Working Groups and Roundtables

Working Groups and Roundtables

Black Traditions

Black Traditions and Praxis

Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Univ. of
South Africa, 2025

Placemaking

Urban Placemaking

Metro-Urban Institute Pittsburgh Theo. Seminary, 2016

COVID 19

COVID 19 and Faith Sector Responses

Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Univ. of
Zambia, 2023

Economics of Place

Economics of Place

Metro-Urban Institute Pittsburgh Theo. Seminary, 2021

Black Traditions

Black Traditions and Praxis

Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Univ. of SouthAfrica, 2025

Placemaking

Urban Placemaking

Metro-Urban Institute Pittsburgh Theo. Seminary, 2016

COVID 19

COVID 19 and Faith Sector Responses

Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Univ. ofZambia, 2023

Economics-of-Place

Economics of Place

Metro-Urban Institute Pittsburgh Theo. Seminary, 2021

Advocacy

Advocacy

Public Schools

Urban Public Schools

Pennsylvania Advocacy Day Harrisburg, 2016

Black Reparations

Black Reparations and Faith Sector Advocacy

Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Univ. of
West Indies, 2016

Africa Religious and Civic Freedoms

Africa Religious and Civic Freedoms

Testimony House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, U.S. Congress, 2011

Incarceration Reform

Incarceration Reform

Metro-Urban Institute Pittsburgh, 2019

Public Schools

Urban Public Schools

Pennsylvania Advocacy Day Harrisburg, 2016

Black Reparations

Black Reparations and Faith Sector Advocacy

Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, Univ. ofWest Indies, 2016

Africa Religious and Civic Freedoms

Africa Religious and Civic Freedoms

Testimony House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, U.S. Congress, 2011

Incarceration Reform

Incarceration Reform

Metro-Urban Institute Pittsburgh, 2019

Community Alliances, Immersions, and Longitudinal Action-Research Sites

Community Alliances, Immersions, and Longitudinal Action-Research Sites

Pittsburgh East End Neighborhoods, 2013-2025: Presence and Displacement
Community Allianceshomewood
Community Alliances race st
Community Alliances broken wall
Community Alliances Agape
Pretoria Sunnyside Neighborhood, 2005-2025: Mobilities and Liminality
Pretoria Sunnyside signal
Pretoria Sunnyside lighthouse chapel
Pretoria Sunnyside street
Pretoria Sunnyside furits
Pretoria Sunnyside car
Pretoria Sunnyside
Pretoria Sunnyside fruit res
Pretoria-Sunnyside-car-res

Institutional Partnerships

Institutional Partnerships

pittsburgh seminary
Pittsburgh Seminary delegation and Univ. of Pretoria faculty
transatlantic
Transatlantic Roundtable leaders and Univ. of South Africa Vice-Chancelor, Prof. Puleng LenkaBula
Christ's Indianapolis, Garden
Christ’s Open Door Church, Indianapolis, Garden

Officers

R. Drew Smith
R. Drew Smith

(Indianapolis)

(Indianapolis)

President & CEO

President & CEO

Hillman Professor of Urban Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary: Co- Convenor

Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race: Research Fellow, University of South Africa

R. Drew Smith
R. Drew Smith
Asha Dawson
Asha Dawson

(Atlanta)

(Atlanta)

Vice-President

Vice-President

Founder and CEO, Event Productions by Gen

Asha Dawson
Asha Dawson
Steve Rose
Steve Rose

(Indianapolis)

(Indianapolis)

Officer

Officer

Pastor, Ecclesia Fellowship Church; and CEO, Agape 4U Internet Radio

Steve Rose main
Steve Rose main
John Welch
John Welch

(Pittsburgh)

(Pittsburgh)

Officer

Officer

Pastor, Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church

Board Chair Gamaliel Network in Chicago, IL

Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh

John Welch Main
John Welch Main

Officers

Officers

R. Drew Smith

(Indianapolis)

President & CEO

Hillman Professor of Urban Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Co- ConvenorTransatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race

Research Fellow, University of South Africa

R. Drew Smith
John Welch

(Pittsburgh)

Officer

Pastor, Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church

Board Chair Gamaliel Network in Chicago, IL

Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh

John Welch Main
Asha Dawson

(Atlanta)

Vice-President

Founder and CEO, Event Productions by Gen; and High School English teacher

Asha Dawson
Steve Rose

(Indianapolis)

Officer

Pastor, Ecclesia Fellowship Church; and CEO, Agape4U Internet Radio

Steve Rose main

Advisory Board Members

Advisory Board Members

Juard Barnes (St. Louis)
Principal and Founder, The Rehoboth Project
Hilton Hudson,II (Chicago)
Cardiothoracic Surgery and CEO
HPC International, Inc.
Kristan Jackson (Indianapolis)
Professional dancer and movement instructor
LaShaun Dodds (Atlanta)
Business Owner and Artistic Director,
diBO Dance Center
Cornell Jones (Pittsburgh)
Group Violence Intervention Coordinator,
City of Pittsburgh
Robin Nichols (Indianapolis)
Trustee, Christ's Open Door Baptist Church
Kimberly Gonxhe (Pittsburgh)
PhD. Candidate, Anthropology,
University of Pittsburgh
Carmen Louw (Johannesburg)
Consultant, Gender-Based Violence Prevention
Vernon Rose (Cape Town)
Executive Director, Cape Town Global Education Experience