Walter Earl Fluker is Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership at Boston University, Dean\u2019s Professor of Spirituality, Ethics and Leadership at Candler School of Theology at Emory University and was recently appointed Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center at the Hartford International University of Religion and Peace.\u00a0 Fluker is the 2023 Recipient of The Freedom of Worship Award from the Roosevelt Institute.\u00a0 He was born in Vaiden, Mississippi and raised in Chicago, Illinois where he attended public schools. He served in the United States Army as a Chaplain\u2019s Assistant from 1971-1973. He received his BA degree in philosophy and biblical studies from Trinity College in 1977, and an MDiv degree in 1980 from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Fluker completed his PhD degree in social ethics at Boston University in 1988. He retired from the Boston University School of Theology in June 2020.<\/p>\n
Fluker served as pastor of the historic St. John\u2019s Congregational Church, UCC in Springfield, Massachusetts from 1981-1986. In 1986, Fluker was university chaplain and assistant professor of religion at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He became assistant professor of Christian ethics at Vanderbilt Divinity School, and assistant to the pastor at First Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He taught at Harvard College from 1990-1991 and was named dean of black church studies and Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial professor of theology and black church studies at the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (CRDS) in 1991. In 1992, Fluker became editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project. He served as director, National Resource Center for the Development of Ethical Leadership from the Black Church Tradition from CRDS in 1993-1998. In 1998, Fluker joined Morehouse College as executive director of The Leadership Center (renamed the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership), The Coca Cola professor of leadership studies and professor of philosophy and religion.\u00a0 In 2004, Fluker served as Distinguished Lecturer in the International Human Rights Exchange Program and visiting professor for the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business and from 2008-2011 as faculty at The Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria. Fluker was a distinguished lecturer for the US Embassy in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria; Cape Town, Pretoria and Durban, South Africa, China; and India. He has served visiting professorships at the Harvard Divinity School and Candler School of Theology; and visiting scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary, and Columbia Theological Seminary.<\/p>\n
Fluker joined the Boston University School of Theology faculty as the Martin Luther King, Jr. professor of ethical leadership and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Initiative for the Development of Ethical Leadership in 2010. He has consulted and provided ethical leadership training in diversity and inclusion for an array of organizations, including the Democratic Leadership Council National Conversation, Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program, the Tepper School Business at Carnegie Mellon University, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the Department of Education, the Department of State, the US Army Chaplains Corps, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the Georgia State Superintendents\u2019 Association, and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.<\/p>\n
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Professor Emeritus<\/em> of Ethical Leadership (former MLK Chair), Boston University, Boston Massachusetts<\/p>\n Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa<\/em>, May 10, 2008, Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, North Carolina<\/p>\n 2023 \u2013 Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center, Hartford University for Religion and Peace https:\/\/www.hartfordinternational.edu\/faculty\/walter-fluker<\/a><\/p>\n 2023 \u2013 Editor and Director, The Howard Thurman Papers Project, Boston University http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/htpp\/<\/a><\/p>\n 2020 – Dean\u2019s Professor of Spirituality, Ethics and Leadership, Candler School of Theology, Emory University https:\/\/candler.emory.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/fluker-walter.html<\/a><\/p>\n 2010- 2020: Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership, Boston University School of Theology, Boston University.<\/p>\n 2015- 2020: Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Religion and Theological Study, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University<\/p>\n 2009-2010: Inaugural Skirball Professor, United Negro College Fund, Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2009-2010: Interim Director, Andrew Young Center for International Affairs, Morehouse College<\/p>\n 2004-2010: Coca-Cola Professor of Leadership Studies, Morehouse College<\/p>\n 1998-2010: Executive Director, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College (renamed The Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership)<\/p>\n 1998-2010: Professor, Philosophy and Religion, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 1992-2010: Director and Editor, Howard Thurman Papers Project, Colgate Rochester Divinity School\/Bexley Hall\/Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, NY (1992 -1997); Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA (1997- 2010)<\/p>\n 1991-1997: Dean of Black Church Studies and Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies, Colgate Rochester Divinity School\/Bexley Hall\/Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, NY<\/p>\n 1993 \u2013 1997: Director, National Resource Center for the Development of Ethical Leadership from the Black Church Tradition, Colgate Rochester Divinity School\/Bexley Hall\/Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, NY<\/p>\n 1992 \u2013 1997: Associate Pastor, Christian Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Henrietta, New York<\/p>\n 1987 \u2013 1991: Assistant to Pastor, First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, Nashville, Tennessee<\/p>\n 1981 \u2013 1986: Pastor, St. John\u2019s Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Springfield, Massachusetts<\/p>\n 1985: Research Assistant, Multicultural Theological Education Project, Association of Theological Schools, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 1980 \u2013 1981: Research Assistant to Dr. John H. Cartwright, Department of Social Ethics, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 1977 \u2013 1980: Assistant Pastor, Second Baptist Church, Evanston, IL<\/p>\n 1978 \u2013 1979: Director, Teacher\u2019s Aide Services, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Program, School District No. 65, Evanston, IL<\/p>\n 1977 \u2013 1979: Coordinator, Summer Federal Youth Employment Program, Fort Sheridan, Illinois<\/p>\n 1975 \u2013 1977: Coordinator, Minority Student Affairs, Trinity College, Deerfield, Illinois<\/p>\n 1973 \u2013 1976: Associate Pastor, Gideon Baptist Church, Waukegan, Illinois<\/p>\n 1971 \u2013 1973: Chaplain\u2019s Assistant, United States Army<\/p>\n 2023:\u00a0 Visiting Professor, Leadership and Endurance: Vitality Through Spiritual and Ethical Practice: Intergenerational Black Church Studies, Doctor of Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Spring Semester 2023<\/p>\n 2021:\u00a0 Guest Faculty, Doctor of Ministry Program, Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University, \u201cEthical Leadership and Black Church Traditions\u201d, August 23-25, 2021<\/p>\n 2018-2019: The Alonzo L. McDonald Family Chair on the Life and Teachings of Jesus and Their Impact on Culture, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2018: Distinguished Visiting Professor, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, January 2-12<\/p>\n 2017: Guest Faculty, Twenty-Third Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry, \u201cHope for Our Future: From Weeping to Working for Justice for Our Children,\u201d Haley Farm, Clinton, Tennessee, July 17-21<\/p>\n 2017: Distinguished Faculty, Fifth Annual Black Theology and Leadership Institute, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, July 16-22<\/p>\n 2014: Visiting Professor, New York City Biblical Institute, Boston University School of Theology, November 8, 2014<\/p>\n 2014-2020: Visiting Faculty, Ethical Leadership and Black Church Traditions, Doctor of Ministry Program, The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA, July<\/p>\n 2013: Lecturer and Co-Dean, with Dr. Sharon Watson Fluker, Tenth Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, \u201cBuilding Ministries for the Common Good: Prophetic Witness, Ethical Leadership and the Quest for Global Justice\u201d, Dallas, TX, February 18\u201319<\/p>\n 2008 \u2013 2011: Faculty and Fellow, Mellon Community Initiative, Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria<\/p>\n 2005-present: Visiting Faculty, Ethical Leadership from African American Moral Traditions, Ashland Theological Seminary, Cleveland, OH<\/p>\n 2004 \u2013 2005: Visiting Scholar, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey<\/p>\n 2004: Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n 2003 \u2013 2008: Faculty, Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program, (Sponsored by Goldman Sachs and the International Institute for Education), New York, NY<\/p>\n 2007: Visiting Scholar, Oklahoma Student Leadership Enrichment Program, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, March<\/p>\n 2005: Scholar-in-Residence, Leadership Symposium, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA<\/p>\n 2003 \u2013 2015: Principal and Faculty, African Presidential Archives and Research Center, Boston University and Morehouse College Collaborative<\/p>\n 2001 \u2013 2002: Visiting Scholar, Leadership