In the 2022 Spring Mahle Lecture series we will be exploring and articulating contemporary forms of Christian Theology through the lens of Lived Theology. This year we are thrilled to be working with Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, Assistant Professor of Music – Voice and Conductor of the Chapel Choir and Viking Chorus at St. Olaf College, as well as the founder of the To Repair Project to offer a series of sessions and events from March 10-13 focused around the topic: “Let’s not go back to normal: Racial Reckoning, Repair, and Reconciliation.” Six keynote panelists will join Tesfa in important discussions, stories, and song.

Thursday, March 10, 5pm (Free) – Dinner before Keynote Panel – catered by local Black-Owned Restaurants

Bishop’s Bistro at Hamline University, Anderson Center, 774 Snelling Ave N, St Paul, MN 55104

Thursday, March 10, 6:30pm (Free) – Keynote Panel: Let’s Not Go Back To Normal: Racial Reckoning, Repair, and Reconciliation Panel

Hamline University, Anderson Forum, 111/112

Welcoming remarks from University President Fayneese Miller and video remarks from the Mahle family. Panel will be facilitated by Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, participants include:

Rev. Nekima Levy Armstrong, Civil Rights Attorney. Former Law Professor. Freedom Fighter

Poet Joe Davis, Touring Artist, Educator, and Speaker

Dr. Alton B. Pollard, III, Seminary President and Professor of Religion and Culture, Louisville Seminary

Amanzi Arnett, Storyteller. Composer. Manifestor and friend who sparked Tesfa’s trip

Dr. Iva B. Carruthers, General Secretary of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference

Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Chief Executive Officer of the Minnesota Council of Churches

J.D. and Fred Steele, from Minnesota’s “First Family of Twin Cities Music,” will open and close the panel.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-not-go-back-to-normal-racial-reckoning-repair-and-reconciliation-tickets-268240533657