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Join us for a day of conversations about racial equity inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of the Beloved Community. Learn, share, and take action towards justice and equality.
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Anti-racismWorkshop January 20, 9:00am to 4:00pm Conversations about Racial Equity
Welcome & Introductions • Background of today’s workshop • Graduation Requirement • Fears and Hopes
Dr. Martin Luther King envisioned the notion of the Beloved Communitywhich is a society based on justice, equal opportunity, and love of one’s fellow human beings. Dr. King’s Beloved Community is a global vision in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth. In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not allow it. Racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry and prejudice will be replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood. (The King Center, Atlanta)
Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our soulsas well as a quantitative change in our lives. +The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Creating the Beloved Community: Invocationand Confession INVOCATION O God, all people are your Beloved,across races, nationalities, religions, sexual orientationsand all the ways we are distinctive from one another. We are all manifestations of your image. We are bound together in an inescapable network of mutuality and tied to a single garment of destiny.You call us into your unending workof justice, peace and love.
Let us know your presence among us now: Let us delight in our diversitythat offers glimpses of the mosaic of your beauty. • Strengthen us with your steadfast love andtransform our despairing fatigue into hope-filled action. • Under the shadow of your wingsmay we find rest and strength, renewal and hope.Amen.
Prayer of confessionDear God, Creator of the universe and all that inhabit it, we come as your Church, and as individuals, in humble submission to Your Word and Your Way. God, you who are Alpha and Omega, The Almighty Judge and The Forgiver of All Sins, we come with bowed heads and contrite hearts on behalf of generations past, present and those yet unborn. We now ask that you forgive us and create in us a new spirit. Bind our hearts and send forth the healing power that You and You alone can give to us and this sin sick world. Bring us into reconciliation with one another and restore us to thy path. Amen Adaptation of Altar Prayer, Acknowledging The Breach, from Reparations: A Process for Repairing The Breach: A Study and Discussion Guide for Local Congregations, Associations and Conferences of the United Church of Christ.
Let’s talk about race Jennifer Chernega
Mutual Invitation for Conversationfrom The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb by Eric H.F.Law • In order to insure that everyone who wants to share has the opportunity to speak, we will be using the following process: The designated person will share first. After that person has spoken, they will invite another person to share. It does not need to be the person next to you. After the person has spoken, that person is given the privilege of inviting the next person to speak. • If you are not ready to share yet, say "I pass for now" and someone will invite you to share later on. If you don't want to saying anything at all, simply say "pass" and proceed to invite another to share. We will do this until everyone has been invited. • You are invited to listen, and not to immediately respond someone's sharing. There will be time to respond and to ask clarifying questions after everyone has had an opportunity to share.
In order to have a conversation with someone, you must reveal yourself. Writer and Activist James Baldwin
In what ways were you aware of your racial/ethnic background when you were growing up?How would you describe that background? TELLING OUR STORIES
Philadelphia by race Green – Black Red – Asian Blue - White Orange – Latino Brown – All Others
Racism is race prejudice combined with the deliberate and systematic misuse of power and privilege against a particular social group. Social Statement of Racial Justice, ELCA
Structural racism refers to the reinforcing pattern (or system) of personal attitudes, individual behavior, cultural beliefs, historical memory, customs of social groups, working of institutions in society, and the policies of governments that has allowed the privilege associated with ‘whiteness’ and the disadvantage of ‘color’ to endure and adapt over time.” Social Statement of Racial Justice, ELCA
Real things white people have said to me • SUPERWOMAN
21 Ways to stop a conversation about diversity Lee Mun Wah
I don’t see color. We’re all just human beings. • We have more similarities than differences. • I think deep down we’re all the same. • Sexism happens all over the world. • I think some people use diversity as an excuse. • I think identifying into groups only further divides us. • There are lots of other diversity issues other than race and gender.
I’ve never seen that happen before. Are you sure it happened? • Why does everything have to be so politically correct? • I was just joking. • Things are a lot better than they used to be. Don’t you agree? • We’d hire more women and people of color, but are they qualified? • I love everyone. • Do you really think it’s that bad?
I’m so glad you’re not like one of them. • You know, you’re a credit to your people. • You don’t see other races complaining. • I think its reverse racism/sexism. • America is the best place to live. • Some of my best friends are gay. • You speak such good English, where did you learn it from?
TELLING OUR STORIES • Who told you what it means to be white; what it means to be black; what it means to be Hispanic; what it means to be Native American? • What value did they attach to whiteness or blackness, to light skin or dark skin, to speaking in a foreign tongue or worshiping another God? What do you remember feeling in those moments when words or actions expressed what others in your household or community thought or felt about racial identity? • What do you feel retelling or rehearsing those stories again?
Project implicit – Take an iat related to race The Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report. The IAT may be especially interesting if it shows that you have an implicit attitude that you did not know about. For example, you may believe that women and men should be equally associated with science, but your automatic associations could show that you (like many others) associate men with science more than you associate women with science. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html
On being an allyRev. Traci Blackmon https://vimeopro.com/progressrenew/white-privilege-lets-talk/video/172158957
