Wednesday, July 15th 7:30 pm-- Fellowship Hall
The Greensboro and Hardwick volunteer group, Community Allies for Safety, Trust and Respect is honored to invite Allan G. Johnson as a presenter for this year’s Greensboro Summer Lecture Series.
Allan Johnson, PhD, is a nonfiction author, novelist, sociologist, public speaker, and workshop presenter who has devoted most of his working life to understanding the human condition, especially in relation to issues of social justice rooted in gender, race, and social class. His first novel, The First Thing and the Last, a story of healing and redemption in the aftermath of domestic violence, was recognized by Publisher’s Weekly as a notable debut work of fiction and praised for its “lyrical prose, sympathetic characters and an unwavering sense of hope and compassion that make for a moving, engaging read.”
His social justice work is based on a deeply held belief that systems of privilege and the injustice and unnecessary suffering that result are not inevitable features of human life, and that the choices each of us make matter more than we can ever know.