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[PCMChurch16-2020.06.13] To the Class of 2020: The Youngest, The Least, Who Became the Nation’s Leader by Pastor Jiwan S. Moon

[Special LIVE: 2020.06.12] #PCMLiveChat21_SpecialEdition-2020.06.03 with Dr. David Williams, Harvard University; Dr. Weymouth Spence, President of... Washington Adventist University; Dr. Jiwan S. Moon, World PCM Director; and Dr. Nicholas Miller, Professor of Church History at the Seventh-day Adventist SDA Theological Seminary at Andrews University. ***Please share this for more people to see as we stand up together for justice.*** Be blessed by their conversation with the #PCMLiveChat hosts. The theme for this special online session is Adventists, Racism & Justice. Here are the biographical sketches of Drs. Williams, Spence, Moon, and Miller: Biographical Sketch of Dr. David Williams Dr. David R. Williams is the Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Harvard University. Previously, he served on the faculty of Yale University and the University of Michigan. He is a product of Christian education. He received his elementary and high school education at SDA schools on the Caribbean island of St Lucia. After graduating from the University of the Southern Caribbean in Trinidad, he earned an MDiv from Andrews University and an MPH from Loma Linda University. He received a PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Williams is an internationally recognized authority on social influences on health. He has been invited to keynote scientific conferences in Europe, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, South America and across the U.S. The author of more than 450 scientific papers, his research has enhanced our understanding of the ways in which race, socioeconomic status, stress, racism, health behavior and religious involvement can affect physical and mental health. He is a co-editor of a 2015 book, Forgiveness and Health and a 2019 volume, Racism and Psychiatry. The Everyday Discrimination Scale that he developed is one of the most widely used measures of discrimination in health studies. Dr. Williams was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2001, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007, and the National Academy of Sciences in 2019. He has also received distinguished awards from the American Sociological Association, the American Psychological Association and the New York Academy of Medicine. He was ranked as one of the top 10 Most Cited Social Scientists in the world in 2005 and as the Most Cited Black Scholar in the Social Sciences, worldwide, in 2008. In 2014, Thomson Reuters ranked him as one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds. Dr. Williams’ research has been featured by some of the nation’s top print (including the New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Essence, Jet and USA Today) and television news organizations (including ABC’s Evening News, CNN, PBS, the Katie Couric Show, Al Jazeera, the Hope Channel, C-SPAN and the Discovery Channel). He was a key scientific advisor to the award-winning PBS film series, Unnatural Causes: Is inequality Making Us Sick? His TED Talk, released in 2017, has over 1.3 million views. Dr. Williams has worked for the SDA church as a high school teacher, student literature evangelist, and public health educator. He currently serves on the board of trustees of Oakwood University and Loma Linda University. Since 2014, he has also served as an Associate director of Health Ministries of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He has also written articles for the Adventist Review, Message magazine, and the Journal of Adventist Education. He is married to the former Opal Reid and they are the parents of three daughters, Delia, Alysia and Shandelle. [End] Biographical Sketch of Dr. Weymouth Spence Weymouth Spence, Ed.D., R.T. President, Washington Adventist University Dr. Weymouth Spence is the nineteenth president of Washington Adventist University, located near the nation’s capital in Takoma Park, Maryland. Washington Adventist University (WAU) is one of the fourteen higher education institutions in North America with an affiliation to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He began his presidency at WAU in January 2008 and during his tenure has put together a leadership team that elevated and transformed the former Columbia Union College (CUC) to university status and is continuing to build on the legacy of former presidents to elevate the University standing to one of international distinction. Among his accomplishments as president has been to refocus the University’s strategic plan to fulfill the University’s mission and vision and to rollout the six pillars of institutional excellence quality, people, finance, growth, service, and community. Recent accomplishments include the largest enrollment ever in 2012, the largest graduating class ever; reaffirmed ten-year accreditation from Middle States Commission for Higher Education, completion of a campus master plan that realized the first new building on the campus in forty years The Leroy and Lois Peters Music Center. He created a vice president for ministry position that now focuses on the spiritual development of the entire university community and a significantly improved fiscal standing. A recent addition to the WAU Campus is the new Boyer Health and Wellness Building that has added a modern design and feel for our nursing students. In the course of his commitment to building a culture of institutional excellence that is focused on student outcomes, he launched the Vision 2020 goals for building a thriving university that will hold true to the mission/vision of WAU. During his first decade, many of the goals set during vision 2020 have been fully realized. He now looks to Vision 2030 as the university pivots in an ever-changing and challenging landscape for institutes of higher education. Within this vision, the university will continue to serve and educate students, ultimately helping them achieve their desired goals and highest potential for service; in other