Join us Thursday, November 9th: 12:30-1:30 PM at the Bonhoeffer House (1841 University Circle) for a catered lunch while we hear more about how Claude & Sam cultivate conversations of faith around the challenging topics of race & justice & the church. Don’t miss this intimate and candid conversation!
We recommend parking at Westminster/Common Grounds and walking over. Contact us if you need to park on site.
Claude Atcho is an award-winning author and ordained priest in the Anglican Church of North America. He serves as the pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, VA, having previously pastored in Boston, MA and Memphis, TN. Claude is the author of Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just, and his writing has been featured in Christianity Today, Think Christian, and The Witness: A Black Collective. Claude previously taught writing and literature at the collegiate level and holds masters degrees in both English Literature and Theological Studies.
Sam Heath leads EJUSA’s engagement with evangelical people and spaces. His faith background enables him to tell stories about the realities of justice and injustice in America and hold together a view of the world as a place both exceptional and exploitative. Before coming on board with EJUSA in 2021, Sam taught high school history for 10 years in North Carolina and Virginia. He has a B.A. in education and psychology from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a master’s in theology, ethics, and culture from the University of Virginia. He also helps facilitate the Charlottesville Area Justice Coalition.
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