In light of recent events surrounding the unjust murder of George Floyd, and in order to be equipped as Gospel-loving people who also love and pursue justice, we will be holding our first CentralTalk.
The topic is "The Gospel, Racial Injustice, and Asian-Americans". It will be a webinar-panel discussion with special guests Dr. Alexander Jun, Pastor Moses Lee, Rachel Lee, and Soojin Park, and it will be moderated by Pastor Owen.
Our Panelists: Alexander Jun, Ph.D., conducts research on equity and justice in higher education around the world. A TEDx speaker in 2012, Jun was also a global fellow with the Center for Khmer Studies in Cambodia in 2010, an international research fellow at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, in 2016, and a 2018 scholar in residence at Belmont University in Tennessee. Jun is associate editor of the Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences, and author of From Here to University: Access, Mobility, and Resilience among Urban Latino Youth (RoutledgeFalmer, 2001). He also co-authored two books recently: White Out: Understanding White Privilege and Dominance in the Modern Age (Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2017), and White Jesus: The Architecture of Racism in Religion and Education (Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2018). Another book, White Evolution: The Constant Struggle for Racial Consciousness, is due for release in fall 2019. A ruling elder at New Life Presbyterian Church in Fullerton, California, he was elected moderator for the 45th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America in 2017. He is married to Jeany and they have three active teenagers.
Moses Y. Lee (MDiv, ThM) serves as a church planting apprentice at Christ Central Presbyterian Church and will be planting Rosebrook Presbyterian Church in North Bethesda, Maryland later this year. He's a contributing author to the forthcoming, Hear Us, Emmanuel: Another Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church (White Blackbird, 2020) and is co-editing a book on Asian American Presbyterianism.
Rachel J. Lee works for the Antiracist Research and Policy Center (ARPC) as the Project Manager for The COVID Racial Data Tracker, a collaboration between the ARPC and The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic. She was formerly the Senior Research and Communications Specialist and Executive Assistant to Dr. Ibram X. Kendi at the ARPC. She received her Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communication from American University and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington. She facilitates antiracism trainings for local government sectors, community organizers, non-profit organizations, and religious institutions. She is affiliated with the Asian-American Christian Collaborative and the Reformed and Diverse Delegates in the PCA. Previously, Rachel worked with organizations that specialize in human rights in North Korea, North Korean refugee crises, and humanitarian aid.
Director Soojin Park is the Youth Ministry Director at Christ Central Presbyterian Church in Centreville, VA. She has a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Cornell University and is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary DC. Before entering vocational ministry, Soojin started her career supporting anti-human trafficking organizations and later worked as a marketing manager for software companies serving non profits and associations.
