans
6:00 am-7:55 am
Breakfast at Hampton Inn-French Quarter for hotel guests
8:00 am
Bus departs from Hampton Inn Downtown-French Quarter, 226 Carondelet Street, New Orleans
8:00 am
Registration opens
Xavier University
University Center, 3rd Floor
1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans
Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom, Side B
Coffee and light snack
8:45 am Welcome
Warren Bell, Associate VP, University and Media Relations, Xavier University
Rebecca Neuwirth, Director of ACCESS--New Generation Program, American Jewish Committee
Opening Prayer
6:00 pm
Registration opens
Hampton Inn Downtown-French Quarter
Gravier Room, 3rd Flr.226 Carondelet Street, New Orleans
7:00 pm
Opening Program
Welcome
Brother Tyrone Davis, C.F.C.; Director, Office of Black Ministry, Archdiocese of NY
Havdallah, a brief service concluding the Jewish Sabbath
Dalit Horn, Assistant Director, Belfer Center for American Pluralism, American Jewish Committee
Confronting New Orleans' Challenges: A Microcosm for the Country
Film screening of The Axe in the Attic; discussion to follow with producers, Lucia Small and Ed Pincus, and Jimmie Brown, a Katrina survivor and film subject
Matias Ringel, ACCESS Board member, moderator
Sunday, January 18th
Program at Xavier University
University Center, 3rd Floor
1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans
6:00 am-7:55 am
Breakfast at Hampton Inn-French Quarter for hotel guests
8:00 am
Bus departs from Hampton Inn Downtown-French Quarter, 226 Carondelet Street, New Orleans
8:00 am
Registration opens
Xavier University
University Center, 3rd Floor
1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans
Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom, Side B
Coffee and light snack
8:45 am Welcome
Warren Bell, Associate VP, University and Media Relations, Xavier University
Rebecca Neuwirth, Director of ACCESS--New Generation Program, American Jewish Committee
Opening Prayer
Fr. Freddy Washington
Setting the Stage
Ann Schaffer, Director, Belfer Center for American Pluralism, American Jewish Committee
Address
Dr. Norman Francis, President of Xavier University
Why Now? What is this Moment?
Invited Students
9:30 am
Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Legacy: Race Relations Then and Now
Professor Cheryl Greenberg, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of History,
Trinity College
Andre Williams, City Councilmember, Miami, Florida
Prof. Marshall F. Stevenson, Dean of Division of Social Sciences, Prof. of History,
Dillard University, moderator
10:45 am Break
11:00 am
Everything You Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask!
Q&A on the Christian and Jewish Faiths
Dr. Sr. Jamie Phelps, O.P.; Director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies,
Xavier University
Rabbi James Rudin, Senior Interreligious Advisor, American Jewish Committee
Warren Bell, moderator
12:30 pm
Catholic Mass, University Chapel -- all are welcome.
Led by
Fr. Jeffery M. Ott, O.P., Celebrant; University Chaplain-Xavier University
Setting the Stage
Ann Schaffer, Director, Belfer Center for American Pluralism, American Jewish Committee
Address
Dr. Norman Francis, President of Xavier University
Why Now? What is this Moment?
Invited Students
9:30 am
Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Legacy: Race Relations Then and Now
Professor Cheryl Greenberg, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of History,
Trinity College
Andre Williams, City Councilmember, Miami, Florida
Prof. Marshall F. Stevenson, Dean of Division of Social Sciences, Prof. of History,
Dillard University, moderator
10:45 am Break
11:00 am
Everything You Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask!
Q&A on the Christian and Jewish Faiths
Dr. Sr. Jamie Phelps, O.P.; Director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies,
Xavier University
Rabbi James Rudin, Senior Interreligious Advisor, American Jewish Committee
Warren Bell, moderator
12:30 pm
Catholic Mass, University Chapel -- all are welcome.
