The Pauli Murray Center's June book club discussion will be on Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community by Leah Gunning Francis. Aleta Payne will co-host the discussion - Payne is the Senior Associate Editor of Faith & Leadership and serves as a lay Eucharistic minister at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

This event is co-sponsored by the Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South.

We will hold our discussion on Wednesday, June 30th from 6:30 to 7:30 PM on Zoom. To attend, please register in advance: https://zoom.us/.../tJMtcOmsrjwuE9eeFGIWPDB6FyVkepOk7IxZ

The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, reignited a long-smoldering movement for justice, with many St. Louis-area clergy stepping up to support the emerging young leaders of today's Civil Rights Movement. Seminary professor Leah Gunning Francis was among the activists, and her interviews with more than two dozen faith leaders and with the new movement's organizers take us behind the scenes of the continuing protests. Ferguson and Faith demonstrates that being called to lead a faithful life can take us to places we never expected to go, with people who never expected us to join hands with them.

We have an official Facebook group for the book club. Join for updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pmcbookclub/