The AAIDD Religion and Spirituality Interest Network is pleased to invite you to its 2020-2021 webinar series:
Black Lives with IDD and Their Faith Communities:
A discussion of the role of church communities in the lives of black and brown people with IDD and their families
Session 1: To Be Black and Christian with a Disability
- November 10, 2020 at 3:00pm EST
- Speaker: Dr. Luchara Wallace, Director of the Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations and Associate Professor in Special Education, Western Michigan State University (READ MORE)
- Watch Dr. Wallace’s introductory video here.
The full webinar is now available online, and you can watch it below!
Session 2: Roles of Church Communities in the Lives of Black People with IDD
- December 1, 2020 at 3:00pm EST
- Speaker: Dr. LaTonya Penny, Senior Pastor of New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Roxboro, NC and the Executive Director for Family Abuse Services, a domestic violence service provider (READ MORE)
- Watch Dr. Penny’s introductory video here.
The full webinar is now available online, and you can watch it below!
Session 3: A Black Pastor with Autism and his Relationship to his Church
- January 5, 2012 at 3:00pm EST
- Speaker: Dr. Lamar Hardwick, lead pastor at Tri-Cities Church in East Point, Georgia. In 2014 at the age of 36, Lamar was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. (READ MORE)
- You can watch Dr. Hardwick’s introductory video here.
- The full recording is available and can be watched below.
Session 4: Black Lives with IDD and Their Faith Communities
- February 2, 2021 at 3:00pm EST
- Panel discussion with Dr. Hardwick, Dr. Penny, and Dr. Wallace
- The full recording is now available and can be watched below!
Co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration
For additional information, please contact Debby Fisher.
AAIDD Religion & Spirituality Network 