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TYNDALE HOUSE ANNOUNCES PROGRAM AGENDA FORUNDER OUR SKIN: A FORUM ON RACE AND FAITH
This Feb. 16 live event (w/ Livestream) in Tampa features Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson, Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster James Brown, former Walter Payton NFL Man-of-the-Year Warrick Dunn, Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel, USF football coach Charlie Strong, and ESPN’s Sage Steele, among others
Carol Stream, Ill. (February 8, 2017) — In November 2014, Benjamin Watson, then a tight end with the New Orleans Saints, posted a Facebook essay expressing the different emotions he felt after a Ferguson, Mo., grand jury voted not to indict a white police officer, Darren Wilson, in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. Watson’s Facebook post, which effectively expressed an assortment of emotions that ranged from anger to embarrassment to hopelessness to hopefulness, was “liked” by nearly one million people. One year later, Tyndale House Publishers released Watson’s Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race—and Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations That Divide Us. The highly regarded book, which has been referred to as part memoir and part social commentary, is a challenging look at race, bias, and justice. On Thursday, February 16, 2017, Watson (now with the Baltimore Ravens) and other national thought leaders—including author and Hall of Fame football coach Tony Dungy, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster James Brown, former NFL Walter Payton Man-of-the-Year award winner Warrick Dunn, Heisman Trophy winner and Executive Director of Desire Street Ministries Danny Wuerffel, author and speaker Mo Isom, University of South Florida football coach Charlie Strong, Detroit pastor and author J. Kevin Butcher, and Executive Director of Restoration Academy Ben Sciacca—will come together at The Crossing Church in Tampa to discuss race and faith. The event will be moderated by ESPN’s Sage Steele and music will be provided by Lizzy Cameron, as well as Seth & Nirva. 8:00 PM – SEGMENT TWO – “What are we doing?” Panel Discussion and Call to Action with James Brown, Warrick Dunn, J. Kevin Butcher, Tony Dungy, Benjamin Watson, Danny Wuerffel Closing Prayer by J. Kevin Butcher, Pastor of Life Community Church (Detroit) & author of Choose + Choose Again (NavPress)
For many, the racial divide is an argument, a political position, or a debate on television. The participants in Under Our Skin: A Forum on Race and Faith desire to move this argument and debate to one of understanding different perspectives by putting ourselves in someone else’s shoes. While many similar forums often end with engaging discussion but no action, this forum will provide a call to action for forum attendees to take with them to their homes, churches, schools, and jobs so that this discussion can continue far beyond one three-hour event.
“I think it’s important for all of us to let down our guard, to show some empathy, and be open to someone else’s experience, even if it’s different from our own,” said Watson. “Though our forum panelists won’t agree on everything, we’ll be intentional about having honest, heartfelt, and respectful dialogue. We all need a change of heart on the subject of race, and we all need to look introspectively. I think it’s incumbent upon all of us to see where our own lives intersect with this dialogue. Our greatest desire is to equip people who view the Under Our Skin forum with tools to help them engage in their own communities.” WHAT:
Thursday, February 16, 2017 from 7:00-10:00 pm ET (book signing following the event)
The Crossing Church in Tampa
Panelists who are scheduled to participate include author and Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson, Hall of Fame football coach Tony Dungy, former NFL Walter Payton Man-of-the-Year award winner Warrick Dunn, esteemed broadcaster James Brown, Heisman Trophy winner and Executive Director of Desire Street Ministries Danny Wuerffel, University of South Florida football coach Charlie Strong, author and speaker Mo Isom, Detroit pastor and author J. Kevin Butcher, and Executive Director of Restoration Academy Ben Sciacca. The event will be moderated by ESPN’s Sage Steele with music performed by Lizzy Cameron, as well as Seth & Nirva. Greg Dumas, pastor at The Crossing Church, will provide opening remarks.
WHY: For national thought leaders to have an engaging and respectful discussion on race, and for the panelists to provide viewers with a call to action in their own community
Livestream.com feed for churches/groups of more than twenty: $149.00 Livestream.com feed for individuals: $9.99
Tyndale House Publishers will provide a charitable donation to the charity/foundation of choice for forum participants.
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