To answer those important questions, we decided to use Goggle to take a “snapshot” of the state of racial relations in our country. We selected October 19, 2017, just a day before we wrote the sentence you’re reading right now. We didn’t want to know what happened in 1868, or 1954, or 1973. We wanted […]
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Ted Cruz thought he had a slam dunk when he asked Ketanji Brown Jackson to answer for some anti-racist books taught at her daughter’s school. Now, those books are top sellers. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/ted-cruz-drives-sales-anti-racist-books
by Robert P. Jones https://www.redletterchristians.org/7-things-white-christians-can-do/
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By Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/opinion/sunday/talking-about-race.html
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While Republicans and white evangelical Protestants are among the least likely to support three key policies regarding LGBTQ rights, their support still has increased overall in the past seven years. https://religionnews.com/2022/03/17/americans-support-for-lgbtq-rights-higher-than-ever-even-as-white-evangelicals-lag/
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The national nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners announced $8.5 million in grants from the Wells Fargo Foundation to help houses of worship convert underutilized land into affordable homes and community facilities. https://religionnews.com/2022/02/23/houses-of-faith-are-building-affordable-housing-on-their-properties/
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By Kerry Connelly https://medium.com/@CoachKerry/excuse-me-your-whiteness-is-showing-on-ukraine-white-media-and-really-embarrassing-supremacy-6ba9ba2af948
The suit charges that diluting Indigenous power violates their voting rights and will handicap tribe members who run for office https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/21/native-american-tribes-sue-north-dakota-gerrymandering
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By Michelle Boorstein https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/02/18/sojourners-jim-wallis-voting-rights-religious-left/
Jim Wallis is on a mission to make voting rights the religious issue of our time Read More »
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2022/02/15/racial-unity-merged-southern-congregation-sets-an-example/
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The Friendship House has a transformative effect on both the students and the core residents. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/01/duke-university-durham-friendship-house-divinity-school
As anxiety over the climate and environmental degradation rises, a scholar argues that teachings from religion and spirituality need to inform discussions on sustainability. By Rita D. Sherma – https://religionnews.com/2022/02/21/can-religion-and-faith-combat-eco-despair/
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/17/rowan-williams-uk-wealth-tax-inequality-archbishop-rich-poor
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By Sister Simone Campbell https://religionnews.com/2022/02/16/how-faith-leaders-can-heal-the-peoples-divisions-and-restore-hope/
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From FiveThirtyEight https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redlining/ The project looked at 138 formerly redlined cities and found most were still segregated — just like they were designed to be.
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If so, we suggest you check out Faiths United to Save Democracy, an initiative of Sojourners, Skinner Leadership Institute, the National African American Clergy Network, Georgetown University, and the Center on Faith + Justice.
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Red Letter Christians highlights the chapter Michael W. Waters wrote for our book “How to Heal Our Divides: A Practical Guide” https://www.redletterchristians.org/nothing-new-under-the-sun/
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To understand Whiteness we must begin with Blackness. In the emergence of Blackness, Whiteness finds its origin and its meaning. Though the African story traces back to the deepest reaches of history, the uniquely African American story begins in the fifteenth century. Driven together by the early Enlightenment currents of religion, economics, politics, and science.
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by Stacey Chomiak https://staceychomiak.com/2022/01/29/what-does-it-mean-to-become-an-affirming-church/
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by Michael McCray https://www.michaelmcray.com/blog/how-to-change-someones-mind
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from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2022/02/03/christian-activist-lisa-sharon-harpers-family-story-uncovers-americas-racial-roots/
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