Join Keith Magee and Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun to discuss the new edition of 'Prophetic Justice: Race, Religion, and Politics' (2024).

On the campaign trail, race and religion are once more being weaponized before our eyes for electoral gain. Trump is seeking to win over the very Black and Brown voters for whom his MAGA movement has shown nothing but contempt through its peddling of racist tropes and demonizing of the Other. Meanwhile, an ultra-conservative Supreme Court is trampling over minority rights in the name of religion.

Is this how we strive to “form a more perfect union?” We live in a nation that is rich in resources, but poor in morality. As a result, inequalities that should have been eradicated long ago continue to fester and high levels of deprivation exacerbate polarization. In these fraught times, how can we come together to build a country in which true justice is accessible to all, whatever our race, religion, or political beliefs?

Magee will be joined in conversation by Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, a diplomat, politician, and lawyer who served in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999 as a Democrat from Illinois. Born in Chicago in 1947, Moseley Braun came of age in the midst of the civil rights movement and pursued a career in law. She became an Illinois state representative in 1977 and then served four years as Recorder of Deeds for Cook County, Illinois, the first African American elected to a Cook County executive position. In 1992 she defeated both the Democratic incumbent and the Republican challenger for a seat in the U.S. Senate, becoming the first female senator from Illinois and the first African American woman to serve in the Senate. Learn more

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