Reverend Greg Drumwright
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| Reverend Greg Drumwright | |
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 Greg_Drumwright.jpg Senior Minister & Establishmentarian of Citadel of Praise Church & Campus Ministries; Founder of Justice 4 the Next Generation Coalition | |
| Born | December 18,1979 Burlington, North Carolina |
| 🏫 Education | North Carolina A&T State University (BA) Wake Forest University (M.Div) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | www.gregdrumwright.com; www.j4tng.org |
Gregory Brooks Drumwright is one of America's most promising rising public theologians and social justice organizers of this new decade. His work has been seen on CNN, ABC, FOX, NBC, and featured in articles published by Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Newsweek as well as numerous international media outlets that have highlighted his leadership. He is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where he served as Student Body President and Wake Forest University. Through his ecumenical and community leadership across North Carolina and the United States, Drumwright is regarded as being "today's voice for tomorrow's generation". His works as a faith leader, collegiate professor, millennial/Gen Z, and a racial equity expert has garnered him various platforms to share his message of education, empowerment, and encouragement to more than a million people since he began his public speaking career. Rev. Drumwright's local parish, The Citadel Church, in Greensboro, has become a case study for attracting large millennial audiences, despite a sharp decline in religious practice across all church denominations. Among the many doors opened to him, Greg cherishes being a three-time musical concert guest performing in the White House, a commencement speaker from elementary to collegiate stages, and an internationally traveled proliferator and activist. Drumwright's reach has proven to be ecumenical, building the beloved community, indiscriminate of race, religion, gender, orientation, and social status. His message of non-violence and reconciliatory practice has garnered him various platforms to share his message of education, empowerment, and encouragement to multigenerational audiences, corporate entities, and public establishments. Currently, and alongside his pastoral duties, he serves as a professor of Public Speaking and Human Communication at High Point University, and the Senior Principal Consultant for L.E.A.D. (Leadership Enhancement and Academic Development), while preparing for his sophomore record release: Songs of Justice, Reconciliation, and Peace. Gregory has received numerous local, state, and national awards for his service and humanitarianism. Recently, Governor Roy Cooper conferred the Old North State Award upon him for more than 20 years of community work and appointed him to serve on the North Carolina Courts Commission as the only non-attorney/non-legislative representative for North Carolina citizenry. Upon the commission, Greg has become a vital voice in shaping policies pertaining to Criminal Justice Reform and new laws prohibiting the use of underage vaping. In February 2020, Black Business Ink magazine honored him as one of the Top 40 under 40 most influential African American leaders, as a result of his continuing work for equity and justice in the community and higher education.
Biography[edit]
Early life and education[edit]
Gregory Brooks Drumwright was born on December 18, 1979, in Burlington, North Carolina. He was raised in Burlington, N.C., where he began his life in the public eye as a child. At the age of five, Drumwright was introduced to the world starring in a national television commercial for IBM computers. This was only the beginning for young Drumwright. He began to study and travel with a classically base, all-boys choral society where he stood out as the only African American member for several years. At the age of 14 found his purpose in music ministry after being introduced to mainstream music through the BET telecast, Bobby Jones Gospel. His purpose opened the door for him to become a notable singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. He has shared platforms and stages with noble artists such as Walter Hawkins, Kurt Carr, Kirk Franklin, John P. Kee, Mali Music, The Clark Sisters, Ricky Dillard, and many more. Drumwright went on to graduate from Cummings High School in Burlington, North Carolina. He decided to continue his educational journey at the largest historically black university in the United States, North Carolina A&T State University where he attained his Bachelors of Arts in Mass Communications and served as Student Body President. In 2015, Rev. Drumwright decide to further his educational journey at Wake Forest University where he obtained his Masters of Divinity.
Citadel of Praise Church & Campus Ministries[edit]
During his senior year at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Rev. Drumwright established The Citadel Church, in Greensboro, N.C., after hearing the clarion call from God. The Citadel of Praise Church is an inter-denominational Christian Church, whose mission is to transform lives, enlarging the kingdom, and equipping believers. After 17 years of serving the beloved community, The Citadel has become a lighthouse for all ages, specifically youth and young adults through its campus ministries which was established by Rev. Drumwright and his mentees Joshua Lee and Cameron Moore in 2012. Drumwright impacted more than 200,000 young people since he began his career in 1996. Over the past 8 years, his collegiate arm, The Citadel Campus Ministry has led more than 5,000 students to Christ.
In the Citadel of Praise Church & Campus Ministry Rev. Drumwright instructs his parishioners on the importance of being a beacon of light to the beloved community at all times by embracing and exemplifying Christ-like character through warmhearted fellowship and community service. To aid his parishioners in their matriculation to servanthood, Rev. Drumwright has taught them how to find God in all things.
Drumwright instills the values of unconditional love and service through leading by example. Reverend Drumwright's reach has proven to be ecumenical building the beloved community, indiscriminate of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and social status.
J4tNG Change for America Tour 2020[edit]
Justice 4 the Next Generation was founded in the midst of the pandemic after the unjust death of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia. Reverend Drumwright and the newly founded Justice 4 the Next Generation Coalition traveled to the Satilla Shores where Ahmaud was hunted and shot to death. Drumwright organized a town hall to bring attention to the modern-day lynching.
Brunswick, Georgia[edit]
After the news broke and the video of the execution of Ahmaud Arbery went viral, Reverend Drumwright and his production crew, soon to be known as the Justice 4 the Next Generation Coalition, decided to travel to Brunswick, Georgia to help bring attention to the Arbery case, which had been ignored and mishandled for over three months by the local law enforcement. Upon arrival in Brunswick, Georgia, Drumwright and his crew went to work immediately organizing a town hall to spur awareness of the pain and injustice that Arbery's family had experienced. On May 23, 2020, Reverend Drumwright and the Justice 4 the Next Generation hosted a live town hall honoring the legacy of Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery's parents Marcus Arbery Sr. and Wanda Cooper Jones were esteemed guests. Drumwright also interviewed Jason Vaughn his former football coach, *insert name here* Ahmaud's best friend, Dr. Felicia Harris, Professor of Communication Studies, and Rev. James Woodall, the President of the State Chapter of the NAACP in Georgia.
Minneapolis, Minnesota[edit]
It had not been a full 24 hours after the Rev. Drumwright and his crew returned home from their trip to Brunswick, Georgia that they heard the tragic news of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Some watched the heart-wrenching video of Floyd's final moments where he exclaimed the now infamously iconic words "I can't breathe" and begged Office Derek Chauvin to take remove his knee from his neck for 8:46. Rev. Drumwright and some of the crew packed the equipment back up and took an 18-hour Minneapolis, Minnesota to stand and fight for justice on behalf of George Floyd and his family. Upon arrival in Minneapolis, Minnesota Rev. Drumwright was asked by a member of the beloved community to uplift a prayer over the community. After prayer, Rev. Drumwright and his crew visited the store which called the police on George Floyd because of his counterfeit money. Rev. Drumwright and his crew then inrerviewed the store owner and found out the truth behind what happened to George Floyd.
Houston, Texas[edit]
After receiving an invite from the Floyd family, Drumwright and a portion of the Justice for the Next Generation coalition travelled to Houston, Texas to support the Floyd family as the laid George Floyd to rest. While in Houston, Rev. Drumwright and his crew went back to____ where George grew up and connected
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