{"id":1612,"date":"2008-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2008-02-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T05:00:00","slug":"dc-pastor-activist-to-speak-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/dc-pastor-activist-to-speak-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Pastor-Activist to Speak on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"photo right\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler\" src=\"\/news\/images\/hagler.jpg\" \/><br \/>Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, senior minister of Plymouth Congregational Church in D.C.<\/div>\n<p>A prominent pastor and community activist in Washington, D.C., will speak at EMU as part of African-American History Month observances. <\/p>\n<p> Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, senior minister of Plymouth Congregational Church in the nation&#8217;s capitol, will speak 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in EMU&#8217;s Lehman Auditorium. His message, entitled &#8220;From the Past toward a Brighter Future,&#8221; will focus on the current treatment of immigrants in the state of Virginia and the U.S. in general in the context of the history of struggles for racial justice. <\/p>\n<p> Hagler attended public schools in Baltimore, Md., and earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in religion from Oberlin College, Ohio, in 1976. Three years later he graduated from The Chicago Theological Seminary with a master&#8217;s degree in divinity. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he founded a congregation in Boston, Mass., in 1980, worked at community issues in his racially-divided neighborhood and ran for mayor of that city in 1991. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1992. <\/p>\n<p> Hagler is development director of the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), the largest neighborhood stabilization organization in the United States, which helps working-class people become homeowners. He is chaplain to Local 25, Washington, D.C. of the Hotel Employees, Restaurant Employees\/UNITE. <\/p>\n<p> He is currently national president of Ministers for Racial, Social and Economic Justice, a national clergy organization within the UCC. He is also recognized with full standing in The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). <\/p>\n<p> Hagler&#8217;s presentation is sponsored by <a href=\"\/wcsc\/\">EMU&#8217;s Washington Community Scholars&#8217; Center<\/a>, <a href=\"\/studentlife\/campusministries\/\">campus ministries<\/a> and the office of <a href=\"\/studentlife\/multicultural\/\">multicultural services<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> The service is open to everyone free of charge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, senior minister of Plymouth Congregational Church in D.C. A prominent pastor and community activist in Washington, D.C., will speak at EMU as part of African-American History <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/dc-pastor-activist-to-speak-on-campus\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about D.C. 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