Posts Tagged: racial justice

Welcome Sera Chung!

We are delighted to share this announcement from the Rev. Dr. Rhashell Hunter, director of Racial Ethnic and Women’s Ministries/PW of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. We added the emphasis to the announcement. Please join me in welcoming Sera Chung to Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries/PW as the Associate for Gender & Racial Justice. Sera will… Read more »

Remarks by Elizabeth M. Cousens, U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council, at the Commemorative Ceremony on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, March 25, 2014

From the U.S. State Department: Mr. President, Madame Chef de Cabinet, Excellency’s, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we pay tribute to the men, women, and children robbed of their freedom and their lives by slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. We honor the memory of the millions who died, who were stolen from their families, who… Read more »

The Church on Race: A Dialogue

The Church on Race: A DialogueA Big Tent 2013 Event Conversations on the past, present, and future of race relations in the Church and in society in light of the Florida vs. George Zimmerman verdict FOLLOW THE EVENT LIVE ONLINE—http://ustre.am/12Hjh Date:  Saturday, August 3rd Time:  10:00 a.m.—11:30  a.m. Location: Galt House, Grand Ballroom A Panelists:… Read more »

International Day for Tolerance – November 16

On the day of its fiftieth anniversary, 16 November 1995, UNESCO‘s Member States adopted a Declaration of Principles on Tolerance. Among other things, the Declaration affirms that tolerance is neither indulgence nor indifference. It is respect and appreciation of the rich variety of our world’s cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human…. Read more »