Hot Topics – Let Justice Roll Like a Mighty STREAM

Let Justice Roll Like a Mighty STREAM! That’s the rallying cry for Stronger Together Reaching Equality Across Manatee, or STREAM, the social justice interfaith coalition of 16 congregations and growing.

STREAM is a chapter of the national organization called DART (Direct Action & Research Training Center) designed to identify social justice issues beleaguering a community and advocate that the powers that be implement specific actions to address the problems.

In this Hot Topics session panel members will trace the history of this Manatee County chapter still in its infancy, explain the processes used to harness the power of organized people to make societal changes, catalog the social justice issues the group has addressed and provide the perspective of a community official who has been on the receiving end of the advocacy.

Our Speakers are:

Father Glen Graczyk, Rector, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Palmetto

Vice President of STREAM

Dr. Barbara Ehren, Member, Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Bradenton

STREAM Board Member and Team Leader; LWV Member

Commissioner George Kruse, Manatee Board of County Commissioners, District 7

Community official who has been on the receiving end of the advocacy