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The
Social
Justice
Conference
is an
annual
event at
Hartford
Church,
and
attracts
some of
the most
prominent
speakers
in the
county.
Register
at the
door,
donation
$25. For
more
information
visit
the
website
at
www.hmbcdetroit.org
or call
(313)
861-1285 |
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Minnesota
Attorney
General
Keith
Ellison
to
headline
2021
Hartford
Social
Justice
Conference
DETROIT
-
Hartford
Memorial
Baptist
Church
(HMBC)
will
host the
2021
Social
Justice
Conference
on
October
15,
October
16 and
October
17 at
Hartford
Church.
The
keynote
speaker
on
Saturday
October
16 at 2
pm will
be well
known
Minnesota
Attorney
General
Keith
Ellison.
AG
Ellison
was
thrust
into the
spotlight
when
Televised
videos
of the
murder
of
George
Floyd by
a
Minnesota
police
officer
caused
summer
long
demonstrations
across
the
country.
It was
Attorney
General
Ellison
who
successfully
prosecuted
Derek
Chauvin
and won
a guilty
verdict
on all
counts.
Former
Minneapolis
police
officer
Derek
Chauvin
was
sentenced
to 22
1/2
years
for the
murder
of
George
Floyd.
Ellison
comments,
“there
was no
"magic
number"
he was
hoping
for in
the
sentence.
It was
less
than the
30 years
he had
asked
for but
more
than
what is
outlined
in state
guidelines,
which
call for
around
12 1/2
years
for
second-degree
unintentional
murder.
"What
really
was in
my mind
is the
enormity
of the
moment
and the
fact
that
finally
somebody
was
being
held
accountable
for what
happened
to
George
Floyd,"
Ellison
tells
Noel
King on
NPR's
Morning
Edition.
Ellison
was
sworn in
as
Minnesota’s
30th
attorney
general
on
January
7, 2019.
He is a
native
Detroiter
with
family
still in
the
Detroit
area.
The
conference
theme
this
year is
The
Church
and
Social
Justice.
“We will
be
attempting
to bring
an
awareness
to the
role of
the
Church,
how it
was, and
why it
still
should
be, in
the
forefront
of
seeking
equality
and
justice
for all.
While
highlighting
the
legacy
of
HMBC’s
involvement
in the
Civil
Rights
movement,”
said
Johnny
Northern,
HMBC
Trustee
and
Conference
coordinator.
Moderator,
Rev. Dr.
Charmaine
Johnson.
“The
entire
world
witnessed
the
murder
of an
unarmed
Black
man by a
white
police
officer,
said
Reverend
Charles
C.
Adams,
Senior
Pastor
of
Hartford
Memorial
Baptist
church.
“The
Minnesota
Attorney
General
led the
prosecution
of Derek
Chauvin
but we
held our
collective
breath
until
the
verdict,
guilty
on all
counts.
Keith
Ellison
who led
that
prosecution
is
keynote
speaker
for the
Hartford
Social
Justice
Annual
Conference.
… the
fight is
ongoing.
Hartford
was
founded
in 1917
and has
led this
fight
throughout
its
history.”
Dr.
Angela
D.
Dillard
will be
the
luncheon
speaker
for this
spectacular
event.
"A
Different
Shade of
Freedom,"
Dillard's
current
manuscript-in-progress,
is a
book
that
responds
to our
hyper-partisan
age in
which
the way
we
write,
understand,
and
consume
history
has
become a
pressing
issue
within
contemporary
American
political
culture.
The
Social
Justice
Conference
is an
annual
event at
Hartford
Church,
and
attracts
some of
the most
prominent
speakers
in the
county.
Register
at the
door,
donation
$25. For
more
information
visit
the
website
at
www.hmbcdetroit.org
or call
(313)
861-1285
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