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An Online Conversation with the First Five Black Women Diocesan Bishops

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Hear from the first five Black women to be elected diocesan bishops within the Episcopal Church and who are featured in the groundbreaking book, This Band of Sisterhood: Black Women Bishops on Race, Faith, and the Church.

Moderated by Westina Matthews, Bishops Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows (The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis), Carlye J. Hughes (The Episcopal Diocese of Newark), Kimberly Lucas (The Episcopal Diocese of Colorado), Shannon MacVean-Brown (The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont), and Phoebe A. Roaf (The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee) will offer honest wisdom and experiences relevant to this complex time in American life.

The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, The Church of Heavenly Rest NYC, Trinity Church Wall Street and Washington National Cathedral have joined together as partners to offer this historic gathering. Serving as co-hosts: Berkeley Divinity School at Yale; Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Federation; Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP); Episcopal Divinity School at Union (EDS), General Theological Seminary; The School of Theology, the University of the South, Seminary of the Southwest, and Virginia Theological Seminary.

This Band of Sisterhood can be purchased at a 20% discount when ordered from Church Publishing Incorporated, through November 30, using the promo code Band20.