Roundtable, The Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/p>\n 2001 \u2013 2002: Visiting Professor, African American Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/p>\n 1990 \u2013 1991: Visiting Professor, Afro\u2011American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/p>\n 1987 \u2013 1991: Assistant Professor, Christian Ethics, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee<\/p>\n 1986 \u2013 1987: Assistant Professor of Religion and University Chaplain, Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana<\/p>\n 2023:\u00a0 Roosevelt Institute 2023 Four Freedoms Awards – Freedom of Worship<\/p>\n 2021: Charles Harper Lifetime Achievement Award, Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, Newton, MA<\/p>\n 2018: Education Maker, The HistoryMakers<\/p>\n 2018: Faculty Advisor, The HistoryMakers Higher Education Advisory Board<\/p>\n 2018: Advisor and Consultant, \u201cBacks Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story,\u201d Journey Films<\/em>, Film Documentary Project on Howard Thurman<\/p>\n 2018: Editor and Director, Howard Thurman Papers Project, Modern African American Freedom Struggle Digital Publishing Cooperative, Mellon Digital Edition Publishing Cooperatives Planning Grants, National Historical Publications and Record Commission, Stanford University, Stanford, CA<\/p>\n 2016-2017: Principal Investigator, The Louisville Foundation Sabbatical Grant, \u201cThe Sound of The Genuine: Howard Thurman\u2019s Sermon Series\u201d<\/p>\n 2016-2017: Principal Investigator, Boston University Center for The Humanities, Project For The Digitization of the Papers Of Howard Washington Thurman, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 2016: Black Excellence in Boston Religious Studies Honoree, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Boston University, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 2016: Outstanding Black Graduates Honoree, Forty-Fifth Anniversary of The Center for Church and the Black Experience (CBE), Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL<\/p>\n 2014-2015: Principal Investigator, The Ford Foundation, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Initiative for the Development of Ethical Leadership, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 2014-2016: Principal Investigator, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Howard Thurman Papers Project, Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 2013-2015: Principal Investigator, The Lilly Endowment, The Howard Thurman Papers Project, Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 2009 \u2013 2013: Principal Investigator, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Howard Thurman Papers Project, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, 2009-2010; Boston University School of Theology, Boston, Ma, 2010-2013<\/p>\n 2012: Visionary Award, 15th Anniversary Coca-Cola Pre-College Program, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2012: Presidential Award, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, for Chair of Visitors Committee, The Center for Church and the Black Experience, Evanston, IL<\/p>\n 2008 \u2013 2010: Inaugural Skirball Professorship, United Negro College Fund, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2008 \u2013 2009: Principal Investigator, Grants for the Development of The Howard Thurman Papers Project, Lilly Endowment, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2005: Principal Investigator, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Award for the Public Leadership Initiative, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2004 \u2013 2010: Endowed Coca-Cola Chair, Leadership Studies, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 1998 \u2013 2010: Principal Investigator, Coca-Cola Foundation, Pre-College Summer Program, An Orientation to Ethical Leadership, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2005 \u2013 2010: Principal Investigator, The Oprah Winfrey Foundation, Oprah South African Leadership Project, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2004 \u2013 2012: Principal Investigator, The Louisville Institute for the Study of Protestantism and American Culture, Study Grant for Research and Writing, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2004 \u2013 2006: Principal Investigator, The Henry Luce Foundation, grants for the development of<\/p>\n 2011 \u2013 2013: The Howard Thurman Papers Project, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2005: Principal Investigator, The Alcoa Foundation, South African International Leadership Program, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2005: Faculty Grant, United Parcel Services, South African International Leadership Program, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2002 \u2013 2001: Principal Investigator, Planning Grant for Theological Exploration of Vocation, The Lilly Endowment, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 1996: Principal Investigator, Grant for The Study of the Capacity of the Black Church to Provide Services and Support to At-Risk and Gang-Related Youth, The Ford Foundation<\/p>\n 1994: Principal Investigator, Award for Study, Louisville Institute for the Study of Protestantism and American Culture, Study Grant for Research and Writing \u2013 Howard Thurman Papers Project<\/p>\n 1994 \u2013 2001: Principal Investigator, Grants for Howard Thurman Papers Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts<\/p>\n 1994 \u2013 2011: Principal Investigator, Awards for Howard Thurman Papers Project, National Historical Records and Publications, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n 1992 \u2013 2005: Principal Investigator, Grants for the Development Howard Thurman Papers Project, Lilly Endowment, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 1993 \u2013 1997: Principal Investigator, Grant for National Resource Center for the Development of Ethical Leadership from the Black Church Tradition, W.K. Kellogg Foundation<\/p>\n 1993: African-American Who\u2019s Who, Greater Rochester Area First Edition, Mike F. Molaire, Rochester, NY: Norex Publications.<\/p>\n 1990 \u2013 1991: Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois, Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellowship, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA<\/p>\n 1990 \u2013 1991: Theological Scholarship and Research Award, The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada<\/p>\n 1990 \u2013 1991: University Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Research Council, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN<\/p>\n 1982 & 1985: Johnson Memorial Scholarship, Hampden Association of the United Church of Christ, Massachusetts, summers<\/p>\n 1981 \u2013 1982: Whitney M. Young Fellowship, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/p>\n 1980 \u2013 1982: Doctoral Fellowship for the Study of Religion for Black North Americans, The Fund for Theological Education<\/p>\n 1979: Fellow, The Howard Thurman Educational Trust Fund, San Francisco, California<\/p>\n 1979: Graduate Research Fellow, The Community Renewal Society of Chicago, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n Fluker\u2019s recent publications include The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, and a 2016 publication The Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America<\/em> that received the Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award honorable mention.<\/p>\n The Ground Has Shifted: The Black Church in Post-Racial America<\/em>. New York: New York University Press, 2016<\/p>\n Ethical Leadership and the Quest for Character, Civility, and Community<\/em>. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009<\/p>\n They Looked for a City: A Comparative Analysis of the Ideal of Community in the Thought of Howard Thurman<\/em> and Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/span><\/em> Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989<\/p>\n The Unfinished Search for Common Ground:\u00a0 Reimagining Howard Thurman\u2019s Life and Work<\/em>. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2023.<\/p>\n Walking with God: The Sermon Series of Howard Thurman, Volume IV, Spirituality and Social Responsibility. <\/em>Co-edited with Peter Eisenstadt.\u00a0 Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, Forthcoming November 2023.<\/p>\n Walking with God: The Sermon Series of Howard Thurman, Volume Three, Democracy and the Soul of America. <\/em>Co-edited with Peter Eisenstadt.\u00a0 Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, Forthcoming 2022.<\/p>\n Walking with God: The Sermon Series of Howard Thurman, Volume Two, The Way of the Mystics. <\/em>Co-edited with Peter Eisenstadt.\u00a0 Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2021.<\/p>\n Walking with God:\u00a0 The Sermon Series of Howard Thurman, Volume One, Moral Struggle and the Prophets<\/em>.\u00a0 Co-edited with Peter Eisenstadt.\u00a0 Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2020.<\/p>\n The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman: Volume Five: The Wider Ministry, January 1963\u2013April 1981. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, in press.<\/p>\n The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman: Volume Four: The Soundless Passion of a Single Mind, June 1949 December 1962<\/em>.Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2017.<\/p>\n The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman: Volume Three: The Bold Adventure, September 1943 – May 1949<\/em>. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2015.<\/p>\n Educating Ethical Leaders for the Twenty-First Century<\/em>, edited with foreword by W. Massey. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2013.<\/p>\n The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman: Volume Two: “Christian, Who Calls Me Christian?” April 1936-August 1943<\/em>. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2012.<\/p>\n The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman: Volume One: My People Need Me, June 1918 – March 1936<\/em>.