I'll be teaching this doctoral seminar at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC in May 2024.

 I'll be offering this workshop on May 31st at the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference (UMC).

 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN 55 years ago today at 6:01 pm. On the night before, while in Memphis to advocate for fair wages for sanitation workers, he delivered his last message, a 41-minute set of unscripted remarks, at Mason Temple Church of God in Christ. The final words of his message and his last 12 public words on earth were, “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord”. Dr. King’s singular vision was for the realization of the Beloved Community and equality for all people.

 

 

Great work this week with one of our Transforming Urban Leaders Young Adult Cohorts. We're taking some of our work to the streets.

Pleased to offer this lecture on where I grew up - "Anacostia: Race, Class, and Eco-Justice." Many thanks to Wesley Seminary Professors Beth Norcross and Kip Banks for the invitation.

 

Excited to be one of five 2023 grantees for the Ministry in the City HUB. Grateful for the support of City Seminary, New York, and the Lilly Endowment for my project "Hope for the City: Transforming Urban Leaders" (TUL)

 Ministry on the Margins is coming in January 2024.

 Early scenes from Transforming Urban Leaders 

Hope for the City: Transformational Leadership Development for Urban Ministries is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers.

We're continuing to do exciting work building the Beloved Community in Alabama. Stay Tuned for more information to come on our work in 2023 and beyond. 

We're in the process of launching Hope for the City: Transforming Urban Leaders. Stay connected for more information to come. 
 

We're determined to get out the vote in Maryland for this year's election. 

Letter from Birmingham Jail

I’ll be one of the panel presenters for this Forum on the Letter from Birmingham Jail on Wednesday, 10/7 at Loyola University of Maryland

Eight Practical Tips for Voting

Eight Practical Tips for Voting
By C. Anthony Hunt, Ph.D.


1. Plan to arrive at the designated polling place at least an hour before voting, and at least an hour before polls close.

2. Go to the polls in groups. If at all possible, avoid going alone.

3. Expect to wait in line. Wait patiently, and don’t leave until voting.   Wear comfortable shoes, and carry a disposable bottle of water.

4. Know the exact name, address and date of birth on your voter registration. If possible have your voter registration card with you.

5. Take at least one form of up-to-date photo ID, and if at all possible carry a valid government ID. It might not be needed, but have it just in case.

6. In the event of questions or confrontation, calmly ask for and wrote down the name of the election official in charge of the voting place.

7. If required to complete a provisional ballot, complete the provisional ballot. Take the time that’s needed to completely and as accurately as possible provide the required personal information. Remember, all U.S. citizens have a right to cast a ballot or provisional ballot.

8. Remember, it is ultimately the role of state elections boards, not polling places, to verify the eligibility of those who have registered to vote, based on information provided by the registrant.

Reflections on the Importance of Voting

Click here for reflections on the importance of voting -
https://www.facebook.com/anthony.hunt.7/videos/vb.1106286174/10217088212693240/?type=3

Reflections on Being a Peacemaker

Click here for reflections on being Peacemakers -

https://www.facebook.com/anthony.hunt.7/videos/vb.1106286174/10217110092000209/?type=3

Reflections in the Aftermath of the Shootings at Tree of Life Synagogue

He was from suburban Bergen County, New Jersey and I had been reared in Washington, DC, although my family moved to the Maryland suburbs when I was a sophomore in high school. We met on the first day of college, and realized as we got off the elevator together on the seventh floor of Easton Hall, and made our way down the hall, that we would be dorm roommates at the University of Maryland - not by choice, but by assignment. How were we supposed to make this roommate thing work, I wondered? On the surface, Jerry and I were as different as two eighteen year olds could be. He was Caucasian and Jewish, and I was African American and Christian. He was bold enough to ask me what it was that I was putting in the closet, and I told him, it was an ironing board. We both chuckled. He’d never ironed his own clothes, so I told him I’d show him how. Over the more than two years that we lived as roommates, I learned as much from Jerry as I did from my college professors. I leaned that we had more in common than we had differences. We both loved sports, almost all kinds of music, and pizza (lots of Dominoes pizza). We both loved to laugh. We grew to become like brothers. We learned about the differences and similarities of our faith experiences as Jewish and Christian. I’ve learned to appreciate, through my experiences with Jerry, and other Jewish and Muslim persons with whom I have engaged over the years, that the thing that we all fundamentally share is our humanity, as creations of the same God. We share stories - similar and different though they may be - of exile and exodus, suffering and hope. Tonight, I remember and give thanks for Jerry and his family, and I pray for my Jewish and Muslim sisters and brothers, here and abroad. I pray for all who are in some ways strangers in a strange land. And I pray that we will find it within ourselves to come to the place where we see the full humanity in each of us whom God has fearfully and wonderfully created.