04/19/17 - Cleaver Program in Religion and Public Life: 2016 Election

Start: Wednesday, April 19, 2017• 7:00 PM

*This is not a town hall but a listening session, we have been told there will be a Q&A portion at the end. This event is being hosted by St. James but is open to the public, join IKC in attending this great event.

The focus of this year's lecture will be on the 2016 Presidential Election, and how it speaks to where the nation is on a multitude of issues including religion. Two of Washington's premier political strategist, and auditors whose faces are regularly seen and voices heard on television news talk shows, will present. In addition to Congressman Emanuel Cleaver the following panelist will also speak at the event:
  • Cornell Belcher, President of Brilliant Corners Research and Strategies. Belcher has also served as the pollster for President Barack Obama Presidential Campaigns, and advised just about every progressive entity. He has been a CNN contributor, and appears regularly on all cable and network news shows.
  • Neera Tanden is the President of the Center for American Progress, a public policy research and advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., chaired by John Popesta. She can be seen almost weekly on CNN and MSNBC. Her local connection is Tanden's service as Senior Adviser to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius. Tanden was a major player in the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

The event is sponsored by Saint Paul School of Theology and will be held at St. James United Methodist Church’s Paseo campus in Kansas City, MO. The lecture is free and open to the public with a reception following. You may also watch the lecture online at www.stjamesumc.com/live-view/worship-online.

***This event is not hosted by Indivisible KC***

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