3 Saturdays, Feb. 20, Mar. 20, and Apr. 17, 2021
10:30-11:30 am
TUITION: FREE
Join us for these important conversations, which will explore how faith has shaped, and continues to shape, race relations. One organizing topic will ground each of the three discussions:
February 20—The Role of Resistance
March 20—The Role of Trust
April 17—The Roles of Resilience and Steadfastness
Rev. Andries (Dries) Coetzee was born the youngest of four children in the rural town of Ceres, South Africa. After serving a year of mandatory military service, he studied theology at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, where he earned B.D. and M.A. degrees. He has served Presbyterian (PCUSA) churches in Houston, Texas; Bloomington, Minnesota; and Wooster, Ohio. In 2016, Dries received the Lydia Thompson Award from the Wooster/Orrville NAACP. Dries currently serves as pastor at University Presbyterian Church, San Antonio.
Bishop Designate Trevor Alexander was born in Romford, Essex, in England. Bishop Alexander holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology (with an emphasis on family) from the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), as well as a Masters of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry from Oblate School of Theology and a Doctor of Divinity degree from St. Thomas Christian College and Seminary in Jacksonville, Florida. He is currently the Protestant Chaplain at UIW, where he also teaches as adjunct faculty. He is senior pastor of True Vine Church and serves as Southwest Texas Regional Overseer for the Kingdom Council of Interdependent Christian Churches & Ministries. Bishop Alexander has published articles on matters pertaining to the African American community, and he has presented at numerous conferences locally, nationally, and internationally. In 2016 he was inducted into the San Antonio BlackBook Worship Hall of Fame, and in 2018 UIW’s Black History Month Committee presented him with the Alumni of Distinction Award.
Dr. Doshie Piper, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of the Incarnate Word. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Juvenile Justice from Prairie View A&M University. A specialist in community corrections, Dr. Piper is particularly interested in the intersection of reintegration and faith community’s capacity to deal with reentry challenges.Her teaching experience includes Drugs and Crime in Society; Women and Crime; Restorative Justice; Probation, Parole and Community Corrections and Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice. Dr. Piper is widely published. She has published An Empirical Analysis of Female Juvenile Offending from the National Youth Survey; Relationship Building in Criminal Justice, Psychology and Community Corrections; The Ethics of Gender and Family; The Female Thief; and Policing America’s Educational Systems in books, journals, and newspapers. Her research agenda has primarily been gender specific and responsive. Additionally, Dr. Piper is the immediate Past Chair of the SoL Center Board of Directors.
When registering, please include your email address so that we may send you the Zoom link and password for the discussion. Registration is required no later than two days before the event.
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