{"id":15590,"date":"2025-09-10T10:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15590"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:28:28","slug":"rev-jamal-bryant-visit-headlines-umes-founders-week-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/rev-jamal-bryant-visit-headlines-umes-founders-week-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Rev. Jamal Bryant visit headlines UMES\u2019 Founders Week Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/Jamal-Bryant-Headshot-scaled-e1757514426849-915x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/Jamal-Bryant-Headshot-scaled-e1757514426849-915x1024.jpg 915w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/Jamal-Bryant-Headshot-scaled-e1757514426849-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/Jamal-Bryant-Headshot-scaled-e1757514426849-768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/Jamal-Bryant-Headshot-scaled-e1757514426849-1373x1536.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/09\/Jamal-Bryant-Headshot-scaled-e1757514426849.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rev. Jamal Bryant will address the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus community on Monday, Sept. 15 at the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Sept. 15 keynote speech by noted author and minister Rev. <strong>Jamal Bryant<\/strong> headlines the University of Maryland Eastern Shore\u2019s 139<sup>th<\/sup> Founders Week, which runs from Sept. 11-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bryant, who founded Baltimore\u2019s Empowerment Temple AME Church and currently serves as senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta, will address the UMES campus community at the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts on Sept. 15 at 12 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bryant has brought nationwide attention to corporate diversity programs and unequal treatment in disadvantaged communities with his calls to boycott Target and other retailers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other events scheduled for Founders Week, featuring the theme \u201cStanding on Greatness,\u201d include the Friday, Sept. 12 wreath laying ceremony honoring the school\u2019s two founders Benjamin O. Bird and his wife Portia Lovett Bird; a campus-wide community day of service on Saturday, Sept. 13; historical campus tour following Bryant\u2019s speech; and the Sept. 16 unveiling of a historical marker on the spot of where UMES was founded in 1886.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For information on all Founders Week events, <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/umes.edu\/docs\/umes_founders_week_2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/umes.edu\/docs\/umes_founders_week_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sept. 15 keynote speech by noted author and minister Rev. Jamal Bryant headlines the University of Maryland Eastern Shore\u2019s 139th Founders Week, which runs from Sept. 11-18. Bryant, who founded Baltimore\u2019s Empowerment Temple AME Church and currently serves as senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta, will address the UMES campus&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/rev-jamal-bryant-visit-headlines-umes-founders-week-activities\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Rev. 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