2019 Tidewater Cluster Assembly
“Be the Change”
Tidewater Unitarian Universalist Cluster
Hosted By
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond
1000 Blanton Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221
Saturday, October 12, 9 AM – 4 PM
(Registration, Continental Breakfast 8 – 9AM)
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charlene Sinclair
Dr. Charlene Sinclair is the founding director of the Center for Race, Religion, and Economic Democracy (C-RRED) and the program coordinator for the Interfaith Organizing Initiative. Previously, she served as program director for Engaging the Powers at Union Theological Seminary and campaign director for the Center for Community Change. A community organizer for over 20 years, Charlene has helped national and local organizations develop grassroots organizing and political strategies. One of her main areas of interest is dismantling mass incarceration by uniting faith conviction and spirituality in social activism. She serves as a lay minister at the Church on the Hill AME Zion Community. Charlene received her PhD in social ethics from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.