Gilliard to Speak at Urbana Conference

This year’s conference will be held December 27-31 in St. Louis, Missouri.

CHICAGO, IL (April 3, 2018) – Dominique Gilliard, director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the ECC, has been named one of the main speakers at Urbana 18, one of the nation’s premier missions conferences. It regularly attracts more than 16,000 college and graduate students from across the country.

This year’s conference will be held December 27-31 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Gilliard has advocated for justice system reforms that encourage Christians to pursue reconciliation rather than punishment. His book Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores has received rave reviews.

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