Past Events

• Fall 2024 Book Study of Luther Smith's Hope is Here. This was a 9-week study that ran from Sept 17-Oct 29, 2024.

• Sacred Fire: A Durham Pentecost Celebration This multi-church worship service was held on May 19, 2024, at the Durham Farmer's Market pavilion.

• Spring 2024 Study of Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. This was a 5-week study that ran April 9-May 14.

• 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.

•Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove 

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