\u00a0Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2009.<\/p>\n Black Leaders and Ideologies in the South: Resistance and Nonviolence<\/em>, edited with P. King. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005.<\/p>\n The Stones that the Builders Rejected: The Development of Ethical Leadership from the Black Church Tradition<\/em>. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1998.<\/p>\n A Strange Freedom: The Best of Howard Thurman<\/em>, edited with Catherine Tumber. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1998.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Inward Sea: Mapping Interior Landmarks for Leaders\u201d in Anchored in the Current: The Eternal Wisdom of Howard Thurman in a Changing World<\/em>, edited by Gregory C. Ellison, Westminster John Knox Publishers, November 2020, with press.<\/p>\n \u201cPlenty Good Room: MLK\u2019s Vision of the World House and the Ethical Question of Global Citizenship\u201d in The Great World House in the Twenty-First Century: Reclaiming the Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/em>, edited by Vicki Crawford and Lewis V. Baldwin, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cTransformed Nonconformity\u201d in Revive My Soul Again: The Spirituality of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by Lewis V. Baldwin and Victor Anderson, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2018. Reprint.<\/p>\n \u201cShape-Shifting: Cultural Hauntings, Contested Post-Racialism, the Black church and Theological Imagination\u201d in Color and Transcendence: Contested Post-Racialism and Conflicted Churches in the US and South Africa<\/em>, edited by R. Drew Smith, William Ackah, Anthony Reddie, Rothney Tshaka. Oxford, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Press, 2015, pp. 37-64.<\/p>\n \u201cStrategies and Resources for Ethical Leadership Education in the 21st Century,\u201d in Educating Ethical Leaders for the Twenty-First Century<\/em>, edited with Foreword by W. Massey. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2013.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking for Martin: Black Leadership in an Era of Contested Post-Racism and Post-Blackness,\u201d in The Domestication of Martin Luther King, Jr<\/em>: Clarence B. Jones, Right-Wing Conservatism, and the Manipulation of the King Legacy<\/span><\/em>, edited by Lewis V. Baldwin and Rufus Burrows, Jr. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013, pp. 73-99.<\/p>\n \u201cLeaders Who Have Shaped U.S. Religious Dialogue,\u201d in Howard Thurman:<\/em> Intercultural and Interreligious Leader<\/span><\/em>\u201d in Religious Leadership: A Reference Handbook<\/span><\/em>, Volume 2, edited by Sharon Henderson Callahan. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2013, pp. 571-578.<\/p>\n Foreword, Visions of a Better World: Howard Thurman’s Pilgrimage to India and the Origins of African American Nonviolence<\/em>, Quinton Dixie and Peter Eisenstadt. Boston: Beacon Press, 2011, pp. vii-x.<\/p>\n \u201cDangerous Memories and Redemptive Possibilities: Howard Thurman and Black Leadership in the South,\u201d in Black Leaders and Ideologies in the South: Resistance and Non-Violence,<\/em> edited by Preston King and Walter Earl Fluker. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis, 2004, pp. 147-176.<\/p>\n \u201cRecognition, Respectability, and Loyalty: The Quest for Civility Among Black Churches,\u201d in New Day Begun: Black Churches, Public Influences, and American Civic Culture<\/em>, edited by R. Drew Smith. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 113-141.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Politics of Conversion and the Civilization of Friday,\u201d The Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center,<\/em> Vol. XXI, Nos. 1 and 2, Fall 1993\/Spring 1994; Reprint in Quinton H. Dixie and Cornel West, The Courage to Hope: From Black Suffering to Human Redemption<\/span><\/em>. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1999.<\/p>\n \u201cOld Songs and Strong Arms: Remembering Daddy,\u201d in Father Songs: Testimonies by African-American Sons and Daughters<\/em>, edited by Gloria Wade\u2011Gayles. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1997, pp. 243-247.<\/p>\n \u201cDear Teddy and Robert and Bay ‘Broh,\u201d in From One Brother to Another: Voices of African American Men<\/em>, edited by William J. Key, R. Johnson Smith, and Robert Johnson-Smith. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Judson Press, 1996.<\/p>\n \u201cHoward Thurman\u2019s Vision of National Community,\u201d in The Human Search: Howard Thurman and the Quest for Freedom: Proceedings of the Second Annual Thurman Convocation (Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial),<\/em> edited by Mozella G. Mitchell. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang Publishing, 1992.<\/p>\n \u201cNow We Must Cross a Sea: Remarks on Transformational Leadership and the Civil Rights Movement.\u201d Boston University Law Review<\/em>, 95, no. 3 (2015): 1225-1232.<\/p>\n \u201cLeading Ethically at the Intersection Where Worlds Collide.\u201d Leader to Leader<\/em>, Number 54 (Fall 2009): 32-38.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Quest for Character, Civility, and Community: Preparing Students for Ethical Complexity at the Intersection Where Worlds Collide.\u201d Liberal Education: Association of American Colleges and Universities<\/em>, 97, no. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2011): 14-21.<\/p>\n \u201cTransformed Nonconformity in the Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u201d Princeton Theological Bulletin<\/em>, Spring 2004.<\/p>\n “They Looked for a City: A Comparison of the Ideal of Community in Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr.\u201d The Journal of Religious Ethics<\/em> 18, no. 2 (Fall 1990), 33-55.<\/p>\n \u201cCharlottesville, Civility and Contested Democratic Space\u201d, IMPACT, Vol. 7 No. 2, Summer 2018, The Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, Boston University. http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/impact\/previous-issues\/impact-summer-2018\/charlottesville-civility-and-contested-democratic-space\/<\/p>\n \u201cIn this Week of Passion, I Startle Myself.\u201d Blog of Bread for the World. April 9, 2017. http:\/\/www.bread.org\/blog\/week-passion-i-startle-myself<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cVoices Crying in the Wilderness,\u201d in FOCUS: Boston University School of Theology Magazine<\/em>, 2016. https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/files\/2017\/07\/STH_focus_SP16_Final.pdf<\/p>\n \u201cCultural Identity and Inclusive Societies: Infusing Diversity and Culture into Character Education,\u201d in \u201cCreating Sites of Global Citizenship: The Mellon Fellow Community Initiative.\u201d Salzburg, Austria: Salzburg Global Seminar, 2013, pp. 71-76.<\/p>\n \u201cCultural Asylums and the Jungles Planted in Them: The Exilic Condition of African American Males and the Black Church,\u201d for Religious Practices in Global Contexts: \u201cReligion, Conflict, and Peacemaking,\u201d<\/em> Boston University School of Theology Religion Fellow Program (2010-2011), Boston University School of Theology, Spring 2011.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident-Elect Barack Obama: Race Has Been Haunting This Election,\u201d<\/em> U. S. News and World Report, November 5, 2008.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the Intersection Where Worlds Collide: The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community,\u201d Strategies and Resources for Infusing Diversity and Culture in Character Education, Commissioned Paper, Department of Education, Washington, DC, August 18, 2008, http:\/\/www.cetac.org\/ResearchSymposium.cfm.<\/p>\n \u201cSpirituality, Ethics, and Leadership.\u201d Spirituality in Higher Education,<\/em> Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Volume IV, Issue 3, June 2008, pp. 1-4.<\/p>\n \u201cShared Vision and Values.\u201d Business to Business,<\/em> December 2005.<\/p>\n “Needed: Ethical Leadership in the Aftermath of Katrina.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education<\/em>, 6 October 2005: 35.<\/p>\n \u201cSomewhere, Sometime, Someplace: The Call to Ethical Leadership.\u201d Convergence<\/em>, Volume 4, Number 1 (Spring 2005): 120-123.<\/p>\n \u201cSpirituality, Ethics and Leadership: An HBCU Perspective.\u201d (Reprint), The Circle<\/em>, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Fraternity, Fall 2001.<\/p>\n \u201cRaising Up Sons and Daughters Unto Abraham: The Capacity of African Churches to Provide Services and Support to At-Risk and Gang-Related Youth.\u201d A Report to the Ford Foundation, 1999.<\/p>\n \u201cValley Calls: A Sermon.\u201d The African-American Pulpit<\/em>, Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, Spring 1998.<\/p>\n \u201cHoward Thurman.\u201d Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History<\/em>, MacMillan Reference Library, 1995.<\/p>\n \u201cGod\u2019s Love Comes to Us at Christmas.\u201d National Baptist Union Review<\/em>, December 1988.<\/p>\n \u201cFootprints of a Dream: The Continuing Significance of the Fellowship Church for All Peoples.\u201d The Spire,<\/em> Winter 1989.<\/p>\n \u201cKeepers of the Dream.\u201d The Listening Ear<\/em>, Fall 1989.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cAt the Intersection Where Worlds Collide:\u00a0 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion\u201d, Karasu Leadership Lecture, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, June 10, 2022<\/p>\n Moderator, \u201cConversations Between a First Lady and a University Dean:\u00a0 An Untold Story<\/a>\u201d, The White House Historical Association, June 9, 2022<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cThe Unfinished Search for Common Ground:\u00a0 Reimagining Howard Thurman\u2019s Life and Work\u201d Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University, June 9, 2022<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cThriving in Ministry:\u00a0 An Ethical Leadership Perspective on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion\u201d, School of Theology, University of the South, May 24, 2022<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cSpirituality for Society: Thurman and King in Conversation\u201d, Coracle \u2013 Spiritual Formation for Kingdom Action, April 21, 2022<\/p>\n Convener and Presenter, \u201cThe Unfinished Search for Common Ground:\u00a0 A Conference on the Life and Work of Howard Thurman\u201d, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, April 8-9, 2022<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cStanding at the Intersection Where Worlds Collide and Shouting Out for Change:\u00a0 The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community\u201d, Robert W. Woodruff Leadership Summit, Emory University, March 26, 2022.