Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam, the PC(USA)’s Director of the Center for the Repair of Historic Harms will lead a panel discussion on Saturday, October 5 and will preach at our 10 a.m. service on Sunday, October 6. Come learn about this work at the local, state, national, and international levels from experts working in the field. Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart will be moderating the conversation with Jermaine and representatives of several other organizations.

Registration is free but required for an accurate count for a light lunch that will follow the presentation. Please register by Saturday, September 28.  Register here.

The word “reparations” soared in prominence immediately following the high-profile killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. But movements toward reparations have been in the works for centuries, and not only in the United States, and not just in relation to the legacy of enslavement.

Funding for House of Hope’s Sunday Series comes from the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Ministry for the House of Hope endowment fund.

The Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam serves as the inaugural director of the Center for the Repair of Historic Harms at the Presbyterian Mission Agency, PC(USA) where his team is focused on growing the number of human beings working to share the Good News that restorative justice and reparations make common sense for the common good as soon as possible and for as long as it takes. Jermaine was ordained as minister of Word and sacrament by the Presbytery of the Twin Cities in 2013 where he began ordained ministry as Executive Director of 21st Century Academy at Liberty Community Church PC(USA) in North Minneapolis and Associate Pastor for Social Justice at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church. Jermaine is a Ph.D candidate in Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan.