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Programs and Initiatives The Next Step

Intercultural Programs at Westmont College will host its ninth annual “The Next Step” workshop focused on racial justice and conciliation from MLK Day on Monday, January 18th through Friday, January 22nd. 

The goal of this virtual workshop is to bring the Westmont community together to engage in reflection, dialogue, and initiative around issues of racial and societal justice - to ask the question, "What's the Next Step for the Church towards racial justice and conciliation?"  Faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in this workshop to engage in this intercultural/cross cultural dialogue. This is a free workshop for Westmont faculty, staff and students.

NOTE: This workshop begins on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is a holiday. Please plan accordingly as you consider your schedule and register for this workshop.

WORKSHOP DETAILS:

WHO:      Westmont students, staff and faculty (registration is FREE)

WHAT:     A five-day virtual workshop

WHERE:   Zoom

WHEN:    Monday, January 18th - Friday, January 22nd

REGISTRATION: Registration is OPEN - click HERE to register. You must register in order to receive the zoom links to join. 


To view the full schedule for The Next Step 2021, click here.

Special Guest Speakers

Dr. Vince Bantu

Assistant Professor of Church History and Black Church Studies at Fuller Seminary. Author of A Multitude of All Peoples: Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity and Gospel Haymanot: A Constructive Theology and Critical Reflection on African and Diasporic Christianity.

Joel Goza

Author, speaker and community advocate. Author of America's Unholy Ghosts.

Dr. Marcus "Goodie" Goodloe

Mentor, author, speaker. Author of King Maker: Applying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Leadership Lessons in Working with Athletes and Entertainers.

Dr. Soong-Chan Rah

Robert Munger Professor of Evangelism at Fuller Theological Seminary. Author of Prophetic Lament and The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity.

Lisa Fields

Apologist, speaker and founder of Jude 3 Project.

Dr. Michael O. Emerson

Professor of Sociology at University of Illinois, Chicago. Co-author of Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America and Blacks and Whites in Christian America: How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions.

Group shot from the sixth annual The Next Step (Jan 2018)

Group shot from the fifth annual The Next Step (Jan 2017)

Group shot form the fourth The Next Step (Jan 2016)

TNS 2016 Group Picture

Group shot from the third The Next Step (Jan 2015)

2015 TNS Group

Group shot from the second The Next Step (Jan 2014)

2014 TNS Group

Group shot from the first annual The Next Step (Jan 2013)

First Annual The Next Step Group Picture

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