<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cHope for Tomorrow: Launching the Howard Thurman Center\u201d, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, January 11, 2022<\/p>\n Guest Lecturer, \u201cBlack Indians and African American Internationalism”, Stanford University, May 25, 2021<\/p>\n https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1z0brayNMNNjnysq_UPTPg_XbPBje_3Ya\/view?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cHoward Thurman:\u00a0 Honoring the Legacy, Looking Ahead\u201d, Journey Films, April 10, 2021<\/p>\n Moderated Conversation, \u201cJesus and the Disinherited\u201d, Duke University Reads, Duke University Chapel, April 6, 2021<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cBest Practices toward Developing Racial-Ethnic Concord: Parts I and II\u201d, The School of Divinity, Gardner-Webb University, March 29, 2021<\/p>\n Panelist, Character and Religious Leadership, <\/em>Character and the Professions Conference, Wake Forest University and the Oxford Character Project at the University of Oxford, March 19, 2021<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cPeter Eisenstadt’s \u2018Against the Hounds of Hell<\/em>\u2019 A Conversation with Fellow Thurman Scholars to Discuss the Book and the Man Himself\u201d, March 8, 20201<\/p>\n Respondent, Book Launch, \u201cAgainst the Hounds of Hell:\u00a0 A Life of Howard Thurman\u201d, Clemson Humanities Hub, Clemson University, March 5, 2021<\/p>\n https:\/\/clemson<\/span>.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/5BQtoPPtnQIjUJHIT4Vtbo9SMrNsBDJD-OmKGj8_jWy4MxmHD0k3waY-WNO-67OK.X9M7InLlR6IiKAY9<\/a><\/p>\n Speaker, \u201cState of the Race: Critical Global Conversations\u201d, Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Birkbeck\u2019 University of London, March 27, 2021<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cJesus and the Disinherited\u201d, Catholic Relief Services, February 10, 2021<\/p>\n Lecture with Faculty and Student Meetings, \u201cTheology on The Run: Congregating, Conjuring and conspiring with the Future\u201d, Sankofa Institute Lecture Series, Oblate School of Theology, September 25-26, 2020.<\/p>\n Panelist, Spirit, Mind, Body Institute & US Department Health & Human Services, December 8, 2020<\/p>\n Panelist, Civility and Contested Democratic Space: Teaching Interconnectedness: The Dynamics of Nature, Ecology and the Whole Child, <\/em>The Next Wave in K-12 Education: The Spiritual Core Of The Whole Child, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, November 4, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n Keynote Address, \u201cPlay Your Part Well:\u00a0 Education at the Intersection Where Worlds Collide\u201d, The National Association of Episcopal Schools, November 5, 2020<\/p>\n Panelist, Book Launch Anchored in the Current<\/em>, October 21, 2020<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cEthical Leadership and the Quest for Civility\u201d, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. November 7, 2019.<\/p>\n Panelist with Mozella Mitchell, \u201cBacks Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story\u201d, Continuing Education Program and Black Church Studies Program, Princeton Theological Seminary, October 8, 2019.<\/p>\n Lecturer, Black Theology and Leadership Institute, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, July 17, 2017.<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cBacks Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story\u201d, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, July 11, 2019.<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cBacks Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story\u201d, Film documentary Journey Films. Boston University, Boston, MA, February 8, 2019.<\/p>\n Respondent, Panel Discussion of \u201c400 Years Hence\u2026: Remembering Jamestown\u201d, \u201cSociety of Christian Ethics\u201d, Louisville, Kentucky, January 5, 2019.<\/p>\n Lecturer, Visiting Distinguished Professor McDonald Lecture Series, Candler School of Theology, \u201cWalking with God: Preparation, Presence and Practice\u201d October 23, 2018 https:\/\/vimeo.com\/298387811<\/a>;<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cSpeaking from Sites Reserved for the Dead: Lingering Memories of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Great Mistake Jamestown Made Long Ago\u201d, November 29, 2018. https:\/\/vimeo.com\/304220346<\/a>; candler.emory.edu\/news\/releases\/2018\/09\/mcdonald-lectures.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n Respondent to Gary Dorrien, Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel<\/em> (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018). American Academy of Religion, November 2018.<\/p>\n Respondent, Panel Discussion of The Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America<\/em>. Panelists included: Jonathan Walton (Harvard University); Teddy Hickman-Maynard, Pamela Lightsey, and Hyebin Hong (Boston University School of Theology), Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA, November 30, 2017. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TaUzNk6HmS8<\/a><\/p>\n Presider, Black Theology Unit, Michelle Alexander and Walter Fluker: The Mystical-Prophetic in Black\u2014A Special Look at Mass Incarceration and the Black Lives Matter Movement<\/em>, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA, November 19, 2017.<\/p>\n Presider, Twentieth Annual Black Religious Scholars Group Consultation, Union United Methodist Church, Boston, MA, November 17, 2017.<\/p>\n Moderator, \u201cFaith in Action: Poverty and the Racialization of Economy: A Panel Discussion,\u201d Boston University, Boston, MA, October 19, 2017.<\/p>\n Lecture, \u201cThe Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America,\u201d Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry, \u201cHope for Our Future: From Weeping to Working for Justice for Our Children,\u201d Haley Farm, Clinton, TN, July 21, 2017.<\/p>\n Panelist, The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA, February 21, 2017.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cCongregating, Conjuring, and Conspiring in Commons: Proposal for Developing Ethical Leaders in Community.\u201d The David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Health Equity Research Seminar Series. Morehouse College School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. February 19, 2016.<\/p>\n Respondent, \u201cBALTIMORE,\u201d Post-production conversation on race and community, Lame-Comley Studio 210, Boston, MA, February 13, 2016.<\/p>\n Public Lecture, \u201cBoston University\u2019s Influence on Martin Luther King, Jr.,\u201d Howard Gotlieb Discovery Seminar Series, Boston, MA, January 28, 2016.<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cPhilanthropy in the Global Age,\u201d Inaugural Program of the Global Friends Group of the Tse Foundation and the Salzburg Global Seminar, Hong Kong, December 4, 2015.<\/p>\n Distinguished Lecturer, \u201cCultural Asylums and the Jungles Planted in Them: The Exilic Condition of African American Males in a Post-Industrial, Post-Modern World\u201d and \u201cTools of the Spirit: Identity, Otherness and Human Flourishing and the Exilic Condition of African American Males,\u201d Paul Allen Lecture Series, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL, February 17, 2014.<\/p>\n Moderator and Convener, \u201cEmerging Leaders, Democracy and the Future of Africa,\u201d Boston University African Presidential Center, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, June 6, 2013.<\/p>\n Co-convener and Moderator (with Preston King, Morehouse College), \u201cJustice: Violence and Forgiveness,\u201d 2013 RC31 International Political Science Association Conference, sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Initiative for Ethical Leadership, Boston University, Boston, MA, May 21-22, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer and Co-Dean of the Conference with Dr. Sharon Watson Fluker,\u201d Building Ministries for the Common Good: Prophetic Witness, Ethical Leadership and the Quest for Global Justice\u201d, 10th Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Dallas, TX, February 18\u201319, 2013.<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cThe Voice of Conscience: Civil Rights, Post Civil Rights and the Future Freedom Struggle, \u201cA Conference in honor of the Retirement of Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November 9, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer and Panel Discussant, \u201cCultural Asylums and the Jungles They Planted in Them: The Exilic Condition of Black Males in US Society,\u201d Black Religion and Urban Space, Society for the Study of Black Religion Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL, March 14, 2013.