Talk2Talk:
Racism, Rage, Resilience and the Church Today

Join us for UBE’s forty-five-minute video teleconferencing event plus Q & A that promises to inform, equip and inspire.

What: Webinar Event

When: Sunday, October 18, 2020
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

Topic: Racism, Rage, Resilience and the Church Today
Multiple perspectives on how the realities of anxiety and stress impact individuals and the church community is the focus of this Talk 2 Talk session featuring the Rev. Randy Callender and members of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis, Maryland. How do we balance feelings, attitudes, and behaviors? How can we reframe negative triggers into constructive actions? What is the role of the Church in a time such as this?

Hosted by:  UBE’s Mental Health Task Force
Guest Panelists include:
The Rev. Randy Kyle Callender was born in the City of Philadelphia to a tight knit family from the Island of Barbados. He graduated from Cheyney University, PA, received his MDiv. in 2010 from the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, and was ordained to the priesthood on January 22, 2011. in the Diocese of Pennsylvania. He has been the Rector at St. Philip’s since July 1, 2012. 
The Rev. Corby Zeren was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She graduated from Duke University, NC, with a degree in English and Sociology. She changed her career and received her RN in 1972. Sensing a calling to ordained ministry, she pursued a master’s degree in Theology at the Ecumenical Institute of St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD, and was ordained to the diaconate in 2017.
Yevola Ruth Smith Peters was born and grew up in Orangeburg, SC. She graduated from Morgan State College (University) MD, BS in Music Education and Boston University with a Master of Music degree. She taught General and Instrumental Music in 4 public school systems, in MD before accepting professional and volunteer jobs in local and state governmental positions.
John Merrick was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. Attended Purdue University, IN on an Air Force ROTC Scholarship where he earned a BS and later an MBA from William & Mary University, VA, in 1989. He served at the Pentagon before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2001, and then joined Northrop Grumman Corporation where he is currently a project manager. 
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