Racial Justice Archives

National award for diversity and inclusion work goes to Board of Pensions

Posted October 13th, 2020

The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has won a 2020 NACD NXT award, a national honor recognizing it for making diversity and inclusion a priority.

Power and Privilege report presented to PMA Board

Posted October 8th, 2020

A consultant on diversity, inclusion and antiracism presented a thought-provoking report on power and privilege to the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Thursday.

Hopes and changes

Posted October 8th, 2020

Ahead of a Thursday afternoon “Power and Privilege” report delivered by consultant Marian Vasser, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board broke into two virtual groups — board members of color and white board members — to discuss in closed session ways the Board might better serve people of color as it does its work overseeing and supporting the mission agency.

‘Dipping Deeper’ into the why and how of forming lifelong disciples

Posted October 8th, 2020

During the final day of the virtual workshop “Dipping Deeper Into the Well of PC(USA) Ministries,” more than 50 Christian educators, pastors and other Presbyterian leaders heard panel discussions and wrestled with questions on how to form lifelong disciples who are grounded in the Reformed tradition and equipped for peacemaking, witnessing and working for justice and equity for all God’s people.

Louisville Seminary releases ‘Because We Are’ statement

Posted October 8th, 2020

The centuries-old Black struggle for freedom and equality in the creation of a better country, a better world, has erupted in Louisville. The Movement for Black Lives, powerful and undaunted community organizing by young people committed to racial and social justice, came into existence here and everywhere because it had to.

Called to account: white Christians and white supremacy

Posted October 6th, 2020

“Whatever the explicit public proclamations of white denominations and individual Christians, the public opinion data reveal that the historical legacy of white supremacy lives on in white Christianity today.”

Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries launches October Election-Fest

Posted October 5th, 2020

With participants hailing from Kentucky to Puerto Rico, Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries (RE&WIM) held its first October Election-Fest event on Thursday. RE&WIM, in partnership with GreenFaith, held Compassionate Voting 101, the first in the series of month-long events designed to help young adults of color navigate a difficult and critically important election year.

Two 2020 Katie Cannon Scholarship award recipients named

Posted October 1st, 2020

Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries has announced the 2020 recipients of the Rev Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon Scholarship.

‘If we lean into the work, we can make for a different world’

Posted October 1st, 2020

Dr. Michael W. Waters, the author of Flyaway Books’ “For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World,” talked Wednesday about the inspiration for his character Jeremiah, who asks his fictional father pointed questions about systemic racism and gun violence throughout the new book.

Inclusivity is a gospel issue

Posted September 30th, 2020

The very public way the apostle Peter is called out by Paul in Paul’s letter to the Galatians offers modern-day readers a model for confronting racism for the sake of the gospel.