<\/p>\n Workshop Leader and Consultant, \u201cEthical Leadership and Educational Professionals,\u201d The Superintendent Professional Development Program of the Georgia School Superintendents Association, Atlanta, GA, April 12-13, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer and Workshop Facilitator, \u201cNavigating the Intersections: Ethical leadership, Education, Advocacy and Social Justice,\u201d Symposium on Social Justice and Poverty, Oklahoma City, OK, March 8, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cEthical Leadership and Community Health,\u201d The David Satcher Community Health Institute, Morehouse College of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, February 22, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cLooking for Martin: Black Leadership in a Post-Racial Society,\u201d Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, Claremont School of Religion, Claremont, CA, February 5, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer and Presenter, \u201cMartin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington: Looking Back Fifty Years,\u201d Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, January 23, 2013.<\/p>\n Respondent to \u201cMountaintop,\u201d play performed at the Underground Railroad Theater in Central Square, Cambridge, MA, January 20, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cScattered and Scattering . . . Black Church Activism and Contested Multiculturalism in Europe, North America, and South Africa\u201d, Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Birbeck College, University of London, June 29\u201330, 2012.<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cResponse to Gary Dorrien, Obama Question: A Progressive Critique<\/em> (Rowman and Littlefield, 2012),\u201d Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, November 18, 2012.<\/p>\n Panelist, New Repertory Theater\u2019s \u201cRACE,\u201d Boston, MA, October 21, 2012.<\/p>\n Opening Remarks, National Conference on Mass Incarceration and Reentry, Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA, October 18\u201320, 2012.<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cCultural Asylums and the Jungles Planted in Them: The Exilic Condition of African American Males and the Black Church,\u201d for Religious Practices in Global Contexts: \u201cReligion, Conflict, and Peacemaking,\u201d Boston University School of Theology Religion Fellow Program (2010-2011), Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA, Spring 2011.<\/p>\n Lecturer and Guest Preacher, \u201cMartin Luther King, Jr. in a Post-Racial, Post-American World,\u201d The Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Series and two sermons, \u201cValley Calls\u201d and \u201cPlay Your Parts Well!,\u201d Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, April 6\u20137, 2010.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cThe Ground Has Shifted: The Black Church in a Post Racial? Post American? World,\u201d The K. Brooke Anderson Lecture, Brown University, Providence, RI, March 1, 2010.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cEthical Leadership in a Globalized World: Educating Leaders for the Church, the Academy and the World\u201d and \u201cEthical Leadership, The Church and the Global Economy,\u201d Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, February 25\u201327, 2010.<\/p>\n Respondent, \u201cThe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 1, My People Need Me,\u201d Editor Response to Cornel West, Clayborne Carson, and Barbara Holmes, Special Black Church History Session, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 1, 2008.<\/p>\n Distinguished Lecturer and Presenter, \u201cEthical Leadership in Global Perspective,\u201d series of lectures and presentations in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Vadodra, and Kolkata, India, The United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Speaker\/Specialist Program, September 16\u201326, 2008.<\/p>\n Distinguished Lecturer and Presenter, \u201cEthical Leadership in Global Perspective,\u201d series of lectures and presentations in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Nanning, China, The United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Speaker\/Specialist Program, March 24\u2013April 5, 2008.<\/p>\n Distinguished Lecturer and Presenter, \u201cEthical Leadership: At the Intersection Where Worlds Collide,\u201d Series of lectures and presentations in Delhi, Udaipur, Baroda, and Mumbai, India, January 29\u2013February 2, 2007.<\/p>\n Panelist and Respondent, \u201cTargeting Disparities by Developing Diversity in Health Leadership,\u201d The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in conjunction with the Seventh Annual Primary Care and Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 12, 2007.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cBeware of the Unicorns: Spirituality, Ethics and Leadership,\u201d Howard Thurman Lectureship, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester, NY, October 2006.<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cWaiting and Listening for the Sound of the Genuine: Howard Thurman on Civic Life and Public Responsibility,\u201d American Society of Church History, January 2006.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cOpener of the Way: Howard Thurman as Mentor,\u201d Society for the Study of Black Religion, Atlanta, GA, May 2000.<\/p>\n Presenter, Workshop Training and Consultant, \u201cCARE Racial Justice Experience,\u201d CARE Innovation HUB, June 2-3, 2022.<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cRemembering, Retelling, and Reliving Our Stories:\u00a0 An Exercise in Equity and Social Justice for Ethical Leaders\u201d, The Advanced Leadership Academy, Tepper Academy Leadership Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May 21, 2022.<\/p>\n Presenter, Workshop Training and Consultant, \u201cCARE Racial Justice Experience,\u201d CARE Innovation HUB, October 28-29, 2021.<\/p>\n Workshop and Training, \u201cEthical Leadership:\u00a0 Character, Civility, and Community\u201d, US Army Chaplain Corps, Religious Leaders Symposium, October 27, 2021.<\/p>\n Workshop and Training, \u201cThe Quest for Character, Civility, and Community in the Chaplaincy\u201d, US Army Chaplain Corps, Spiritual Core Development T4T Course, August 18, 2021.<\/p>\n Guest Lecturer, \u201cDoing Theology on the Run: Congregating, Conjuring and Conspiring in Common(s) at The Intersections Where Worlds Collide\u201d, The Reinicker Lecture, Virginia Theological Seminary, July 1, 2021.<\/p>\n Workshop and Training, \u201cRacial Equity and How Our Stories Shape Our Lens\u201d, Leadership Atlanta, May 7, 2021.<\/p>\n Presentation and Workshop, \u201cEthical Leadership at the Intersection Where Worlds Collide\u201d and \u201cEthical Leadership:\u00a0 Character, Civility, and Community\u201d, United States Army Chaplains Corp., April 7, 2021.<\/p>\n Presentation and Workshop and Consultant, \u201cCreating Pathways to Racial Equity and Justice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania\u201d, The Advanced Leadership Initiative, The Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, September 11, 2020.<\/p>\n Presentation and Workshop, \u201cAt the Intersections Where Worlds Collide: Creating Local Communities at the Intersections of Race, Gender, Faith, and Culture\u201d, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, February 10, 2020.<\/p>\n Workshop, Training and Consultant, \u201cEthical Leadership in Local Communities: Diversity and Inclusion for Care-Givers in the Beloved Community\u201d, Fighting Back Partnership of Vallejo, Atlanta, GA. January 24-26, 2020.<\/p>\n Guest Faculty and Facilitator, \u201cCompassion and Justice,\u201d Andover Newton Colloquium at Yale Divinity School, October 31, 2019.<\/p>\n Presenter, Workshop Training and Consultant, \u201cPathways to Justice: An Innovation Hub Experience, Racial Equality and Racial Equity,\u201d CARE in partnership with Emerson Collective and the Equal Justice Initiative, Atlanta, Selma, Birmingham and Montgomery, October 14-15, 2019.<\/p>\n Workshop Training and Consultant, \u201cInclusion, Belonging and Diversity: An Ethical Leadership Approach\u201d Peralta Community Colleges Faculty and Staff Workshop, Peralta, CA, November 9, 2017.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator, \u201cEthical Leadership,\u201d Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, August 22, 2017.<\/p>\n Guest Faculty and Workshop Facilitator, \u201cFinding God: Mapping Landscapes and Domains of the Spirit,\u201d Three-Day Workshop Series at Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry, \u201cHope for Our Future: From Weeping to Working for Justice for Our Children,\u201d Haley Farm, Clinton, TN, July 18-July 20, 2017.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator, \u201cAt the Intersection Where Worlds Collide,\u201d Workshop on Ethical Leadership for Georgia State Superintendents Association, Atlanta, GA, April 21, 2017.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator and Consultant, \u201cDiversity and Inclusion,\u201d Huntington Ingalls Industry, Richmond, VA, February 22, 2017.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator, \u201cEthical Leadership,\u201d Two-Day Workshop Series, Deaconess Foundation, St. Louis, MO, February 16-17, 2017.<\/p>\n Workshop Presenter, \u201cBuilding a House for Racial Equity,\u201d Workshop for Administrators and Staff, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Richmond, VA, January 25, 2017.<\/p>\n Workshop Training and Consultant, \u201cEthical Leadership,\u201d The Peralta Community College District Workforce Development and Continuing Education Workshop, Peralta, CA, December 2-3, 2016.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator and Consultant, \u201cDiversity is Every Body\u2019s Business: Engaging Diversity in Community,\u201d Faculty Retreat Workshop at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, August 14, 2015.<\/p>\n Online Program Leader, \u201cAt the Intersection Where Worlds Collide: The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community,\u201d National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and Omicron Delta, Kappa, July 1, 2015 and July 22, 2015.<\/p>\n Consultant, \u201cEthical Leadership, Black Churches and Healthcare,\u201d The Greater Buffalo United Ministries, Buffalo, NY, September 22, 2014.<\/p>\n Keynote and Facilitator, \u201cLiberating Theologies: Social Justice in the Black Church Today,<\/em>\u201d Continuing Education\u2019s Second Black Theology and Leadership Institute, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, July 19, 2014.