2021 Mission u: Pushout
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School
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Registration Form:
This class qualifies as 1 CEU (continuing education) or 10 hours of Advanced credit for Lay speakers/lay servants/lay ministers. Please indicate on your registration form if you wish to receive credit for this class
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Dates (4 sessions over 2 weeks)
* Week 1 - Tues, May 18 & Thurs, May 20
* Week 2 - Tues, May 25 & Thurs, May 27
Times: 6:30PM-9:00PM
This study is an opportunity to think about the society that we live in today from the point of view of young black girls. This study “shows how even with obstacles, stigmas, stereotypes and despair, black girls still find ways to breathe remarkable dignity into their lives in classrooms, juvenile facilities and beyond, and challenges the rest of us to do the same.”* The past study on the book of Exodus opened our eyes to the many obstacles that people of color faced as being part of the church that we all love. This study is in that bold tradition of studies that challenge us to not be afraid of our differences but to find the intersection of truth and justice as people who believe in the power God and the Holy Spirit to heal a broken world. *Quotes from the National UMW/Mission u web site
Order the book Pushout by Monique M Morris from your favorite local bookstore before class begins. Feel free to read the book as soon as you get it.
Order the book Pushout by Monique M Morris from your favorite local bookstore before class begins. Feel free to read the book as soon as you get it.
Study Leaders
Rev. Jonah P. Overton (they/them) is a community organizer and the lead pastor of Zao MKE Church. As a young queer and trans clergy person, Jonah has been called into ministry to build the church as queer space and organize communities and churches towards justice and liberation.
Afi Dobbins-Mays is a “Slightly Millennial” ordained United Methodist minister, wife, mother of 8 and grandmother 11 community worker and humanitarian. In her 11th year serving in ministry, she lives in Milwaukee, WI with her husband Bennett. She is now in her seventh year of serving the Milwaukee, WI area UMC and community, which, statistically, is the most segregated, the third poorest city in the nation.