The late Rev. Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor was Pastor Emeritus of the Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City and Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University. Dr. Proctor was President of Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA and North Carolina A&T State University. He held administrative positions with the Peace Corps in Nigeria and Washington, D.C. and the National Council of Churches. He was Pastor-In-Residence for the Institute for Child Advocacy at Children s Defense Fund/Haley Farm. He was awarded honorary doctorate degrees from more than 50 colleges and universities. Dr. Proctor was a prolific writer and preacher, authoring We Have This Ministry, How Shall They Hear, and Sermons from the Black Pulpit, among many other books and articles. 2
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2015 SDPC Board Retreat at Whitney Plantation, Wallace, Louisiana SDPC Rev. Starsky Wilson and Rev. Traci Blackmon on the line with Cornel West and youth activists at the one year observance of Michael Brown s death, Ferguson, Missouri 5
SDPC with FM Supreme and anti-violence rally, Chicago, IL (August 2015) SDPC board members, Carruthers and Wright join planning meeting of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), along with Commissioners from Canada, the Caribbean, Central South America, Europe and Nova Scotia who attended the International Summit in New York. 6
Rev. Wright, Rev. Mendez and Rev. Barber at the Mass Moral Monday March & Rally for Voting Rights, Winston-Salem, NC (July 2015) Dr. Carruthers with Youth Peace Movement conveners and attendees at Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois 7
Kairos USA - Dr. Iva Carruthers and others with Civil Rights icon Rev. C. T. Vivian at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia 8
SDPC Drs. Boesak and Wright, representatives at the International Black Theology Conference at The University of South Africa 9
UN INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT 2015-2024 The Black Church Archive and Historical Marker Project (BCAHM pronounced B-Cam ) Weeks Of Righteous Resistance (WORR) #THISISWORR 10
QuickFacts (sdpconference.info) SDPC Millennial Leadership Retreat and Sacred Pilgrimage to Antioch Baptist Church, Whitney Plantation, Wallace, Louisiana 11
12 Multifaith Dialogue, Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, London, England
Planning Session for 2016 UN Meeting Rev. Waltrina Middleton, an Addie Wyatt-William Bill Lucy Fellow, in Palestine 13
SDPC on Set filming - From Ferguson to Palestine: A Global Journey to Justice Wyatt-Lucy Labor and Justice Institute Addie Wyatt and Dr. William Bill Lucy Fellowship 2015 Fellowship Awardees: Tiana Boyd Jessica Disu Isha Hailey Jazmin Hall Chaka Holley Doria Johnson Waltrina Middleton Taurean Webb Jamila Wright 14
2015 Special Program Partners
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. Board of Trustees Dr. Iva E. Carruthers General Secretary SDPC, Inc. Chicago, IL Rev. Traci Blackmon Christ the King United Church of Christ ~ St. Louis, MO Rev. Dr. Valerie Bridgeman Methodist Theological School in Ohio ~ Delaware, OH Rev. Dr. Marcus D. Cosby Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church ~ Houston, TX Rev. Martin L. Espinosa Ray of Hope Community Church ~ Nashville, TN Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. Healing of the Nations Foundation ~ New York, NY Hon. Rev. Wendell L. Griffen New Millennium Church ~ Little Rock, AR Dr. Forrest E. Harris, Sr. American Baptist College ~ Nashville, TN Bishop Gregory Ingram Presiding Prelate, 1st Dist. AME Church ~ Philadelphia, PA Tyra Mariani Washington, DC Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III Chairperson - SDPC, Inc. Friendship-West Baptist Church Dallas, TX Rev. Dr. Earl B. Mason, Sr. Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace ~Tampa, FL Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger Community of Saint Sabina Church ~ Chicago, IL Rev. Dr. Joe Samuel Ratliff Brentwood Baptist Church ~ Houston, TX Rev. Dr. William Marcus Small New Calvary Baptist Church ~ Norfolk, VA Rev. Dr. Gina M. Stewart Christ Missionary Baptist Church ~ Memphis, TN Rev. Anthony L. Trufant Emmanuel Baptist Church ~ Brooklyn, NY Ms. Robin P. Williams United Food and Commercial Workers ~ Washington, DC Rev. Starsky D. Wilson Saint John s Church ~ St. Louis, MO Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. The Grace of God, NFP ~ Chicago, IL Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. 4533 S. Lake Park Avenue Chicago, IL 60653 773-548-6675 (telephone) 773-548-6699 (fax) email: info@sdpconference.info website: www.sdpconference.info