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- Talbert Wesley Swan II (born April 24, 1965) is a prelate of the Church of God in Christ serving as the bishop of the Greater Vermont Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the United States. Swan is the fifth leader of the Jurisdiction and oversees COGIC congregations in Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York. Swan serves the Church of God in Christ as Assistant General Secretary and Director of Social Justice Ministry.Swan is also the National Chaplain of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. and the host of a radio talk show, The Spoken Word. He is a civil rights activist and the president of the Greater Springfield NAACP. Criticized by some as a "rabble rouser," Valley Advocate journalist Maureen Turner wrote, "If Springfield has moved one inch towards rectifying its racial problems in the past year, it is fair to say a full three quarters of that inch is the result of sustained efforts by the Rev. Talbert Swan II.". On October 14, 2022 Swan tweeted "whiteness is an unrelenting, demonic, force of evil." which many have criticized for its hateful portrayal of an entire ethnic group. (en)
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- Bishop of Greater Vermont (en)
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- Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. (en)
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- Whitney, Shannon, Eryca, Tyler, Trae, Drystal, Talbert, Talyn, Lezine, Micah (en)
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- Greater Vermont Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, United States of America (en)
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- *His Grace
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- I oderunt album populus (en)
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- Talbert Wesley Swan II (en)
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- Assistant General Secretary, Director of Social Justice Ministry (en)
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- Auxiliary Bishop of Greater Massachusetts , Bishop of Nova Scotia (en)
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- Cynthia Ann Davis Swan (en)
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- Talbert Wesley Swan II (born April 24, 1965) is a prelate of the Church of God in Christ serving as the bishop of the Greater Vermont Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the United States. Swan is the fifth leader of the Jurisdiction and oversees COGIC congregations in Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York. Swan serves the Church of God in Christ as Assistant General Secretary and Director of Social Justice Ministry.Swan is also the National Chaplain of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. and the host of a radio talk show, The Spoken Word. He is a civil rights activist and the president of the Greater Springfield NAACP. (en)
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- Talbert Wesley Swan II (en)
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