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Juneteenth 2024 - Racial Justice Ministries and Join the Movement invite you to be on a journey of engagement during the week of June 17th by remembering and discovering the healing practices that sustained freedom in the bones of our ancestors, before and after emancipation. Through music and prayer, poetry and art, reflection, and ritual, may we find a medicine bundle, a libation, a Brush Harbor and a clearing, a poultice that teaches us the sound of freedom, echoing from legacies of healing and singing futures of wholeness.
Click here to learn more, and here to register for a webinar on June 20th.
Breaking systems of oppression and bias through antiracism
Tuesday, May 24, 9:00am AZ / 10:00am NM-EP
Join the conversation with Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, to unpack what antiracism means and how it can be used as a tool to address all forms of oppression and bias experienced by underrepresented and marginalized groups within a global workforce.
Friday, January 14 – Saturday, January 15
Deacon Joan Crawford is providing an online opportunity, "In Solidarity: Antiracism Virtual Workshop" sponsored by the ECC Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
The UCC, continuing and expanding ways to be anti-racist, is taking applications for Sacred Conversations facilitators.
How can congregations deepen their understanding of modern-day colonialism while actively combating social injustice?
Check out anti-racism resources from CHHSM (Council for Health and Human Services Ministries, UCC).
Resources for families, youth leaders, and people who work with youth and children.
Eyes on the Prize: Interfaith Video and Discussion Series on Racial Justice
Every other Monday, Aug. 3 - Oct. 12, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Online (Zoom)
Join racial justice and interfaith leaders for a video and discussion series on the civil rights movement and how it moves us today.
Killings of Black and brown people prompt online youth rallies July 28 and 30 to galvanize anti-racist action.
On many of these issues you’ll see that the House has passed legislation that is now languishing in the Senate. Just a brief editorial note, the Senate has effectively been rendered useless by a majority who controls the Senate calendar, but is uninterested in the messy work of compromise and governing. The House of Representatives has always moved more swiftly and then been countered by a more deliberative Senate, but this Senate isn’t deliberative it is catatonic. This makes things really hard but that doesn’t mean we give up, it means we keep bringing up the issues and making it really uncomfortable for people who want to get reelected to move on and forget the issues we care about.
Save the dates: 10:00 to 11:30 am AND 1:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturdays, August 1, 8, 15, and 22.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-V98tGE8S3yWn7SRSOQNbQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Now that you’ve been awakened to the violence against African Americans, what do you do?
Why is there such misunderstanding and mistrust between black & white folks in this country?
Didn’t the election of President Obama prove that racism is no longer a significant problem?
Is racism really the issue? Isn’t it more of an economic issue?
What can I as an individual do to promote racial justice?
What if I say and do the wrong thing?
Do I have white privilege?
Working in Solidarity with the African American Community answers these questions and more.
The Sacred Conversations to End Racism Summer Institute 2020 has reached capacity. The goal of the institute is to provide a communal space where the hard work, deep and honest conversations can take place. The Summer Institute is the beginning of more to come through 2024 and beyond. There is no fee for participation in the Sacred Conversations to End Racism Institutes.
If you are interested please register for the SC2ER Fall Institute 2020 Sacred Conversations to End Racism Fall Institute 2020. You will be notified when the Fall Institute 2020 participant selections have been confirmed.
Join the Movement Juneteenth 2020 is the beginning of a 4-year campaign within the United Church of Christ to dismantle racism. Join the Movement and be part of the Calls to Action.
Watch this conversation on racism with Dr. Cari Jackson and Pastor James Pennington of First Church UCC Phoenix.
Register and become part of a listening and learning community. Commit to gathering for five sessions and learn best practices towards dismantling racism.