Anti-Racism Team
Declaration for Racial Justice
July 2020
As members of Excelsior United Methodist Church and in keeping with our vision to stand for social justice, we commit to continuing our Social Justice Ministry by becoming a force for the healing of racial inequity in order to transform interpersonal and systemic racism. Our faith propels us to this work because of the Ministry of Jesus Christ.
EUMC’s Social Justice Ministry Team will lead our effort to:
Learn about white privilege and systemic racism.
Reflect on our role in the racist systems in our Country, State and Nation.
Act by creating a plan for racial justice action.
All are invited to stand in solidarity with our Black, Brown and Indigenous Sisters and Brothers who have been mistreated, stripped of dignity and oppressed based on the color of their skin.
Anti-Racism Resource List
You are invited to join others at EUMC in exploring ideas about Racial Justice in our Community, State and Nation. Our Social Justice Ministry Team has put together this resource list as a beginning for your information and journey in learning about racism.
We hope you will choose one to begin your participation in our Church’s challenge to LEARN, REFLECT, & ACT regarding racial justice. NOTE: The highlighted blue will take you to a link to the article, the source, the book, or the movie trailer.
Click here to download the resource list.
Terms for the Study of Racism
Our Anti-Racism Team has put together a list of terms and their descriptions, to present as talking points in your discussions about Racism. Please click here to download the Terms List.
July 2020
As members of Excelsior United Methodist Church and in keeping with our vision to stand for social justice, we commit to continuing our Social Justice Ministry by becoming a force for the healing of racial inequity in order to transform interpersonal and systemic racism. Our faith propels us to this work because of the Ministry of Jesus Christ.
EUMC’s Social Justice Ministry Team will lead our effort to:
Learn about white privilege and systemic racism.
Reflect on our role in the racist systems in our Country, State and Nation.
Act by creating a plan for racial justice action.
All are invited to stand in solidarity with our Black, Brown and Indigenous Sisters and Brothers who have been mistreated, stripped of dignity and oppressed based on the color of their skin.
Anti-Racism Resource List
You are invited to join others at EUMC in exploring ideas about Racial Justice in our Community, State and Nation. Our Social Justice Ministry Team has put together this resource list as a beginning for your information and journey in learning about racism.
We hope you will choose one to begin your participation in our Church’s challenge to LEARN, REFLECT, & ACT regarding racial justice. NOTE: The highlighted blue will take you to a link to the article, the source, the book, or the movie trailer.
Click here to download the resource list.
Terms for the Study of Racism
Our Anti-Racism Team has put together a list of terms and their descriptions, to present as talking points in your discussions about Racism. Please click here to download the Terms List.
The State of Our Democracy is troubled... What’s our role in renewing the path to “A More Perfect Union?”
EUMC is co-sponsoring a Zoom event titled “State of Our Democracy” on Thursday, August 20, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The event will feature Harry C. Boyte, Augsburg College professor and founder of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota.
In March, Freedom House, a Washington-based bipartisan think tank that studies democracies around the world, noted trends in the United States more customarily assigned to fragile democracies: pressure on voting rights, judicial independence, the news media, and “other pillars of democracy.”
Boyte will talk about how we can develop a “We the People” counterforce to partisan warfare and revitalize democracy as a way of life, becoming democracy workers not warriors.
Please register in advance at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdeurrjwrEtD4FAI60vun5Yatsu4YQa3k
Click HERE to download the "State of Our Democracy" information page.
EUMC is co-sponsoring a Zoom event titled “State of Our Democracy” on Thursday, August 20, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The event will feature Harry C. Boyte, Augsburg College professor and founder of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota.
In March, Freedom House, a Washington-based bipartisan think tank that studies democracies around the world, noted trends in the United States more customarily assigned to fragile democracies: pressure on voting rights, judicial independence, the news media, and “other pillars of democracy.”
Boyte will talk about how we can develop a “We the People” counterforce to partisan warfare and revitalize democracy as a way of life, becoming democracy workers not warriors.
Please register in advance at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdeurrjwrEtD4FAI60vun5Yatsu4YQa3k
Click HERE to download the "State of Our Democracy" information page.