words, succeed. Student success will be the backbone of Vision 2030 and will empower the university’s leadership to make moves that will allow WAU to grow and thrive in the future. Prior to his appointment as WAU President, Dr. Spence served in leadership positions for over 30 years in higher education and health care institutions as program director, dean and vice president for academic administration. He holds an Arts and Science degree from Northern Caribbean University, a B.Sc. in biology from Atlantic Union College, an Associate in Science degree in Radiography from Kettering College of Medical Arts, a Master of Science degree in Curriculum, Research and Administration from Central Connecticut State University and a Doctorate in Vocational/Technical/ Occupational Education from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Spence has served on many institutional boards including the Adventist Health Care and Washington Adventist Hospital boards. He currently serves on the boards of Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, MICUA (Maryland Independent Colleges and Universities Association) and Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic. In 2006 he was recognized for providing the leadership for developing and implementing the first inter-state accredited RN program between San Antonia, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona. He was recently recognized by the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventist as a Notable Person of Honor for his leadership accomplishments. Dr. Spence’s hero is Jesus Christ and he believes that modeling the life and teachings of Jesus is the answer to every problem. He is married to the former Rebecca Brown and they have two children, Melissa and Weymouth II, and three grandchildren, Aidan, Olivia, and Valerie. [End] Biographical Sketch of Dr. Jiwan S. Moon Dr. Jiwan S. Moon is the inaugural Public Campus Ministries (PCM) Director of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He has been serving as the World PCM (PCM - Seventh-day Adventist Public Campus Ministries) Director of the Seventh-day Adventist Church World Headquarters since June 1, 2014 and the Adventist public campus ministry has grown exponentially under his leadership and watch. Dr. Moon, a third generation Adventist pastor, was born in Seoul, South Korea, whose father was the first missionary sent out by the Korean Union of the Adventist Church. He, a Korean-American-Canadian, grew up on the mission field and has always lived in multiculturalism, relating to and collaborating with persons of all backgrounds. He speaks three languages: Korean, English, and Tagalog (national language of the Philippines). He graduated with a B.A. in Religious Studies and Minor in Practical Theology from Southern Adventist University, an M.A. in Youth Ministry and a D. Min. in Youth & Young Adult Ministry from Andrews University. His dissertation is on mentoring and discipling adolescents. He has served as a youth pastor since 1991 and was ordained in 2003. In 1998 Dr. Moon first began mentoring a group of university students at University of Toronto and York University and continues to mentor university groups today. His focus is on the Christian young person’s identity and how to fortify it when the student is exposed to the secular mindset on a public college or university campus. He will be building strategy to meet the needs of our Adventist youth on public campuses, involving a movement of mentorship and discipleship calling on local congregations to form support systems and the formation of Adventist youth ministry presence on the campuses of public schools. Dr. Moon has served in several capacities outside of being a pastor during his years living in Ontario Canadahe is a disaster relief and crisis intervention chaplain, served as an on-call chaplain for two hospitals for many years, and also as a volunteer chaplain for a federal women’s correctional facility over ten years. He is an endorsed Seventh-day Adventist Campus Chaplain with full ecclesiastical authority and rights. He loves singing and playing instruments. He enjoys playing and watching all sports, but especially soccer. One of his favorite Bible verses is Galatians 2:20, NIV: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. He is married to the former Jessica Escorcio and they have three beautiful daughters, Hannah, Rebecca Anna, and Isabella Jinah, who love Jesus very much and eager to use their talents for Christ’s mission. His partner in ministry Jessica Moon, an elementary school teacher, speaks four languages: English, Portuguese, French, and Spanish. Their goal in life is to mentor and disciple young people to reach their God-given full potential in fulfilling Christ's mission in their lives. Biographical Sketch of Dr. Nicholas P. Miller Bio: NICHOLAS P. MILLER, is tenured Professor of church history at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Dr. Miller has degrees in theology (BA, Pacific Union College), law (JD, Columbia University), and American Religious and Legal History (PhD, University of Notre Dame). He teaches courses in church history, including the development of religious and civil liberties in the west. He also practices as a religious liberty and civil rights lawyer for the Lake Union Conference, where he is director of the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Department. He has published a number of books on the history of liberty, including The Religious Roots of the First Amendment by Oxford University Press in 2012. He has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court in the church/state case of Mitchell vs. Helms. #Solidarity #GeorgeFloyd #ICantBreathe #WeHearYou #IHearYou #BlackLivesMatter #Justice With Adventist Education Dialogue, GC Youth Ministries, Adventist Education, Pastor Ted Wilson, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Adventist Health Ministries, PCM - Seventh-day Adventist Public Campus Ministries, Global PCM Weekend, FMAM-Follow Me Adventist Movement, IFollow. IServe. IMentor, Peace Community Mentor #teampcm

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