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Anti-Racism
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Banner Dedication
We Believe That Black Lives Matter
Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8
We invite you to join us every day as we work to live into this declaration.
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Dedication of
Jesus of the People by Janet McKenzie
In the mystery and wonder of God, we are each created unique and in the image of God. Jesus of the People is a reminder that envisioning God is like looking in a mirror and seeing all of God's children in our reflection.
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On May 25, 2020 our brother, George Floyd was murdered, under the knee of Police Officer Derek Chauvin, igniting cries and actions for racial justice across this land, around the world and within our church. On this anniversary of his death, we pray for our siblings who are suffocating under the press of injustice, abuse of power, violence, ethnic differences, and racism, and for all who are bound up in that suffocation. We especially remember our brother George Floyd, child of God, who was murdered one year ago. May his cry “I can’t breathe,” awaken our hearts, move us to action as God’s hands, and stir in us a quest for equality, justice, and peace for all.
-ELCA Metro D.C. Synod Racial Equity Team
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My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
By Resmaa Menakem
Discussion guide (courtesy of First Unitarian Church of Baltimore)
Guided meditations: The felt sense and body awareness practices
Metro DC ELCA Synod resources: Scriptural and devotional suggestions, weekly reflections
Buy the book from a Black-owned bookstore like Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books.
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We write to convey the aches of our hearts in this moment of racial reckoning. We lament for the sins of racial injustice and white supremacy and recommit to building a more just and equitable society. We’ve been in discernment together over what is ours to do, ours to learn and how we might lead in this time with faithfulness and integrity. We acknowledge our engagement with and commitment to these issues must continue. We invite you to join us in this lament, learning and next steps. Read the letter
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"This is a tragedy, and sometimes the criminal law is not adequate to respond to a tragedy, and I fully acknowledge that," said (Kentucky Attorney General Daniel) Cameron[1].
How then do we account for the murder of Breonna Taylor in her own home? Read more
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How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? –Psalm 13:1
How long, O Lord? This ancient lament comes to me all too often and does again as we confront that another Black man has been shot by police. Read more
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Resolution
Good Shepherd adopted this statement in 2015. Five years later, it seems little has changed. Send us, O Lord, and strengthen us to do the hard work that still lies ahead.
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