RESCHEDULED TO DUE TO WEATHER TO FEB 2! “Beloved Community” – Special Open Hours Feat. Crafts, Community Meal, and Presentation

We are excited to welcome James McKim at 7pm on Monday, January 26th, who will be giving a presentation on what it takes to move from division to “Beloved Community.” 

4pm – 7pm: Crafts and community art and writing projects ongoing. 

5:30pm – 6:30pm: A light evening meal will be available featuring finger sandwiches, soups, desserts

7:00pm: Presentation by James McKim

Abstract submitted by James T. McKim:

Working Towards a “Beloved Community”

Abstract: What would it take to move from division to Beloved Community—not in theory, but in real life? Drawing on personal experiences across technology, athletics, philosophy, and faith-based leadership, and grounded in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of a community rooted in justice, equity, and love James McKim will guide participants through examining how bias and discrimination operate at interpersonal, institutional, and structural levels, reflect on the ways diversity shapes lived experience, and consider why communities often fall short of belonging. The session then shifts toward transformation, highlighting equity, inclusion, and belonging as essential practices using agape—bold, unconditional, redemptive love—as the force Dr. King believed could turn division into connection.