Our ever-present connection to hearing all the bad things happening in the world in real-time can translate to us feeling burnt out, hopeless, and stuck. Nevertheless, our colleagues, friends, family and neighbors need us to care and show up for them. Amidst social turbulence, we question ourselves: What do I do? What’s MY role versus that of someone else? I only have limited time… what are the 2-3 things that are most effective?
Join us Monday, Dec. 5 from 1 – 2:30 p.m. to hear a panel of community members address these questions and more as they discuss their ideas for what activism means to them. They will reflect on lessons learned and what worked / didn’t work.
Panelists:
Domoniqúe Redmond is the Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives and Planning with the Duke Office of Durham and Community Affairs. Part of her responsibilities includes managing the Doing Good Employee Giving campaign. Domoniqúe has over 27 years of community engagement and program management and development experience to the field. She joined the Duke Community Service Center (CSC) in 1997 as Volunteer Coordinator and became the Assistant Director of Programs in 2006, later helping integrate the CSC into the now Duke Center for Civic Engagement. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from N.C. Central University.
Rev. Meghan Feldmeyer Benson became chaplain of Duke Divinity School in July 2015. Prior to becoming chaplain, Chaplain Benson worked for nine years as director of worship at Duke Chapel, having previously served as the executive assistant to Duke’s CIO (Tracy Futhey). She has degrees in religious studies and psychology (1998) from Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas), and an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School (2002).
T. Greg Doucetteis an attorney with a decade of First-Amendment trial experience who now is a Tech Lawyer. He became “Twitter famous” in February 2016 for his work defending a 17-year-old black high school student wrongly accused of a crime. He also runs the T. Greg Doucette Foundation, which is focused on raising money for local charities in Durham. Its semi-annual Bull City Foodraiser distributes a bag of groceries to each of 5,000+ elementary school students in the city for Winter and Spring breaks. He received a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in 2009 from North Carolina State University and a JD in law from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 2012.
Meeting URL:
https://duke.zoom.us/j/91651712778?pwd=Y2dXS0xGZ0pJMHFENURiWnFDWGx0Zz09
