March 12, 2022
Founders Day is an annual event sponsored by the Office of Church Relations, connecting students, faculty, staff and community members with an outstanding scholar in the area of religion. The event highlights Disciples on Campus students and provides an opportunity to support DOC scholarships.
We are pleased to announce that Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II will be our speaker and preacher for Founders Day on March 12, 2022. Rev. Dr. Barber is President and Senior Lecturer of the Repairers of the Breach, Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival; Bishop with the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries; visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary; Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Goldboro, North Carolina and author of four books: We are Called to be a Movement; Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing; The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement; and Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation.
More information and registration will be available in January 2022.