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Join ECW for a conversation about the 2024 elections featuring the Rev. Gayle Fisher-Stewart. The event will be hosted by St. Paul’s Rock Creek in Washington, DC. Join us in person or register to view it virtually.
LOCATION: St. Paul’s Rock Creek, Rock Creek Church Rd. & Webster St. NW, Washington, DC WHEN: Saturday, September 14, 2024 TIME: 2:00 PM ET Add your voice to the conversation about what issues mean the most to women and the impact that women can have on the 2024 elections. Learn about the key issues for women and the role they can play in the upcoming local, state and federal elections. |
About Our Speaker: The Rev. Gayle Fisher-Stewart
Rev. Fisher-Stewart unique perspective comes from her experience as a police captain, scholar and mother that she brings to her role as priest.
After retiring from the police force, Fisher-Stewart focused on raising her son, teaching criminal justice at the University of Maryland and consulting—always thinking about issues of justice, community need, and spirituality. Her area of special interest, as a professor, is the history of policing as it intersects with race in the United States.
With church as a vital—and sometimes problematic—aspect of her life, Fisher-Stewart decided to go to seminary in 2007. That path eventually led to ordination as a priest in the Episcopal Church in 2015. Now retired from active parish ministry, she currently assists churches determine their role in eliminating guns and understanding how to focus on mission. And on occasion, she still preaches.
While serving as assisting pastor at Calvary Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., she founded the Center for the Study of Faith in Justice, which conducts research and creates a safe space for the discussion of vexing issues. She is an active member and former president of the Crummell-Cooper chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians.
Rev. Fisher-Stewart unique perspective comes from her experience as a police captain, scholar and mother that she brings to her role as priest.
After retiring from the police force, Fisher-Stewart focused on raising her son, teaching criminal justice at the University of Maryland and consulting—always thinking about issues of justice, community need, and spirituality. Her area of special interest, as a professor, is the history of policing as it intersects with race in the United States.
With church as a vital—and sometimes problematic—aspect of her life, Fisher-Stewart decided to go to seminary in 2007. That path eventually led to ordination as a priest in the Episcopal Church in 2015. Now retired from active parish ministry, she currently assists churches determine their role in eliminating guns and understanding how to focus on mission. And on occasion, she still preaches.
While serving as assisting pastor at Calvary Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., she founded the Center for the Study of Faith in Justice, which conducts research and creates a safe space for the discussion of vexing issues. She is an active member and former president of the Crummell-Cooper chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians.
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Vision
As Episcopal Church Women (ECW) we continually strive to embody Christ's vision for the world by loving one another as he loves us. We are committed to taking leadership in identifying social injustices and pursuing action for change in response to our Baptismal Covenant. |
Mission
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Motto
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