Congregating, Conjuring and Conspiring at Crossings: James H. Cone, Emilie M. Townes, and the call to “Wake Up Running”

CBE and the Stead Center will host a lunch and learn in room 205 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Our speaker will be the Rev. Dr. AnneMarie Mingo, Associate Professor of Ethics, Culture, and Moral Leadership and Director of the Metro-Urban Institute at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She will discuss her book Have You Got Good Religion: Black Women’s Faith, Courage, and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement and will also sign books. Register here for the Lunch and Learn!

The James Cone-Emilie Townes Lecture will commence at 4:00 pm. Dr. Walter Fluker will serve as our keynote speaker, and Rev. Dr. Julian Armand Cook will be a special guest. Dr. Cook studied under Dr. Fluker at Boston University and worked as a student assistant for the Thurman archives project.

This year’s James H. Cone and Emilie M. Townes’ Lecture will feature Dr. Walter Fluker. Fluker’s lecture, “Congregating, Conjuring, and Conspiring at Crossings: James H. Cone, Emilie M. Townes, and the Call to ‘Wake Up Running,'” will explore the intersecting legacies of James H. Cone and Emilie M. Townes within the framework of Black theology and womanist ethics. The lecture will highlight the transformative concepts of congregating, conjuring, and conspiring that Fluker introduced and both Cone and Townes emphasized in their work. These themes reveal the profound power of marginalized communities to resist oppression and create new futures through faith, justice, and collective action.

The Stead Center will provide a gallery of Howard Thurman’s quotes and meditations in the chapel for persons to experience throughout the day.

There is no cost to this event, but registration is REQUIRED.