Futuring: What It Means To Be Faithful, African and American, In the Age of AI and Afrophobia
In this socio-political climate the urgency of this conversation is undeniable. This virtual convening recognizes the immediate need to provide theological and prophetic space to ensure women of color ministry leaders, seminaries, faculty, pastors, chaplains and those working in the non-profit space, are informed, thoughtful, and collaborative concerning AI and Afrophobia.
This conversation with Dr. Iva Carruthers, one of the nation’s leading voices in the social justice space, will highlight important knowledge and deepen understanding regarding how AI works, for both good and evil, its impact, and how we should respond. In times of moral crisis, violence, assaults on human dignity, freedom of speech, and civil rights, this conversation will raise many questions; and ethical reflections on what it means to be faithful and maintain our sense of who we are as Black and Christian within a global context and human rights framework.
Date & Time:
Monday, February 9, 2026
6:30 PM EST
Online Webinar
Meet the Speaker:
Rev. Dr. Iva E. Carruthers is affiliate faculty member at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, and co-founder and CEO/General Secretary Emerita of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference (SDPC). She also served as executive director of the Black Theology Project and president of Urban Outreach Foundation. Dr. Carruthers holds a PhD from Northwestern University in sociology and a Master of Theological Studies from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. She did post-doctoral studies at the University of Chicago and University of Illinois. She is Professor Emerita and former chairperson of the Sociology Department at Northeastern Illinois University. Founding president of Nexus Unlimited, an information technology firm, she served on the U.S. Presidential Task Force on the Internet and Instructional Technology. She has authored and edited numerous publications in the areas of sociology, technology and theology. She is an esteemed “History Maker,” her portrait was unveiled and hangs in the Morehouse School of Religion Chapel, and in 2025 she was officially enstooled as Developmental Queen Mother of Cape Coast, Ghana.