For The Culture: A Conversation with The Reverend Demett Jenkins, Lilly Director of Education and Engagement for Faith-Based Communities for the International African American Museum
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The Reverend Demett Jenkins is the Lilly Director of Education and Engagement for Faith-Based Communities, for the International African American Museum in Charleston, SC.
She is a Charleston native and a granddaughter of local Civil Rights icon, Esau Jenkins. She is a graduate of St. Andrews High School and South Carolina State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Additionally, she is a graduate of the Samuel Dewitt School of Theology at Virginia Union University, where she earned a Master of Divinity with a concentration in Pastoral Care and Counseling. She serves as a volunteer chaplain with Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy and a former adjunct professor at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
She is an ordained minister and is a member of Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, SC.
The International African American Museum is scheduled to open in 2022.
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