Faith and Politics: A Conversation with Mallory McMorrow

You are invited join us as we proudly welcome Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow to Vanderbilt University on Monday, October 3, 2022, at 5:00pm CT in Wilson Hall 301 for a panel discussion on “Faith and Politics.” In April 2022, Senator McMorrow, a self-proclaimed “straight, white, Christian woman,” delivered a powerful speech on the floor of the Michigan Senate in response to claims from a fellow senator of grooming and sexualizing kindergarteners, telling the audience, “We must not let hate win.” At this event, attendees will hear that fiery speech followed by brief remarks from Senator McMorrow, participate in a moderated discussion with the panelists below on the topics of faith, politics, LGBTQIA+ rights, and reproductive freedom; and have the opportunity to ask questions.

• Katherine Crawford | Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and History Director of Women's and Gender Studies, Vanderbilt University
• Emilie Townes | Dean and E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair University Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society and Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Director of the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative, Vanderbilt Divinity School
• Mallory McMorrow | Michigan State Senator

• Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative
• Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab
• Department of Religious Studies
• Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Office of LGBTQI Life
• Margaret Cunningim Women’s Center
• Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Vanderbilt Law School George Barrett Social Justice Program

Host or Publisher Vanderbilt Divinity School