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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Fireside Chat on Thursday\, November 19\, featuri
 ng Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt in conversation with Fr. Lucas Sharma\, S.J.\n\n \
 n\nThey will discuss Dr. Pratt's new book\, Black and Catholic: Racism\, I
 dentity\, and Religion\, and explore the significance of Black Catholic Hi
 story Month for American Catholics.\n\n \n\nOberto Commons – SINE 200 | 
 November 19\, 2026 | 4:00pm-5:30pm\n\n \n\nInterested in reading the book?
 \n\nBlack and Catholic: Racism\, Identity\, and Religion\nJoin the Faculty
  and Staff Reading Group\n\nNov. 10 @ 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Faculty and Staf
 f Reading Group: Black and Catholic\n\n \n\nTia Noelle Pratt\, PhD is a hi
 gher education professional\, researcher\, and inclusion & diversity speci
 alist based in Philadelphia\, PA. She received her PhD in sociology from F
 ordham University in 2010. A sociologist of religion by training\, she is 
 an expert in systemic racism with twenty-five years of experience research
 ing and writing about how systemic racism impacts African-American. She is
  also the President and Director of Research at TNPratt & Associates\, LLC
 .\n\nhttps://tiapratt.com/\n\n \n\nLucas Sharma\, S.J. is a PhD candidate 
 in sociology at UC San Diego specializing in religion\, gender\, and sexua
 lity\, and his research focuses on LGBTQ+ Catholics. Lucas is also a Jesui
 t priest of the Jesuits West Province and recipient of the John Hayden Doc
 toral Dissertation Fellowship at Georgetown University\, where he also wor
 ks as the Pastoral Associate in Georgetown’s LGBTQ Resource Center. Luca
 s is well-known to the Seattle University community\, as he previously tau
 ght sociology and was a research fellow at ICTC. Lucas currently serves on
  the board of trustees at SU.
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LOCATION:Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation\, Oberto Commons – SIN
 E 200 
SUMMARY:Fireside Chat with Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.seattleu.edu/event/fireside-chat-with-dr-tia-n
 oelle-pratt-and-fr-lucas-sharma
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