Milwaukee Multi-faith Coalition to Fight Back Against White Christian Nationalism
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
Sunday, February 5 – Monday, February 6, 2023
MEDIA CONTACT
Austin Schuler, aschuler@faithinpubliclife.org, 540-280-3393
Milwaukee Multi-faith Coalition to Fight Back Against White Christian Nationalism
Rabbi Bonnie Margulis, Executive Director, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice,
“In these days when extremist views are dominating the airways and reaching into the highest levels of society, including our government, it is imperative that people of all faiths join together to meet hate with love, to embrace and celebrate diversity, and to work together to create the Beloved Community that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned.”
Rev. Butler and Rabbi Margulis available to speak to media before and after events
Waukesha and Brookfield, WI – On Sunday, February 5 and Monday, February 6, First Baptist Church of Waukesha and Unitarian Universalist Church West in Brookfield will host the Rev. Jennifer Butler, Founder in Residence of Faith in Public Life and author of Who Stole My Bible? for two stops on her Faith in Democracy Tour.
On February 5 in Waukesha, Rev. Butler will be leading a workshop entitled “Talking to Friends and Loved Ones Caught up in Conspiracy Theories and Christian Nationalism.” In this workshop, Rev. Butler will share practices and tools to use when talking to loved ones who have been influenced by disinformation from QAnon and other conspiracy theories.
On February 6 in Brookfield, Rev. Butler will be giving a lecture on “The Rise of the Christian Right and Christian Nationalism.” She will trace the history of the Christian right from its roots in segregation to current manifestations of Christian nationalism and share how progressive people of faith can work together to counter it. Both events are open to members of the community and are hosted in collaboration with Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Jewish Community Relations Council of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, MICAH, Wisconsin Council of Churches, Wisconsin Council of Rabbis, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice, WISDOM and a dozen more partners.
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WHAT:
Workshop and Lecture with Rev. Jennifer Butler
WHEN:
Sunday, February 5, 2023
2:00 p.m. CST
“Talking to Friends and Loved Ones Caught up in Conspiracy Theories and Christian Nationalism”
Workshop led by Rev. Jennifer Butler at First Baptist Church of Waukesha
Monday, February 6, 2023
7:00 p.m. CST
“The Rise of the Christian Right and White Christian Nationalism”
Rev. Jennifer Butler Lecture Hosted by Unitarian Universalist Church West, Brookfield, WI
WHERE:
Sunday Feb 5 at First Baptist Church of Waukesha
247 Wisconsin Ave
Waukesha, WI 53186
Monday Feb 6 at Unitarian Universalist Church West
13001 W North Ave
Brookfield, WI 53005
WHO:
Rev. Jennifer Butler, Founder in Residence of Faith in Public Life and Author of Who Stole My Bible?
Rev. Jennifer Butler is the Founder in Residence of Faith in Public Life, a network of faith leaders united in the pursuit of justice. She chaired President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. She was named one of the “22 Faith Leaders to Watch in 2022” by Center for American Progress. She is the author of Who Stole my Bible? Reclaiming Scripture as a Handbook for Resisting Tyranny, which makes a biblical case for multi-faith, multiracial democracy in the face of rising white Christian Nationalism and authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.
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