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator, \u201cEthical Leadership Workshop for Professional Educators,\u201d Race to the Top, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, June 27-28, 2014.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator, Workshop for Professional Educators, Georgia State Superintendent\u2019s Association, Athens, GA, March 25, 2014.<\/p>\n Consultant and Presenter, \u201cEthical Leadership and the Politics of Change,\u201d The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, Chicago, IL, January 23-24, 2014.<\/p>\n Workshop Leader and Consultant, \u201cAt the Intersection Where Worlds Collide: Ethical Leadership Education among Educational Professionals,\u201d Race to the Top Program, a partnership between Morehouse College and the DeKalb Public Schools, Atlanta, GA, June 28-30, 2013.<\/p>\n Workshop Leader and Consultant, \u201cCreating the Beloved Community: The Quest for Character, Civility and Community,\u201d The Coca-Cola Pre-College Leadership Program, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, June 15-21, 2013.<\/p>\n Workshop Leader and Consultant, \u201cEthical Leadership and Educational Professionals,\u201d The Superintendent Professional Development Program of the Georgia School Superintendents Association, Atlanta, GA, April 12-13, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer and Workshop Facilitator, \u201cNavigating the Intersections: Ethical leadership, Education, Advocacy and Social Justice,\u201d Symposium on Social Justice and Poverty, Oklahoma City, OK, March 8, 2013.<\/p>\n Lecturer and Workshop Facilitator, \u201cEthical Leadership and Diversity,\u201d Association of American Colleges and Universities Summer Institute in Washington, D.C., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, July 29\u2013August 2, 2012.<\/p>\n Workshop Leader and Consultant, \u201cAt the Intersection Where Worlds Collide: Ethical Leadership Education among Educational Professionals,\u201d Race to the Top Program, a partnership between Morehouse College and the Clayton County Public Schools, June 23-24, 2012, Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, \u201cThe Challenge of Ethical Leadership in Africa: A Teach-In,\u201d workshop for members of the Johannesburg City Council, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 23, 2010.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator and Trainer, \u201cAt the Intersections Where Worlds Collide,\u201d Professional Development Training Workshop, Georgia School Superintendents Association, Atlanta, GA, April 17\u201318, 2009.<\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator, \u201cLeadership Matters\u2014A Teach-in on Ethical Leadership Practices Among Emerging Leaders,\u201d Annual workshops for national and international students from colleges and universities in Africa and the United States, Boston University Presidential Archives and Research Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, Spring 2007 and 2008.<\/p>\n Presenter and Facilitator, \u201cDefining a Leader of Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity and Impact: An Exercise of Imagination\u201d The Goldman Sachs 2006 Global Leaders Program, New York, NY, July 2006.<\/p>\n Presenter and Facilitator, \u201cPreparing for Global Leadership: An Exercise in Self-Discovery,\u201d The Goldman Sachs 2005 Global Leaders Program, Columbia University, New York, NY, July 2005.<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cEthical Leadership in Public Life,\u201d Presentation to Mayor\u2019s Cabinet (in collaboration with IBM) Atlanta City Government, Atlanta, GA, March 2005.<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cEthical Leadership: An Approach to Developing Moral Awareness Among Youth Populations.\u201d The Leader\u2019s Institute of the Rochester School District, Rochester, NY, August 1998.<\/p>\n Facilitator and Trainer, \u201cEthical Leadership and Strategic Planning,\u201d The Congress of National Black Churches, Washington, D.C., February 1998.<\/p>\n Preacher, Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, \u201cSome Difficult Days Ahead: \u00a0Madness and Hope in a Post-King Era,\u201d January 19, 2023<\/p>\n Workshop, \u201cCreating and Sustaining DEI Spaces: An Ethical Leadership Perspective,\u201d Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, January 17, 2023<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cSpirituality and DEI:\u00a0 The Quest for Equity and Social Justice at the Intersections Where Worlds Collide\u201d Spirit Mind Body Institute, Columbia University, Aspen Institute and Lead with Love Foundation, February 7, 2023, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZTkTxi6AlXc<\/a><\/p>\n Workshop Facilitator, \u201cRemembering, Retelling and Reliving Our Stories,\u201d Black-Jewish Leadership Initiative Pilot Cohort, 2022 Program, The Shalom Hartman Institute, Rose Library, Emory University, November 29, 2022<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cStanding at the Intersection Where Worlds Collide and Shouting Out for Change:\u00a0 The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community\u201d, Robert W.\u00a0Woodruff\u00a0Leadership Summit, Emory University, March 26, 2022<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cRun to The Mountain:\u00a0 A Call to Dreamers at the Crossing(s) in a Post-King Era\u201d, Martin Luther King Week Celebration, Cannon Chapel, Emory University, January 16, 2022<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cAdvent is God\u2019s Answer”, Friendship Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA, December 5, 2021<\/p>\n Conversation Partner with Rev. Jeren Rowell, Ed.D., President and Professor of Pastoral Ministry, \u201cIntrapersonal Leadership\u201d, Nazarene\u00a0Theological\u00a0Seminary, December 2, 2021<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cHonoring\u00a0the\u00a0Past and Looking Toward\u00a0the\u00a0Future: Hope for\u00a0Black\u00a0Communities”, Black\u00a0Seminarians Day, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, October 15, 2021<\/p>\n Keynote Address, \u201cFrom Economic Challenges to Transformational Opportunities: An Existential and Ethical Response\u201d The Episcopal Church Foundation Congregational Leadership Initiative, Baltimore, MD, October 7, 2021<\/p>\n Speaker, \u201cHow Howard Thurman Met Gandhi and Brought Nonviolence to the Civil Rights Movement\u201d, The Atlanta Hindu Temple, October 3, 2021<\/p>\n Speaker, \u201cJesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman\u201d, First United Methodist Church, Austin, TX, September 12, 2021<\/p>\n Keynote Address, \u201cThe Inward Sea: Mapping Interior Landmarks for Leaders\u201d, Spirit, Mind, Body Institute, Teacher\u2019s College, Columbia University, June 10, 2021<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cA Message for Dreamers”, Friendship Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA, May 30, 2021<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cA New Earth Rising\u201d, Cannon Chapel, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life, Emory University, April 4, 2021<\/p>\n Keynote Address, \u201cPlenty Good Room:\u00a0 Contested Democratic Space and Martin Luther King’s Vision of the World House,\u201d Georgia College and State University, January 19, 2021<\/p>\n Keynote Address, \u201cPlenty Good Room,\u201d Martin Luther King Jr Celebration, Jaffrey-Rindge and Keene State College, January 18, 2021 https:\/\/youtu.be\/sbxhvaSULLc<\/a><\/p>\n Guest Preacher, “Run to the Mountain:\u00a0 A Call to Dreamers in a Post-King Era,”\u00a0Saint\u00a0Peter’s\u00a0Episcopal\u00a0Church in Commemoration of the 92nd<\/sup> Anniversary of the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 17, 2021<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cRun to the Mountain:\u00a0 A Call to Dreamers in a Post-King Era,\u201d Myrtle Street Baptist Church, January 17, 2021\u00a0 https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xUiJitECY7PYXP_xaahh0dr01vkPO-Zt\/view?usp=drive_web<\/a><\/p>\n Guest Presenter, \u201cHoward Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited,\u201d Renovar\u00e9 Podcast, November 19, 2020<\/p>\n Keynote, Episcopal Education Biennial Conference, November 5, 2020<\/p>\n Speaker, \u201cHoward Thurman and \u2018Jesus and the Disinherited,\u2019\u201d Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, October 4, 20202<\/p>\n Keynote, Rice University Center for African and African American Studies, Martin Luther King, Jr. Address, September 3, 2020<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cWhat Shall We Say Then?: Groaning and Hoping\u201d North Avenue Presbyterian Church, August 30, 2020, https:\/\/youtu.be\/8DTxm1Z6qAQ<\/a><\/p>\n Keynote Address, \u201cSpeaking from Sites Reserved for the Dead: Lingering Memories of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Great Mistake Jamestown Made Long Ago,\u201d The Center for African and African American Studies, a collaboration between the School of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences, Rice University, August 28, 2020. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rTYSBhP1WqA<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Keynote Address, \u201cPlenty Good Room\u201d, Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance, The Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Columbia University, January 20, 2020.<\/p>\n Keynote Address, \u201cSwimming in Other Waters: Howard and Sue Bailey Thurman and Student Leadership\u201d, The Dedication of the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, Boston University, December 3, 2019.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, Boston University Academy Commencement Ceremony, Boston, MA, May 21, 2018.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, Union Baptist Church, Cambridge MA, March 18 and March 25, 2018.<\/p>\n Symposium Panelist, \u201cFurthering the Common Ground,\u201d A Panel of the BU Alumni Association and the Black Alumni Leadership Council, Boston University, Boston, MA, March 1, 2018.