We Need a New Language for Talking About Race
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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Americans’ support for LGBTQ rights higher than ever, even as white evangelicals lag
While Republicans and white evangelical Protestants are among the least likely to support three key policies regarding LGBTQ rights, their
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Houses of faith are building affordable housing on their properties
The national nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners announced $8.5 million in grants from the Wells Fargo Foundation to help houses of
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Excuse me, your Whiteness is showing…(on Ukraine, White media, and really embarrassing supremacy culture).
By Kerry Connelly https://medium.com/@CoachKerry/excuse-me-your-whiteness-is-showing-on-ukraine-white-media-and-really-embarrassing-supremacy-6ba9ba2af948
Indigenous nations sue North Dakota over ‘sickening’ gerrymandering
The suit charges that diluting Indigenous power violates their voting rights and will handicap tribe members who run for office
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Jim Wallis is on a mission to make voting rights the religious issue of our time
By Michelle Boorstein https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/02/18/sojourners-jim-wallis-voting-rights-religious-left/
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Racial unity: Merged Southern congregation sets an example
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2022/02/15/racial-unity-merged-southern-congregation-sets-an-example/
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Meet Durham’s Friendship House, a community of Divinity School students and people with disabilities
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
Can religion and faith combat eco-despair?
As anxiety over the climate and environmental degradation rises, a scholar argues that teachings from religion and spirituality need to
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Rowan Williams calls for UK wealth tax to tackle ‘spiralling inequality’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/17/rowan-williams-uk-wealth-tax-inequality-archbishop-rich-poor
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Our spiritual leaders need to step up to heal our political divisions
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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The Lasting Legacy Of Redlining
From FiveThirtyEight https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redlining/ The project looked at 138 formerly redlined cities and found most were still segregated — just like
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Do you care about voting rights?
If so, we suggest you check out Faiths United to Save Democracy, an initiative of Sojourners, Skinner Leadership Institute, the
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“Nothing New Under the Sun”: Opposing Racism Today
Red Letter Christians highlights the chapter Michael W. Waters wrote for our book “How to Heal Our Divides: A Practical
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The Creation of Blackness
To understand Whiteness we must begin with Blackness. In the emergence of Blackness, Whiteness finds its origin and its meaning.
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What does it mean to become an AFFIRMING CHURCH?
by Stacey Chomiak https://staceychomiak.com/2022/01/29/what-does-it-mean-to-become-an-affirming-church/
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How to Change Someone’s Mind
by Michael McCray https://www.michaelmcray.com/blog/how-to-change-someones-mind
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Lisa Sharon Harper’s ‘Fortune’ uncovers America’s racial roots in family stories
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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Entitlements
Another frequently heard concern regards entitlements, and whether reparations might contribute to a culture of entitlement among African Americans. We
Religious communities have a moral obligation to make the internet better
Six ways religious and spiritual leaders can help the internet serve their communities right now. By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush https://religionnews.com/2022/01/19/religious-communities-have-a-moral-obligation-to-make-the-internet-better/
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‘Trying to disappear the poor’: California clears homeless camp near Super Bowl
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/26/homeless-los-angeles-super-bowl
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