A Community Conversation on Race and Racism

Anthony Hendricks from ThePublic Franklin will give an informational talk on the history of race and racism and how it applies to our modern context. He will address some common misconceptions and historical facts not widely known, and encourage community conversation around these topics and how they affect us today. The presentation portion will be approximately an hour and a half with a good deal of community interaction, with a half-hour open floor for questions and discussion at the end.

The presenter is the Co-founder and Director of ThePublic Franklin and is a local Franklin Resident. He presents seminars and other conversations at universities, churches, schools, and businesses. He has helped to grow a multi-ethnic church congregation in Franklin in his ministry roles and is passionate about the subject of racial reconciliation. He co-founded ThePublic to educate the Franklin community on the issues of race, justice, and anti-racism.

A small number of attendees will be permitted to join us in person in the first-floor Meeting Room at Williamson County Public Library. This event will also be broadcast via Facebook Live on the Williamson County Public Library Facebook Page. Prior registration is required for in-person attendance, and anyone can participate virtually. The live event will be held Sunday, January 30^th, 2022, 2 PM – 4 PM. Register for in-person attendance on the Williamson County Public Library’s Calendar of Events at https://www.wcpltn.org/calendar.

Additional resources from ThePublic’s recommended reading list, as well as Anthony Hendrick’s bio, are available in a display on the second floor for the month of January.

The Williamson County Public Library is located in downtown Franklin at 1314 Columbia Avenue.

All library programs are free and open to the public.  Learn more about this event or other library programs and services by calling the library at 615-595-1243, extension 1, or by visiting the library’s website at http://wcpltn.org. The library e-newsletter provides subscribers with library news about programs like this and more.  Sign up to receive it via email.

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