As mentioned earlier, NTS will partner with Youthfront to present a discussion on Youth, Race, and Violence Nov. 12th 2013 on the NTS Campus.
My friend, Brandon Winstead, was in a town hall discussion at Killearn United Methodist Church in Jacksonville Florida this past August. There are four downloadable podcasts from that event that some might want to listen to prior to our gathering. Look for
Youth, Race, and Violence: An Honest Conversation 8-25-13
Panel: Jane Marks, Walter McNeil, Neville Owens, Kathi Tillman, Brandon Winstead
http://www.kumconline.org/Resources_Sermons.cfm
Brandon Winstead is a good friend and passionate leader in Youth Ministry, particularly youth ministry across the racial and ethnic margins of our society. I asked him for a reflection on Trayvon Martin and I am pleased to publish it. Brandon, along with YouthFront and NTS, will host lead an
Trayvon Martin is dead. He was killed at seventeen on a street in the city I was born in and he will never return. He is lost to space and time and will never come back. He is gone. He is dead and we know that he can now be added to all the other stats that outline the loss of young black life in the United States. We know this because the media covered the trial and acquittal of the white man who killed him—George Zimmerman— with Super Bowl like fanfare. The coverage was constantly broadcasted to our television sets and Internet sites in a way that has pushed people, once again, to discuss how racism and violence shapes the life of youth in the United States.
Taylor and Francis has made the top ten articles in Religious Education free for downloading for the rest of July. A couple of articles address neuroscience (including my own) and others deal with youth ministry, religious education, media and a host of other topics
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