Duke Divinity School Professor Dr. Valerie Cooper will present the 37th Annual Mary Olive Woods lecture, "Segregated Sundays: How Racially Segregated Worship Feeds Political Divisions" at 7 p.m. September 26, 2024, in the University Union Sandburg Theater. A reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Dr. Cooper is Associate Professor of Religion and Society and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, and the author of Word, Like Fire: Maria Stewart, the Bible, and the Rights of African Americans.

An additional conversation with Dr. Cooper about her work will be held from 9:30 am-11:30 am Sept. 27 in Morgan Hall, room 453. Faculty, staff, students, and community members are welcome to attend for any period of this conversation.

Please contact Dr. Betsy Perabo, bc-perabo@wiu.edu, for additional information.