In Person Event | February 1, 2026 | 12:30 p.m. EST

Black Souls Presents: Book Talk with Dr. Amber Wiley – Model Schools in the Model City:

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Amber Wiley, who will discuss her new book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital. Dr. Wiley explores how race, urban planning, and education have shaped Washington, DC, and what that history means today.

To Live Free | Rev. Anastassia Zinke

This service launches Black History Month through the moral vision of Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative. They call us to tell the truth about racial injustice – from enslavement and segregation to mass incarceration – not as distant facts, but as living realities that shape whose lives are protected and whose are treated as disposable. We will reflect on justice as a spiritual practice: staying close to suffering, refusing despair, and believing in transformation.