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Civil Rights Activist to Speak at North Park
CHICAGO, IL (March 1, 2003) - Human and civil rights activist, preacher and
interfaith leader Dr. Yvonne Delk will teach a course at North Park
University (NPU) that includes evening sessions on March 25 and March 27
that are open to the public.
The course, "Traveling the Emmaus Road: Biblical Revelations for the
Dismantling of Racism," will have public sessions from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at
Viking Hall that will cost $5 per participant. The full course, which
features additional sessions and site visits throughout the week of March
23-29, can be audited for $100. It is part of North Park's
year-long campus discussion addressing the theme, "Who is God?"
Delk has been an advocate for human and civil rights for more than four
decades. From 1990 to 1998, she served as executive director of the
Community Renewal Society, a faith-based Chicago metropolitan area agency
that empowers people to dismantle racism and poverty in order to transform
their communities. The first African American woman to be ordained in the
United Church of Christ (UCC), Delk has also served as executive director
of the UCC's Office of Church and Society. In 1997, she was named one of
the top 15 female preachers in the United States by Ebony Magazine.
To learn more about night sessions for the one-week course or to audit the
course, call Jennifer Pope at 773-244-5553 or email her at
jpope@northpark.edu.
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