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cPlenty Good Room,\u201d Marsh Chapel Worship Service, Boston University, Boston, MA, January 14, 2018.<\/p>\n Keynote Address, Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast, Springfield, CT, January 13, 2017.<\/p>\n Keynote Address, Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Lecture, Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH, January 6, 2018.<\/p>\n Keynote Address, Convocation, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, August 22, 2017.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, Centennial Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago, IL, March 19, 2017.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cIn this Season of Lent, I Startle Myself!\u201d Chicago Temple Lenten Preaching Series, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2017.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cThe Ground Has Shifted: Leadership and Liberation in Black,\u201d St. John\u2019s Church (UCC), St. Louis, MO, February 19, 2017.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, Bentley University\u2019s 31st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, Waltham, MA, 24 January 2017.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, Ferrum College Martin Luther King Day Event, Ferrum, VA, January 16, 2017.<\/p>\n Luminary, Howard Thurman Luminaries Gathering, Haley Farm, Clinton, TN, September 15, 2016.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cValley Calls,\u201d Bethany Baptist Church, Newark, N.J., February 29, 2016.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cCongregating, Conjuring, and Conspiring in Commons: Proposal for Developing Ethical Leaders in Community,\u201d The David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Health Equity Research Seminar Series, Morehouse College School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, February 19, 2016.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker. \u201cEthical Leadership and Diversity,\u201d Kilachand Honors College, Boston University, Boston, MA, January 30, 2016.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cVoices in the Wilderness,\u201d Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, DC, January 17, 2016.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cEthical Leadership: Character, Civility, and Community,\u201d Payne Theological Seminary Founder\u2019s Day, Dayton, OH, November 17, 2015.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cEthical Leadership,\u201d Boston University Alumni Event, Boston, MA, November 5, 2015.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cCongregating, Conjuring, and Conspiring in Commons: Global Citizenship in a New Rhythm,\u201d Global Citizenship Summit of the Mellon-Global Citizenship Program, Atlanta, GA, October 31, 2015.<\/p>\n Speaker, \u201cHoward Thurman: Influences and Influence,\u201d The First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Jamaica Plain, MA, October 7, 2015.<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cBUnited for Baltimore,\u201d Boston University, Boston, MA, May 8, 2015.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cVoices in the Wilderness,\u201d The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, January 18, 2015.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, Anniversary Celebration of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Boston, MA, November 16, 2014.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, The Greater Buffalo United Ministries, Buffalo, NY, September 22, 2014.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, 134th Anniversary of Homecoming Celebration, St. Paul\u2019s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA, 2014, September 21, 2014.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cRunning Errands: The Leadership Legacy of Nelson Mandela,\u201d Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela, The Citywide Revival Coordinating Committee, Twelfth Baptist Church, Roxbury, MA, February 9, 2014.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cThe Welcome Table: Welcoming the Unwelcomed,\u201d Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Worship Service, Marsh Chapel, Boston University, Boston, MA, January 19, 2014.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cPracticing the Art of Civility,\u201d Bridging Cultures to Form a Nation: Difference, Community and Democratic Thinking Conference, Lone Star State-Kingwood College, Kingwood, TX, November 8, 2013.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cWe Have Crossed an Ocean, Now We Must Cross a Sea: Free at Last? MLK and the Dream 50 Years Later,\u201d Boston University Alumni Association, Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, The Hamilton Hotel, Washington, DC, August 26, 2013.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cStaying Awake!\u201d Freshman Orientation, George Sherman Union Student Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, July 19, 2013, http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gZkBq-qWQCs&feature=youtu.be&a<\/a><\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, Framingham Community Church, Natick, MA, January 21, 2013.<\/p>\n Invited Speaker, \u201cFree at Last,\u201d BUniverse Series on Martin Luther King, Jr., BUniverse, Boston, MA, January 14, 2013, http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/buniverse\/view\/?v=1iJLJD1AD<\/a>.<\/p>\n Guest Preacher, \u201cFifty Years Later . . . The Dream Continues,\u201d Sermon preached in Marsh Chapel on the Occasion of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Birthday Celebration,\u201d Boston University, Boston, MA, Radio WBUR, January 18, 2013, http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/sermons\/2013\/01\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cThe Ground Has Shifted,\u201d National Progressive Baptist Convention Leadership Summit, Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 8, 2012.<\/p>\n Panelist, Faith Leaders National Education Policy Summit, Atlanta, GA, September 21, 2012.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cPreparing Students for Ethical Complexity at the Intersections Where Worlds Collide,\u201d The Association of American Colleges and Universities, San Francisco, CA, January 28, 2011.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cEthical Leadership: Advancing Our Common Good by Tackling Our Toughest Issues,\u201d Executive Breakfast Forum sponsored by The Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University at The Capital City Club, Atlanta, GA, April 28, 2010.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker,\u201d \u201cCal Turner Leadership Breakfast with Walter Earl Fluker,\u201d Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, TN, February 18, 2010,\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6B2tNLebsCM<\/a>.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cThe Ground Has Shifted: The Black Church in a Post-American World,\u201d Fifth Annual Black Church Summit\u2014Where Do We Go From Here? Black Church Traditions, Textures and Transformations, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, January 23, 2009.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cMartin Luther King, Jr. as Global Citizen,\u201d The Mellon Fellows Community Initiative, Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, January 9, 2009.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cEthical Leadership and Liberal Arts Education,\u201d Core Commitments Summer Institute, The Association of American Colleges and Universities, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, July 2007.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cEthical Leadership Among Youth Populations,\u201d The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Inc. Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2007.<\/p>\n Guest Speaker, \u201cThe Power of Ethical Leadership,\u201d Democratic Leadership Council\u2019s National Conversation, featuring Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Evan Bayh, Tom Carpe, Ken Salazar and 700 other participants from around the country, Denver, CO, July 2006.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cWhere Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?,\u201d Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Address, The Greater Rochester Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission and the Community Faith Alliance, Rochester, NY, January 2006.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cAt the Intersection Where Worlds Collide: Ethical Leadership and Public Life,\u201d Keynote Address and Presentation to the First Annual Public Leadership Conference, The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, November 2005.<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cChapter One: The Ground Has Shifted,\u201d Presentation to The National Leadership Symposium, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, July 2005.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cCatching the Spirit: The Call to Ethical Leadership and Youth\u201d, A New Day in Hough Ward Youth Conference, Cleveland, OH, May 2005.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, Series of Lectures and Public Conversations, The School for the Common Good, Westminster Schools and The Benjamin E. Mays High School, Atlanta, GA, Spring 2005.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cBuilding New Roads to the Future,\u201d The Feast of the Absalom Jones, The Episcopal Dioceses of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, February 2005.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cThe Second Journey: A Call to New Leaders,\u201d The Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, January 2005.<\/p>\n Distinguished Speaker, \u201cEthical Leadership,\u201d series of lectures and presentations as<\/p>\n Distinguished Speaker, U.S. Embassy Speaker\/Specialist Program, Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria, 2004.