In a polarized nation, faith, race, and politics can be divisive topics on their own. Bringing them together can be explosive. This Public Dialogue seeks to explore the intersections of faith, race, and politics in the United States in ways that can inform and engage, rather than pull us apart. The gathering will explore how the biblical question “Who is my neighbor?” might guide believers in the coming election.

This dialogue is a continuation of the Initiative’s series on Faith and the Faithful in U.S. Politics and includes the following leaders:

• Adelle Banks is an editor and a national reporter for Religion News Service (RNS). Before joining RNS in 1995, she was a reporter in Florida, Rhode Island, and New York. She won the 2014 Wilbur Award for her coverage of the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington.
• Bishop Daniel Flores has been a champion of human life and dignity as the bishop of the diocese of Brownsville, Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border for 10 years. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit.
• Justin Giboney is an attorney and political strategist in Atlanta. He is the co-founder and president of the AND Campaign, a coalition of urban Christians seeking to bring the compassion and convictions of the Gospel to politics and the Democratic Party.
• Rev. Jim Wallis is the founder, president, and editor-in-chief of Sojourners, as well as the author of the recently published Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus (2019), America’s Original Sin (2016), and God’s Politics (2005). He is a research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and teaches in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

Kim Daniels, associate director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, will open the dialogue. John Carr, director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, will moderate the conversation.
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