Wherever injustice thrives, there also will poverty. Because injustices pervade our world, the poor live among us all year long and not just at Christmas.
Tag: Racial Equity
Advent Post: God In The Changing Heart
"The most difficult part of making changes in our lives is that our communities do not always change with us. Our friends do not always change with us. Our family members do not always change with us." -Rev. April Emick Fiet
How Politicizing Race Discriminates Against People of Color
"If one is constantly presented with a negative image of a community and that image is fed with hateful rhetoric, it eventually normalizes any violence done to that community." -
Mutuality Sunday: The Art of ‘Belonging’
"If we are becoming truly human like Jesus, this must be characterized by a boldness and courage to love one another, despite the history between our various people groups or even one another." -Rev. Oghene'tega Swann
At-Risk Youth or At-Risk Communities?
"Our well-meaning North American psychological bent towards the communities of color tends to address the effects of risks our communities face without ever really addressing the injustices that creates those effects." -Rev. Oghene'tega Swann
A Vision of Reconciliation…
"Just when I was about to give up hope of the possibility of reconciliation and a relationship with my sister, He was there!" -Zanetta Holleyย
White Grief Is Not Enough, Nor is Black Anger
"Not every person is called to fight for every cause, but every person is called to be more than sensitive when confronted with injustice. " -Ernest Lewis, Jr.
A Call To End The Infamy On Black and Brown Bodies
"Existing while black is neither a crime nor a threat, but unchecked bias will result in injustice towards black and brown people and even cost them their lives." -Elizabeth Quashie
A Face Like Mine
"Representation matters. People need to look up and see others like them at the table. People who can understand and relate to them." -Rev. Tega Swann
Re-Imaging Race & Value
"...the pursuit of equity is a change in the image of the marginalized." -Stephen L. Robertson
