Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS event! This CLGS African American Roundtable workshop explored the theological and practical foundations of holy resistance to systems of oppression. Participants learned how and why people of faith need to challenge empire, and we considered various tools for organizing in our communities to abolish and disrupt […]
On 19 June 1865 Union General Gordon Granger proclaimed in Galveston, Texas, the federal government’s decree that all previously-enslaved people in Texas were free; this proclamation was read over two and a half years after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been signed by President Abraham Lincoln on 1 January 1863. It is this […]
6 February 2026 During Black History Month in February, honor the contributions of African American LGBTQ people. And don’t limit this to February: honor African American LGBTQ people all year round! There are so many people who have had a profound impact on the LGBTQ community, from the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 40s to today. Consider […]
Click here for a video recording of this CLGS African American Roundtable workshop! In a political climate that continues to dehumanize and erase Black Trans and Quare lives, how do we cultivate hope that is not just survival but a radical act of reimagining our futures? This CLGS African American Roundtable workshop centered Black Trans voices, […]
Click here for a video recording of this CLGS African American Roundtable workshop! We invite you to view a recording of this engaging and enlightening virtual workshop offered by the CLGS African American Roundtable. This workshop honors the intersection of Black and LGBTQ+ identities through the lens of Juneteenth, a day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS African American Roundtable Event! In this latest offering from the CLGS African American Roundtable, pioneers Wilhelmina Perry and Ronald Moore, co-founders of the LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent share their experience of forming the organization, with a focus on the particular issues they have […]
Click here to view a video recording this CLGS event via Zoom! Rev. Cedric Harmon, Rev. Gwen Thomas, and Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow engage in an intimate conversation about their work as organizers of the CLGS Souls A’Fire conferences. The first Souls A’Fire conference took place in 2003 with Dr. Johari Jobir, the first Coordinator […]