News & Events
Downtown Durham Pentecost Celebration, May 19
We invite the entire Durham community to come out and join in this wonderful celebration of Pentecost!
This event features representatives from several Durham churches unified in worship and celebration of Pentecost. The MLCPRJ chose to present this event as a result of a book study, “Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race” by Dr. Luke Powery. In this book Powery reminded us to focus in the Spirit on our “common ground, human to human, earth to earth.” This Durham Pentecost celebration is our attempt to do this by bringing Durham together in the Pentecost story.
There will also be a voter registration station and an arts/crafts station for children!
Bring your lawn chairs, water bottles, and friends. Service pets only are allowed in the pavilion area.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Event Spotlight
Spring 2024 Study Group
We are excited to announce the Mt. Level Community Partnership for Racial Justice's upcoming study of Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. Join us and a number of area pastors for a five-week study of Dr. Martin Luther King’s powerful Letter from Birmingham Jail. Written from a Birmingham jail cell in 1963, Dr. King’s letter continues to speak to us today. The five-week study will take place weekly via Zoom on Tuesday evenings, 7:00-8:30pm, from April 9th through May 14th.
Please also register to get Zoom access for these gatherings at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtceGvqzgsH9K3tD3iR-8IwAY7Gri62e11
All participants will be asked to abide by the Mt. Level Community Partnership for Racial Justice Covenant.
Past Events
Fall 2023 Book Study The Partnership hosted a six-week book discussion on Luke Powery's, Becoming Human via Zoom from Sept. Oct. 3- Nov. 7, 2023.
Freedom Schools returned to Durham, Summer 2023!! Read all about the Mt. Level Community Partnership for Racial Justice effort to bring Freedom Schools back to Durham in July, 2023, in this recent Indy Week article.
•Alabama Civil Right Pilgrimages
The Partnership coordinates 5-day annual spring civil rights pilgrimages to Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery, and interest points along the way. The trips host 20-30 self-paying pilgrims seeking to integrate Christian discipleship and racial justice. Applications for the 2024 pilgrimage will open in Nov-Dec 2023. For more information, reach out to Erin Miller at erincmiller@gmail.com
Read an account from one of the 2023 pilgrims HERE.
•Jesus and the Disinherited
The Partnership hosted a seven-week book discussion on Howard Thurman's seminal classic, Jesus and the Disinherited via Zoom from Sept. 13 - Oct. 25, 2022. Discussions were led by the Rev. Dr. M. Keith Daniel.
On July 10, Jonathan shared from his latest book, Revolution of Values, which details how the religious 'right' taught America to misread the Bible and reject our deepest Christian values. The event took place at Epworth United Methodist Church.
•Alabama Civil Rights Pilgrimage
Read about the bus pilgrimage taken by members of the Partnership from March 7-11 HERE.
•Community Reading of Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail
Saturday, April 2, 2022
The event recording can be viewed HERE.
•Caste by Isabel Wilkerson Book Study--participants from over 10 NC congregations read and discussed the book in a 10-week study Sept-Nov, 2021. Read a summary article HERE.
Watch a participant review HERE.
•Drive-in Easter Vigil at Mt. Level - April 3, 2021
•Community Rising Together Advent Service – December 19, 2020
•Formulation of Partnership Team Members with Blacknall and Epworth Churches, Fall, 2020
•Stand Your Ground Book Study led by Dr. Mike Broadway, August-October, 2020
•Dr. Willie Jennings’ Talk, “Racism: The History of the Problem”– July 19, 2020
•Mt. Level Community Town Hall Summit for Racial Reconciliation – November 19, 2019
