Confronting Racism
Liberation and justice are at the core of our faith. To be authentic in that work, we must be antiracist and combat anti-blackness. God created all people in the image of God. Jesus prayed that "all may be one” and our fulfillment of this prayer requires that we commit ourselves to eradicating the sins of racism and anti-blackness as individuals and as Church. Living as the people of God requires us to affirm the humanity in all of us.
Self
Reflection
Project
A big step in dismantling systemic racism is self reflection. You are invited to print and cary the card below, or save the images in your phone. Simply reflect on your human interactions each day and reflect. You can share your reflections or make them part of your private prayer life.
Tools to print your own
Front of Card
Back of Card
Copies have been mailed to every Congregation in the Conference
Resources for Personal and Congregation Use
Trusted Organizations and Partners
Poor People's Campaign
NAACP
Black Lives Matter
Color of Change
Equal Justice Initiative
My Work to Do
Showing Up for Racial Justice
Black Infants and Families: LA
UCC Voices and News
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
UCC Youth - "Stronger Together"
Books / Recommended Reading List
My Grandmother’s Hands, by Resmaa Menakem
How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity, by Miguel A. De la Torre
Racecraft, by Barbara and Karen Fields
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson
White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo
The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein
Waking Up White, by Debby Irving
Deconstructing the Gospel: Finding freedom from Slaveholder Religion, by J. Wilson Hartgrove
Movies / Recommended Watch List
Personal Reflection
Education Week: Survey Tool or Judging Bias
Anti-Defamation League (Self Reflection: Anti-Bias Behavior)
M-TV's "Look Different" Project
Curriculum and Study
"Sacred Conversations to End Racism"
Online resource for group or individual reflection.
