Uptown church will host Tuesday dialogue on race in Charlotte

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church will host a community dialogue Tuesday night on race in Charlotte.

A panel of clergy and community leaders will examine issues such as racial justice, equity, schools, housing, policing and economic mobility through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ award-winning book on race, “Between the World and Me.”

On the panel: former Charlotte mayor Harvey Gantt; former Observer editor Fannie Flono; the Rev. Ollie Rencher, rector at St. Peter’s; the Rev. Paul Hanneman, former program director at Charlotte’s Urban Ministry Center; consultant Rosalyn Allison Jacobs, formerly of the United Way of Central Carolinas; Oliver Merino of the Levine Museum of the New South; and Amy Hawn Nelson, director of social research for UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute.

The 7 p.m. event will be at the church, 115 W. 7th St. Free parking is available in the TransAmerica Building Garage, 401 N. Tryon St. Bring ticket to the church for validation.

Tim Funk

This story was originally published June 4, 2016 at 4:50 PM with the headline "Uptown church will host Tuesday dialogue on race in Charlotte."