3rd Annual MLK Beloved Community Symposium

Strengthening the Black Community: Where Do We Go From Here?

Virginia Union University invites you to join us for a two-part virtual event, Strengthening the Black Community: Where Do We Go From Here? on January 25 and 26 from 6:30pm to 8pm/ET. This virtual symposium is sponsored by Living The Dream, Inc., the Bernice E. Travers Foundation, and Virginia Union University, and will feature dynamic moderators and panelists.

This symposium kicks off a series of community conversations aimed at exploring the issues facing the African American community at both local and national levels, as well as the strategies that must be implemented to ensure the realization of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “beloved community” where there is justice and equality for all.

Join us for this important conversation. Our future depends on it!

Panelists include:
Dr. Renata Jones, Author & Core Faculty, Walden University

Daryl Hayott, ESQ, Virginia Poverty Law Center

Dr. Monekka Munroe, VUU Dept, Criminology/Criminal Justice

Dr. Ronald Forbes, Mental Health & Psychiatry

Justice Peebles, 381 Movement/Black Lives Matter

Lamont Bagby, Virginia House of Delegates

Lynetta Thompson, Virginia Prison Justice Network

LaShawnda Singleton, President, Richmond Association of Black Social Workers

Rev. Rodney Hunter, President, Richmond SCLC

Robert Barnette, President, Virginia State NAACP

Stephanie Rizzi, Virginia Commonwealth University, RPS Schools Board

Valerie Slater, ESQ, Executive Director, RISE for Youth

Moderated by:
Bernice Travers, Founder, Bernice E. Foundation/Empowering Black Families
Dr. Shawn Utsey, VCU Professor
Dr. Neal Holmes, VSU Professor

To submit questions to our panelists email: bernicetravers@yahoo.com.

For more information about the Symposium email: mlksymposium2021@gmail.com.