The Presbytery of Denver has been invited by Giddings Lovejoy Presbytery to concur with them on an Overture to the General Assembly "On Offering an Apology to African Americans for the Sin of Slavery and Its Legacy". Click here to read the Overture.
The Racial Ethnic Diversity Workgroup is inviting you to a discussion and examination of the overture to determine if Denver Presbytery will concur with Giddings Lovejoy. The discussion will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, February 15th @ 6 pm. To equip us with discerning the Overture, Tamara White, Ph.D. (complete bio below) will lead the discussion on Critical Race Theory, what it is and what it is not as well as the negative use of the term. This examination will help members of Denver Presbytery understand why we are offering an apology to African Americans.
Members of Denver Presbytery will be voting whether or not to concur with Giddings Lovejoy Presbytery on this Overture during our March Assembly.
All are invited to this learning opportunity.
Please join us via Zoom, click here on
Tuesday, February 15th @ 6 pm.
About our discussion leader
Tamara White, Ph.D. currently serves as the Vice President of Enrollment Services and Student Success at Front Range Community College. In this role she works with the following college-wide areas: Financial Aid, Office of Registrar, Student Communications and Student Success Technology, and Title III & Pathways Assessment. She also coordinates the leaders in student affairs across the college through the Student Affairs Council. Dr. White previously served as Dean of Students and Associate Vice President of Student Affairs at the Community College of Aurora. In that role she led and supported college-wide initiatives including guided pathways, inclusive excellence, and professional development; and led several areas of the college including, accessibility services, the behavioral intervention team, COSI, counseling services, military and veteran services, student conduct and intervention, student life, upward bound, and Title IX. She was formerly the Director of Admission and Access Policy for the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Dr. White spent most of her professional career in higher education, serving in roles in student life, equity and inclusion, leadership, and residence life. Born in Denver, Dr. White earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Denver. She earned her master’s degree in higher education from Western Illinois University, and her doctorate of philosophy in higher education with an emphasis in diversity and higher learning from the University of Denver. Dr. White is an adjunct instructor at the University of Colorado Denver, School of Education and Human Development. She has two children, an 18 year old son who just started his first year in college and 16 year old daughter, a junior in Denver Public Schools.