News Release
January 2000
(Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania) Moravian College will also host, "An evening of reflection:
In honor of Black History Month and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
The program features the nationally known Reverend Calvin D. Butts,
Ph.D., Pastor of The Abyssinian Baptist Church in (Harlem) New York
City. The program will be held on Tuesday, February 29, at 7:30 p.m.
in the Borhek Chapel in Comenius Hall on Moravian College's Main Street
Campus.
Dr. Butts is nationally known for his work promoting social
justice, community building, and empowerment. In addition to being the
Pastor of The Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, Butts is President
of SUNY College at Old Westbury. He is also President of the Council
of Churches of the City of New York; Chairman of the Board of Managers
for the C. T. Walker Housing Corporation; Vice-chair of the Board of
Directors of the United Way of New York City; member of The Central
Park Conservancy Board, and many other committees. He is the Chairman
of the National Affiliate Development Initiative of the National Black
Leadership Commission on AIDS (BLCA) and a founding member of the organizations’
Board of Commissioners. He has served as President of Africare, and
independent organization dedicated to the improvement of the quality
of life in rural Africa. He also served as Chairman of the Board for
the Harlem Branch YMCA. He has taught Urban Affairs and served as an
Adjunct Professor in the African studies department at City College,
New York. He has also taught Black Church History at Fordham University.
Dr. Butts has given numerous lectures and speeches at colleges and universities
across the nation.
Dr. Butts earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy
from Morehouse College. He returned to New York and earned a Master
of Divinity degree in Church History from Union Theological Seminary
and a Doctor of Ministry in Church and Public Policy from Drew University.
For more information on these and other events, contact
the Office of Public Relations at (610) 861-3916 or visit the Moravian
College Web site at www.moravian.edu
