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Walter Earl Fluker

Walter Earl Fluker

Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center; Senior Editor of The Howard Thurman Papers Project

Hartford International University for Religion & Peace

Walter Earl Fluker is the senior editor of The Howard Thurman Papers Project and a well-known figure in the theory and practice of ethical leadership. Dr. Fluker holds the position of Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center at Hartford International University for Religion & Peace.

Published Articles

Article

Wake Up Running! A Call to Ethical Leaders in Quest of Democratic Space

Walter Earl Fluker

No. 62 · Fall 2025

Abridged from his VLHE keynote, Fluker draws on Habakkuk and Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower to call a new generation of ethical leaders to “wake up running” toward democratic futures, packing their runaway bags with love-filled-justice, grace-filled-empathy, and hope-filled-resiliency for the soul-filled work the moment requires.

Walter Earl Fluker

Published Articles

Wake Up Running! A Call to Ethical Leaders in Quest of Democratic Space