AUTHOR

BRING BACK YOUR PEOPLE: TEN WAYS REGULAR FOLKS CAN PUT A DENT IN WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

Aaron Scott is a second-generation preacher, third-generation organizer, leader with the Poor People's Campaign, and co-founder of Chaplains on the Harbor. A church worker and organizer, he is a trans father and a Christian who grew up in poverty. He has watched loved ones and peers get recruited into White Christian nationalism. In Bring Back Your People, he shares strategies of relationship and conversation for those of us who don't know what to do.

Scott, who received his MA in Biblical Studies from Union Theological Seminary in 2009, is also a contributing author to both We Cry Justice and Jesus Led a Poor People’s Campaign. He and his family live in Washington.

STAND UP, SPEAK OUT AWARDS BRUNCH – SUN, NOV 16

FEATURED SPEAKER

Scott is a leader with the Poor People's Campaign, a second-generation preacher, third-generation organizer, and co-founder of Chaplains on the Harbor. A church worker and organizer, he is a trans father and a Christian who grew up in poverty. He has watched loved ones and peers get recruited into White Christian nationalism. In Bring Back Your People, he shares strategies of relationship and conversation for those of us who don't know what to do.

For over 30 years, Mainstream has brought together community leaders from elected officials to grassroots advocates to celebrate the power of civic engagement in protecting church-state separation. The Robert H. Meneilly Stand Up, Speak Out Award, named in tribute to our founding chairman, recognizes individuals and organizations who exemplify the core values that inform Mainstream’s mission—respect for civil rights, courage to stand against extremism, and the belief that change begins when we raise our voices for justice and equality. Past honorees include Reverend Cheryl Jefferson Bell, Governor Laura Kelly, Secretary (Governor) Kathleen Sebelius, Thomas Witt of Equality Kansas, Game On for Kansas Schools, Kansans for Fair Courts, and the League of Women Voters of Kansas.