Racial Reconciliation
Successful Racial Justice, Healing and Reconciliation-related Legislation
Race-related resolutions poured into the General Convention from dioceses, committees, task forces, and other bodies. We’ve curated this list of resolutions passed and concurred by both houses of General Convention. Items in bold seemed to spark the most conversation or had significant funding implications. Please note: the full budget approved by Convention did not necessarily […]
A Diocesan Journey toward Truth and Transformation
As convention host, the Diocese of Maryland got to invite the whole church to learn about a ministry that defines their life together. For Maryland, that ministry is racial reconciliation and healing. Bishop Eugene Sutton’s convention sermon on July 10 was an elegant, powerful primer on why and how they’ve engaged in truth-telling and reparations, […]
Sacred Ground’s Next Chapter
By Valerie Mayo and Katrina Browne Speaking of the ongoing subjugation of Black bodies post-Emancipation, W.E.B. Du Bois remarked in his 1903 classic The Souls of Black Folk, “In vain do we cry this our vastest social problem …. The Nation has not yet found peace from its sins; the freedman has not yet found […]
From the BBC Grant Community: Art as a Doorway to Transformative Relationship
By Linda Witte Henke The Dismantling Racism Team of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Carmel, Indiana, sees art as a powerful vehicle for building relationship and celebrating the voices The parish used its Becoming Beloved Community grant to host “Psalms Revisited,” a 2020 juried exhibition featuring work by Indiana artists who identify as Black, […]
Juneteenth and the Call to Remember
By Willis Foster Sr. and Edna Johnston Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when U.S. General Gordon Granger read General Orders No. 3 to the people of Galveston, Texas. He announced: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” With this […]
Indigenous Voices Past and Present
By Virginia Taylor The Diocese of Western North Carolina is leaning into learning and relationship with Indigenous communities. This spring clergy and lay leaders from across the diocese took their commitment to an even deeper level with the diocese’s first Indigenous Ministries Conference. The conference featured five important Indigenous voices: The Rev. Bradley Hauff, Indigenous […]
A Time for Freedom
By Nick Gordon June is an action- and emotion-filled month. Between Pride, Juneteenth, the Poor People’s Campaign March on Washington, and the church’s General Convention, we have many opportunities to join in the liberation of all God’s children. What does it mean for us to look back, look ahead, and engage across those intersections? Let’s […]
Sacred Ground: The Place of Grief in the Spiritual Life
By The Rev. Tricia de Beer Emmanuel Katongole, a Ugandan Catholic priest and theologian reflecting on the Rwandan genocide, said, “The resurrection of the church begins with lament.” There is an amazing transformation of the heart that can happen when we allow ourselves to feel the pain of what is lost. What I have observed […]
From the BBC Grant Community: Let the Students LEAD
By The Rev. Meg Wagner In 2019, Beloved Community Initiative—a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa—received Becoming Beloved Community grant funding to begin an Ethnic Studies Leadership Academy. We envisioned a culturally responsive program for African and African American girls in seventh through ninth grades to learn about equity from the lens of African […]
AAPI Alive!
by Peter Huang The Gathering is a space for Asian Pacific American spirituality based in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. This Eastertide and Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’ve kicked into high gear with AAPI Alive!, a celebration of AAPI voices. At the center of AAPI Alive! is an online devotional guide that features […]
