Eugene Callender
Dr. Reverend
NY, USDr. Callenders' career covers a broad span of social, political and devotional activism, from walking up the broken stairs of Harlem tenements slums to serving our nation on five presidential commissions under five separate presidents.
His tireless work for his ministry is rooted in his deep conviction that the dignity of human beings is sacred and that people should not be judged by external convictions which are arbitrarily assigned in life, but rather by the possibilities inherent in being a child of God.
He has been described by the New York Daily News as one of our “contemporary superstars,” and by the New York Times as one of the 26 most outstanding clergy members in New York City. His focus and concerns have been the “disinherited”: the voiceless who have needed a voice, the oppressed who have needed a liberator.
In the late 1950's, Dr. Callender invited Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Harlem for the first time, and in 1962 he discovered author Alex Haley who went on to write The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
In August of 2007 Dr. Callender was appointed by Colin Powell to be the first Life Leader in Residence at the Colin Powell Center at The City College of New York (CCNY) and he was was referenced in the New York Times Bestselling book "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Dr. Callender gives seminars and colloquiums to graduate students on emerging issues involving race in the U.S. He is also Chairman of the Board of the National Black Theater of Harlem and serves as the Chairman of the Senior Coordinating Committee of the Democratic National Committee.
Dr. Callenders' career covers a broad span of social, political and devotional activism, from walking up the broken stairs of Harlem tenements slums to serving our nation on five presidential commissions under five separate presidents.
His tireless work for his ministry is rooted in his deep conviction that the dignity of human beings is sacred and that people should not be judged by external convictions which are arbitrarily assigned in life, but rather by the possibilities inherent in being a child of God.
He has been described by the New York Daily News as one of our “contemporary superstars,” and by the New York Times as one of the 26 most outstanding clergy members in New York City. His focus and concerns have been the “disinherited”: the voiceless who have needed a voice, the oppressed who have needed a liberator.
In the late 1950's, Dr. Callender invited Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Harlem for the first time, and in 1962 he discovered author Alex Haley who went on to write The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
In August of 2007 Dr. Callender was appointed by Colin Powell to be the first Life Leader in Residence at the Colin Powell Center at The City College of New York (CCNY) and he was was referenced in the New York Times Bestselling book "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Dr. Callender gives seminars and colloquiums to graduate students on emerging issues involving race in the U.S. He is also Chairman of the Board of the National Black Theater of Harlem and serves as the Chairman of the Senior Coordinating Committee of the Democratic National Committee.
