Creating a Culture of Repair –
A talk by Rev. Dr. Robert Turner
The Baltimore Yearly Meeting – Reparations Action Working Group
Invites you to a presentation – in person and ONLINE
Stony Run Friends Meeting 5116 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210
by
Rev. Dr. Robert Turner
Creating a Culture of Repair
Saturday, March 8, 2025
1:00 pm – In person at Stony Run and online
Rev. Turner is the Senior Pastor of the AME Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, where he has served for almost three years. He previously served as pastor of the historic Vernon AME Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the only building on Greenwood Avenue to survive the 1921 massacre. While in college, he was influential in the campaign for the University of Alabama’s Faculty Senate apology for the school’s role in slavery.
Rev. Turner is a commissioner for the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) and for Baltimore’s Community Reinvestment and Reparations Commission, and serves on the boards of the Associated Black Charities, and the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund.
Rev. Turner walks from Baltimore to the Washington, DC every month, in one day, to share his message #40 miles for 40 acres, a call for reparations. Rev. Turner is author of Creating a Culture of Repair: taking action on the road to reparations.
Please join us after the talk for refreshments and fellowship. Rev. Turner will have his books available to buyand will gladly sign them for you. Please bring a friend with you – all are welcome.
And just to let you know – in his book, Rev. Turner has compiled 100 actions that people can take to bring repair to our bigger world and to our own faith communities. Take a look! There is much good work to do.