Save the Date! Thursday, May 11, 2023
4:00 – 6:30 pm (4:00 reception, 5:00 program)
St. Paul United Church of Christ
900 Summit Avenue
Registration opens April 1.
2022: Connection, Celebration & Action
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Iversen Center for Faith, St. Thomas University, St. Paul
Featuring Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Anne K. McKeig and Elder Elona Street-Stewart, Synod Executive for the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Our keynote speakers discussed American Indian boarding schools, the tensions between the church and the American Indian community, and what people of faith can do further meaningful restoration.
Justice Anne M. McKeigis a descendant of the White Earth Nations and the first American Indian to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Prior to serving as a justice on the state’s highest court, she was an Assistant Hennepin County Attorney in the child protection division, specializing in Indian child welfare cases. She was appointed to Minnesota’s Fourth District Court in 2008 and the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2016.
Elder Elona Street-Stewart is a descendant of the Delaware Nanticoke Tribe. She is the first Native American to serve as a Moderator of and synod executive in the Presbyterian Church (USA). An active church leader at the national level, Street-Stewart chaired the Council on Church and Race and the Advocacy Committee on Racial Ethnic Concerns.
Moderated by Dr. Yohuru Williams, Distinguished University Chair, Professor and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative of St. Thomas and Vice-President of Interfaith Action Board of Directors.
2022 Sponsors
Would you like to sponsor this event?
Please contact Amy Dillahunt
Director of Development and Communication
651-461-3102
adillahunt@interfaithaction.org
Previous Annual Assemblies
June 2021
What does our community need? A conversation with Rev. Stacey L. Smith and Rev. Melvin Miller, two leaders in the Saint Paul Black Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
Watch the discussion
July 2020
Dignity, Education and Economic Mobility for Minnesotans Behind Bars
The discussion was presented in partnership with Yale Prison Education Initiative at Dwight Hall at Yale University. Watch the discussion.
Panelists included:
- James Jeter, alum of the Wesleyan Center for Prison Education at Cheshire Correctional Institution, where he was incarcerated for nearly 20 years
- Daniel Karpowitz, Assistant Commissioner for Policy at the Minnesota Department of Corrections and interagency lead and special advisor to Governor Tim Walz on criminal justice
- Zelda Roland, founding director of the Yale Prison Education Initiative at Dwight Hall
May 2019: Ray Suarez
Who Will Be in the Pews in 2040?
May 2018: Clifton Taulbert
Eight Habits of the Heart: Connecting and Inspiring Community