Led by
Fr. Jeffery M. Ott, O.P., Celebrant; University Chaplain-Xavier University
Fr. Freddy Washington, C.S.Sp., D.Min., Guest Homilist; Pastor, St. Mary Magdalene and
St. Ambrose Parishes, Chicago
1:00 pm—2:30 pm
Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom, Side A
Lunch:
Attending Mass? Lunch follows
Attending the film screenings? Pick up lunch first and bring it with you
1:15 pm
Film Screenings
Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change—The Nuns and the 1965 Voting Rights Protests
A Dream Worth Sharing--An AJC History of Black-Jewish Relations
2:30 pm
Text Study: Jewish and Christian Teachings on Social Justice and Community Building
Breakout groups exploring and learning together
- Blue Group: President’s Room 301
Rabbi Ed Cohn and Br. Tyrone
- Red Group: Meeting Room 315
Fr. Freddy Washington and Rabbi Myrna Matsa
- Green Group: 3rd floor sitting area (past Career Services office)
Rabbi Yonah Schiller and Dr. Sr. Jamie Phelps
- Yellow Group: Conference Room 305B
Josh Lichtman and Buddy Noel
3:40 pm
Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom, Side B
Bridging the Divides - New Networks, New Directions in New Orleans
Lucas Diaz, Executive Director, Puentes New Orleans
Nolan Marshall, President-Elect, Young Leadership Council, Assistant Director, Common Good
Nathan Rothstein, Executive Director, New Orleans Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals Initiative
Timolynn Sams, Executive Director, Neighborhoods Partnership Network
James Perry, Executive Director, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Center, moderator
4:40 pm
Break
4:55 pm
Building Ethnic and Religious Group Trust: Models You Can Use: An Interactive Workshop
Dr. Lance Hill, Executive Director, Southern Institute for Education and Research,
Tulane University
Ted Quant, Director of Twomey Center for Peace through Justice, Loyola University
Ann Schaffer, moderator
6:20 pm
Taking It Home: Building Relations in Your Community
Ann Schaffer
6:30 pm Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom, Side A
Dinner
Closing Program
Two Poems
Dr. Cynthia Levy, Associate Professor, Southern University, Baton Rouge
Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy, Associate Professor, Dillard University, New Orleans
We are the Stewards, excerpt from AJC’s America’s Table: A Thanksgiving Reader
Invited Student Reader
Xavier Jazz Band
7:45 pm Bus departs Xavier University
St. Ambrose Parishes, Chicago
1:00 pm—2:30 pm
Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom, Side A
Lunch:
Attending Mass? Lunch follows
Attending the film screenings? Pick up lunch first and bring it with you
1:15 pm
Film Screenings
Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change—The Nuns and the 1965 Voting Rights Protests
A Dream Worth Sharing--An AJC History of Black-Jewish Relations
2:30 pmText Study: Jewish and Christian Teachings on Social Justice and Community Building
Breakout groups exploring and learning together
- Blue Group: President’s Room 301
Rabbi Ed Cohn and Br. Tyrone
- Red Group: Meeting Room 315
Fr. Freddy Washington and Rabbi Myrna Matsa
- Green Group: 3rd floor sitting area (past Career Services office)
Rabbi Yonah Schiller and Dr. Sr. Jamie Phelps
- Yellow Group: Conference Room 305B
Josh Lichtman and Buddy Noel
3:40 pm
Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom, Side B
Bridging the Divides - New Networks, New Directions in New Orleans
Lucas Diaz, Executive Director, Puentes New Orleans
Nolan Marshall, President-Elect, Young Leadership Council, Assistant Director, Common Good
Nathan Rothstein, Executive Director, New Orleans Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals Initiative
Timolynn Sams, Executive Director, Neighborhoods Partnership Network
James Perry, Executive Director, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Center, moderator
4:40 pm
Break
4:55 pm
Building Ethnic and Religious Group Trust: Models You Can Use: An Interactive Workshop
Dr. Lance Hill, Executive Director, Southern Institute for Education and Research,
Tulane University
Ted Quant, Director of Twomey Center for Peace through Justice, Loyola University
Ann Schaffer, moderator
6:20 pm
Taking It Home: Building Relations in Your Community
Ann Schaffer
6:30 pm Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom, Side A
Dinner
Closing Program
Two Poems
Dr. Cynthia Levy, Associate Professor, Southern University, Baton Rouge
Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy, Associate Professor, Dillard University, New Orleans
We are the Stewards, excerpt from AJC’s America’s Table: A Thanksgiving Reader
Invited Student Reader
Xavier Jazz Band
7:45 pm Bus departs Xavier University
Monday, January 19th
Program begins at Xavier University
University Center
1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans
6:00 am-8:25 am
Breakfast at Hampton Inn-French Quarter for hotel guests
8:30am
Bus departs from Hampton Inn Downtown-French Quarter
9:00 am
Mary & William McCaffrey Ballroom Side B, University Center, Xavier University
Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Program
Michael J. Weil, Executive Director, Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans,
Prayer Service
Fr. Freddy Washington, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Ambrose Parishes, Chicago
Rabbi David Posternock, Congregation Beth Israel, New Orleans
9:45 am
Bus from Xavier University
10:15 am
Community Service Projects
Bag lunch at worksites
2:00 pm
Bus pick up for airport