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cPetition to a Sleeping God: HIV\/AIDS and Faith-Based Communities,\u201d HIV\/AIDS and Faith-Based Communities Conference, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, September 2004.<\/p>\n Lecturer, \u201cLectures on Authentic Leadership Practices,\u201d The Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa, August 2004.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cEthical Leadership for Emerging Leaders,\u201d The Global Leaders Program, Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Institute of International Leadership, July 2004.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cA Message for Dreamers: Critical Theory and Practice in the Leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr.,\u201d University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, January 2004.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cTransformed Nonconformity in the Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.,\u201d Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, December 2003.<\/p>\n Distinguished Guest Lecturer, \u201cRe-thinking Vocation, Leadership Theory and Practice in the New Millennium (A Three-Part Lecture Series)\u201d Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, November 2003.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cThe Ground Has Shifted: Re-thinking Black Church Traditions,\u201d McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL, May 2003.<\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cSpirituality and Leadership,\u201d Seminar on Leadership Practice, Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, February 2003.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cMartin Luther King, Jr. and Global Leadership,\u201d Atlanta Rotary Club, Carter Center and Morehouse College Summit, Atlanta, George, January 2003.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cHoward Thurman and Emerging Religious Leadership,\u201d Annual Howard Thurman Lecture, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, NY, October 2002.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cCome and Go With Me to That Land Where I\u2019m Bound,\u201d United Black Anglican Annual Conference, Hartford, CT, June 2001.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cSpirituality, Ethics, and Leadership: Resources for Developing Christian Educators,\u201d Garrett-Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, April 2001.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cRecognition, Respectability, and Loyalty: The Quest for Civility Among Black Churches,\u201d The Public Influences of African American Churches, Washington, D.C., December 2000.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cBuilding New Roads to the Future: Black Churches and Call to Ethical Leadership.\u201d The Congress of National Black Churches, Washington, D.C., September 1999.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cWaiting and Listening for the Sound of the Genuine: Utilizing Howard Thurman as a Critical Resource for the Development of Ethical Leadership,\u201d Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA September 1999.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cStepping Up To Solutions: Ethical Leadership and Community Development.\u201d Action for a Better Community Annual Dinner. Rochester, NY, June 1999.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cVision 2000: Youth Development \u2014 Community Leadership: New Strategies for the New Millennium,\u201d Office of Campus Diversity, University of Akron; Akron, OH, June 1999.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker. \u201cStanding At the Intersection Where Worlds Collide.\u201d Keystone Conference, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, March 1999.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cDeveloping a Moral Compass Among Youth.\u201d The Boys & Girls Club of America, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 1998.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cKeepers of the Dream: A Call to Ethical Leadership for the New Millennium,\u201d Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, November 1998.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cEthical Leadership and Spirituality,\u201d Educators\u2019 Conference, The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, June 1998.<\/p>\n Respondent, \u201cChristianity and African Traditional Religion: The Ghanaian Case: A Response to Professor Noah K. Dzobo,\u201d University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, June 1998.<\/p>\n Panelist, \u201cRound Table Discussion on Race in the American Story,\u201d with Senator Bill Bradley, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 1998.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cMartin Luther King, Jr. and the Challenge of Hope for the New Millennium,\u201d Centro Martin Luther King, Havana, Cuba, April 1998.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cA Call to Dreamers at the Beginning of a New Millennium,\u201d Second Annual New York State Governor\u2019s Conference on Youth, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY, April 1997.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cAfrican Americans and Civil Rights: A Reappraisal,\u201d Black History Month and Centennial Celebration, Voorhees College, Denmark, SC, February 1997.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker, \u201cEverybody Can Help Somebody; Every American Can Make A Difference,\u201d Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Lecture, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, January 1997.<\/p>\n \u201cCompassionate Christianity<\/a>\u201d podcast interview with Brian Allain, January 6, 2022<\/p>\n \u201cThe Life and Teachings of Jesus and How They Interact with the Current World Cultures and Conflicts<\/a>\u201d, Finding Genius podcast with Richard Jacobs, January 3, 2022<\/p>\n \u201cCandler\u00a0Black\u00a0Excellence: \u00a0Conversation\u00a0on\u00a0Howard Thurman\u201d, Digital archive interview, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, October 25, 2021<\/p>\n \u201cThe Cosmic We\u201d, Podcast with Dr. Barbara Holmes, June 11, 2021<\/p>\n \u201cFrom Mega Churches to Haunted Houses:\u00a0 The Waning of the Black Church\u201d, The Economist, March 20, 2021 https:\/\/www.economist.com\/united-states\/2021\/03\/18\/the-waning-of-the-black-church<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHow Boston Set the Stage for a \u2018Legacy of Love\u2019 Between Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King\u201d, WGBH Radio Interview with Roberto Mighty and Callie Crossley, January 17, 2021<\/p>\n \u201cMartin Luther King, Jr.: A Saint\u201d, video for children by Paraclete Press, Brewster, MA.\u00a0http:\/\/paracletepress.com<\/a>, December 3, 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Black Church\u201d, PBS Documentary with Henry Louis Gates, McGee Media, New York, New York, October 7, 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cHow Howard Thurman Met Gandhi and Brought Nonviolence to the Civil Rights Movement\u201d January 31, 2019,\u00a0https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-howard-thurman-met-gandhi-and-brought-nonviolence-to-the-civil-rights-movement<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBacks Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story\u201d, Religion News Service Interview, January 14, 2019, https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/01\/17\/howard-thurman-mentor-to-king-who-preached-nonviolence-featured-in-documentary\/<\/p>\n \u201cThe Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America,\u201d Upfront, KPFA, July 3, 2017, https:\/\/kpfa.org\/episode\/upfront-july-3-2017\/.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Ground Has Shifted,\u201d News and Politics, KPFA, A Caravan Against Fear And San Jose Tenants on Hunger Strike,<\/em> April 18, 2017, https:\/\/kpfa.org\/episode\/upfront-april-18-2017\/. \u201cPolitics and Grits Radio Show,\u201d January 12, 2016.<\/p>\n Panelist, One World Rising Global Webcast, Evolve-Magazine<\/em>, Frankfurt, Germany, September 13, 2015.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is Black Leadership?\u201d Basic Black<\/em>, WGBH, Boston, MA, January 18, 2013.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking at the Pan-African Experience From a Different View,\u201d with Rahwa Meharena, February 2, 2012, https:\/\/africasheartbeat.wordpress.com\/tag\/dr-walter-earl-fluker\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n Interview, \u201cWalter Earl Fluker: Naming a Place Called Home,\u201d Interview, Faith and Leadership<\/em>, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, April 27, 2010, http:\/\/www.faithandleadership.com\/qa\/walter-earl-fluker-naming-place-called-home<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWalter Earl Fluker, Interview on Ethical Leadership Theory and Practice,\u201d Featured Guest, Tavis Smiley, May 7, 2009, http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/tavissmiley\/archive\/200905\/20090507_fluker.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n Valencia, Milton J., \u201cWhere Could a Martin Luther King Statue Go in Boston?\u201d The Boston Globe<\/em>, September 22, 2017, https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2017\/09\/22\/where-could-martin-luther-king-statue-boston\/g9MRWxpP4IcPnF6n68xPnM\/story.html<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\nCurrent Employment<\/h3>\n
Selected Previous Employment<\/h3>\n
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Visiting Scholar and Faculty Appointments<\/h3>\n
Selected Fellowships, Awards, and Distinctions<\/h3>\n
Research and Publications<\/h3>\n
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Edited Volumes<\/h5>\n
Chapters in Edited Volumes<\/h5>\n
Journal Articles<\/h5>\n
Essays, Commissioned Reports, and Popular Writing<\/h5>\n
Selected Public Lectures, Panels, and Presentations<\/h3>\n
Workshops, Trainings and Consultations<\/h5>\n
Keynotes, Sermons, and Presentations<\/h5>\n
Popular Media Interviews<\/h5>\n
Media References<\/h5>\n