Our Church leadership has made the decision to witness, to our community and to our Black Brothers and Sisters in Christ, their value to us. Please watch the video below, join us in prayer, and utilize the anti-racism resources provided below as we step into the breach to love well, to be peace-makers and justice-seekers.
At our initial banner hanging in July 2020, there were 6 church leaders and members present. In September 2020, after our banner stating that Black Lives Matter was stolen, more than 40 people from the community joined us as we raised a new banner.
Anti-Racism Resources
- 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country
- Racial Trauma in Film: How Viewers Can Address Re-traumatization
- Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community (Sunshine Behavioral Health)
- 61 BIPOC Mental Health & Substance Abuse Resources
- Organizations Focused on the Mental Health of Young People of Color
- Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, Reverse Racism (7:24)
- Latasha Morrison, Racial Reconciliation (38:07)
- Phil Vischer – Holy Post, Race in America (17:52)
- John Ortberg, Is Christianity Pro-Slavery? (33:29)
- Bryan Stevenson, How We Arrived Here (4:10)
- Peggy McIntosh at TEDx, How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion (18:26)
- How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram Kendi
- Who Will Be A Witness: Igniting Activism for God’s Justice, Love, and Deliverance by Drew G. I. Hart
- Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism by Drew G. I. Hart
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Letters Across the Divide: Two Friends Explore Racism, Friendship and Faith by David Anderson and Brent Zuercher
- Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing by Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice
- Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Peace: The Words and Inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi
- Believe: The Words and Inspiration of Desmond Tutu
- Grace Matters: A Memoir of Faith, Friendship, and Hope in the Heart of the South by Chris Rice
- Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nahesi Coates
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
- The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights by Carole Boston Weatherford
- I Have a Dream: An Illustrated Edition
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
- Can I Touch Your Hair? by Irene Latham and Charles Waters
- Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
- CNN & Sesame Street, Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism (a town hall for kids and families)
- CNN & Sesame Street, Elmo and his dad Louie talk about racism and protesting
- Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism (PBS Kids Resource Roundup)
- Baltimore-Washington Conference of the UMC (BWCUMC) – We Rise United resources
- BWCUMC – Commit to Becoming an Anti-Racist Church
- UMC Global Board of Church and Society on Peace with Justice
- Healing from Race-Based Trauma by Sheila Wise Rowe
- National Museum of African American History and Culture – Talking About Race
- The Bible Project – What Is Biblical Justice?
- Christianity Today series on Biblical Justice
- Centre for Justice and Reconciliation – Restorative Justice Bible Studies
- Albert Einstein Institution’s 198 Non-Violent Actions
- Beyond Non-Violence Toward Active Peacemaking
- Raw Tools – Forging Peace-Disarming Hearts
- Henry David Thoreau on Civil Disobedience
- The Black Manifesto at Riverside Church, May 1969
- Racial Equity Tools
- The Difference between Being “Not Racist” and Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Six Ways to Be Antiracist, Because Being ‘Not Racist’ Isn’t Enough
- 99 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Anti-Black Spiritual Formation by Erna Kim Hackett
- Mennonite USA Article 22. Peace, Justice, And Nonresistance
- White Privilege, Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- Support Black-Owned Businesses: 181 Places to Start Online
