Leading During Elections: A Panel Discussion

7:00 PM, Oct 3, 2024

Course Description: The 2024 election is proving to be one of the most contentious and momentous elections in memory. It is also one in which religious voices have been both significant and loud, for good and for bad. Believing that persons of faith hold their primary allegiances not to political parties but to their faith commitments, it is nevertheless the case that such faith commitments shape their political allegiances. How, then, do the leaders of faith communities engage their members and the wider public—especially as our civic politics seem to grow increasingly dysfunctional? We invite you to join a panel of wise leaders to think together on this big question and, perhaps, to make this big question more manageable.

The panel will be facilitated by Dr. Mark Douglas, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics. Panelists will include: Rebecca LeMon, Gregory Eason, Elena Parent, Jennifer McCoy.

Location: Harrington Center Chapel, 701 S. Columbia Drive, Decatur, Georgia.

Livestream will also be available for those who register.

With: Mark Douglas, moderator

Panelists:

• Rev. Rebecca LeMon – senior pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church, and board member, Presbyterians for a Better Georgia

• Bishop Gregory Eason – senior pastor, Flippen AME Church

• Sen. Elena Parent – Georgia State Senate District 44

• Dr. Jennifer McCoy – professor of political science, Georgia State University

Schedule: October 3, 2024, 7:00 PM

Program Fee: Free, but registration is required due to limited in-person seating. Virtual attendees must register to receive the Zoom link.

Additional Information: Doors open at 6:15 PM for general admission seating. ADA seating is available. The panel will be held in the Chapel on the second floor of the Harrington Center. Parking is available in the lot off Inman Drive in between the John Bulow Campbell Library and the Harrington Center.

Contact: lifelonglearning@ctsnet.edu