Rev. Adam Taylor
Educational, 11-Jul-2022
Originally broadcast at 2:00 p.m. ET Monday, July 11, 2022.
Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is president of Sojourners and author of A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community. Follow him on Twitter @revadamtaylor. Rev. Taylor previously led the Faith Initiative at the World Bank Group, served as vice president in charge of Advocacy at World Vision U.S., and was senior political director at Sojourners. He has also served as the executive director of Global Justice, an organization that educates and mobilizes students around global human rights and economic justice. He was selected for the 2009/2010 class of White House Fellows and served in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs and Public Engagement. Rev. Taylor is a graduate of Emory University, the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology. He also serves on the Independent Sector Board, the Global Advisory Board of Tearfund UK, and is a member of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship. Ordained in the American Baptist Church and the Progressive National Baptist Convention, he serves in ministry at the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA.
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