Columbia Theological Seminary joins national and local groups to host ‘A Call to Justice’

DECATUR, Georgia — Columbia Theological Seminary will join several local and national organizations to host a two-day event — “A Call to Justice” advocacy training workshop March 6-7 — to train and inform college students and advocates on how to effectively be part of change and support in important issues of the day.

The event is a collaborative venture among Columbia faculty, students, staff and administration who will be joined by the PC(USA)’s Office of Public Witness and the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People, Presbyterians for a Better Georgia, Faith in Public Life (Georgia), Georgia Interfaith Public Policy Center, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, the Hosanna Preaching Project and Columbia Presbyterian Church.

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The groups will conduct workshops and lectures about ways to effectively advocate for change and improvement on issues including affordable housing, poverty and justice, immigration, refugee and environmental justice, along with awareness of the latest legislation pending locally, statewide and in Washington, D.C.

College students can attend free of charge with a valid current student ID, while non-students can register for $50. Go here to register.

“This ‘Call to Justice’ is all of our work in such a time as this,” said the Rev. Dr. Kathryn Threadgill, vice president and dean of Columbia’s Office of Student Formation and Campus Culture. “This event is a direct response to the polarized and divisive political climate we find ourselves in today where new executive orders threaten marginalized people in our very community and throughout the world.”

“We will gather as a community located throughout metro Atlanta to learn, pray, worship and plan our advocacy action in personal and communal ways together,” Threadgill said.