About this Event
THE JUSTICE PROPULSION LAB PROUDLY PRESENTS
THE THIRD ANNUAL KELLY MILLER SMITH CONVOCATION
featuring the Social Crisis Triptych
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
FISK MEMORIAL CHAPEL
OUR QUESTIONS—AND THE MATERIAL WE USE TO ANSWER THEM—SHAPE OUR HORIZONS.
HOW DO WE PREPARE, PROTECT, AND EMPOWER THE GENERATIONS WHO WILL INHERIT THE WORK OF JUSTICE?
Join the Justice Propulsion Lab as we demonstrate how we propel justice through examinations of voice, violence, and vocation.
JOINING US THIS YEAR: EDDIE S. GLAUDE JR.
Acclaimed scholar, author, and public intellectual
OUR THEME: VIOLENCE, EDUCATION, AND THE CHILD
Our theme this year reflects our will to confront difficult questions and shapes how we embrace our shared responsibility to future generations.
This Convocation honors Rev. Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Sr., a champion of education, justice, and social change. Featuring the Social Crisis Triptych - a dynamic illustration of voice, critical conversation, and the extraordinary talent, insight, and promise of our students - we invite you to spend time with our Justice Propulsion Agents as we equip them to transform our shared world.
Together, we will honor a legacy, confront the challenges of our present, and invest boldly in our future.
Because when we educate our youth, we do more than prepare them for the world - WE PREPARE THEM TO TRANSFORM IT.
YOUR PRESENCE MATTERS.
SAVE THE DATES: OCTOBER 21-27, 2026
JOIN US FOR THE ENTIRE KELLY MILLER SMITH WEEK.
Event venue & nearby stays
Fisk Memorial Chapel, 1000 17th Avenue North, Nashville, United States
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