The Inaugural Community Engagement Series lecture features The Reverend Dr. Robert M. Franklin, the tenth president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Franklin will, for the first time, present his Renaissance Initiative and “the five wells” as a relevant strategy for community transformation. 

The inaugural lecturer, Reverend Dr. Robert M. Franklin, previously served as the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, both in Atlanta. He also served as a program officer in the Human Rights and Social Justice Program at the Ford Foundation, New York. As President of the nation’s largest, private liberal arts college for men, the College offers 26 majors in three academic divisions: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Mathematics, and Business Administration and Economics.