State of the Black Church
October 7 – 9
Glad Tidings Church of God in Christ
970 Glad Tidings Way. Hayward, CA 94544
Bishop J.W. Macklin
Pastor of Glad Tidings COGIC, Hayward, CA
Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll
Founder of Green The Church
Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III
Senior Pastor, Friendship-West Baptist Church, Dallas, TX
Dr. John R. Adolph
Pastor, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Beaumont, TX
Featured Speakers
Rue Mapp
CEO & Founder of Outdoor Afro
Rev. Dr. James Brenneman
President of American Baptist Seminary
Reginald Chatman
Senior Director of Customer Experience at Bloom Energy
Rev. Cynthia Perrilliat
Director of Alameda County Care Alliance
Rev. Michael McBride
Pastor of The Way Christian Center, Berkeley, CA
Rev. Dr. Charley Hames
Senior Pastor, Beebe Memorial Cathedral, Oakland, CA
Rev. Bruce Carroll Sr.
Senior Pastor, Antioch Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA
Rev. Emily L. Carroll
Vice President of Carroll Ministries Inc
Rev. Dr. Dwight Webster
Beth Eden Baptist Church, Oakland, CA
Kimberly Lewis
Senior Vice President, Community Advancement, Conferences & Events of U.S. Green Building Council
Pastor Shane B. Scott
Senior Pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA
Pastor Welton Pleasant, II
President of the California State Baptist Convention
Sandra Curtis
Director of Innovative Projects, Plastic Pollution Coalition
Shaniece Alexander
Executive Director, Oakland Food Policy Council
Rev. Michael Smith
McGee Avenue Baptist Church, Berkeley, CA
David Braun
Project Director, Rootskeeper
Rev. Dr. Barbara Galloway-Lee
Community Care Liaison in collaboration with Alameda County Care Alliance in Oakland, CA
Servant B.K. Woodson, Sr.
Pastor & Founder of The Bay Area Christian Connection Oakland, CA
Michael Harris
Co-Chair of the California Black Agriculture Working Group
Rev. Michael Wallace
Senior Pastor Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, CA
Rev. Susan Hendershot Guy
President, Interfaith Power & Light (IPL)
Alvaro S. Sanchez
Director, Environmental Equity for The Greenlining Institute
Aminah ‘Chef Mimi’ Robinson-Briscoe
Creator, ‘Bringing it to the Table” Culinary Docu-Reality Competition
Kathleen Piraino
Executive Director, Episcopal Impact Fund
Lindi von Mutius
Chief of Staff, Sierra Club
Minna Toloui
Program Manager, Ecology Center
Kahlil Kettering
Urban Conservation Director, The Nature Conservancy
Pastor Anthony L. Trufant
Senior Pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY
Rev. Dr. Tyson-Lord Gray
President & Founder of Green Community Vision Inc.
Kevin D. Williams, JD, MPH
Associate Director of Berkeley Youth Alternatives
More amazing speakers coming soon!
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