Sacred Conversations to End Racism

Sacred Conversations to End Racism (SC2ER) is a restorative racial justice and transformative educational curriculum. Clergy and lay leaders gather monthly to engage each other in culture-centered reading and viewing resources. Restorative racial justice work is internal and external. God did not create superior people groups. Therefore, Christians who claim solidarity with Jesus are called to radical and prophetic ministries of equity, liberation, and justice for all.

“Culture is the possibility to create, renew, and share values. It is the oxygen that enhances humanity’s vitality. It has to do with spirituality, something the state is not always concerned about.”

–Jacques Nanema, ORIGINS African Wisdom for Every Day

Learning Objectives

Sacred Conversations to End Racism participants:

  1. Disrupt and resist colonialism’s internalized attitudes, beliefs, biases, and stereotypes contributing to racists assumptions, behaviors and actions.
  2. Examine theologies of liberation—Womanist, Mujerista, and Black and Latine Liberation Theologies, and diverse non-traditional global Christian perspectives, including Native American and Indigenous wisdom and spiritual practices.
  3. Honor and respect the beauty and authenticity of God’s sacred and divine cultures and ethnicities, genders, and nonbinary identities.

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Thank you for your interest in Racial Justice Ministries Sacred Conversations to End Racism SC2ER is a restorative racial justice initiative, community learning and education program. Monthly cohort sessions provide opportunities for learning how to grow in our knowledge and skills to address bias and intentional harm and develop language and practices to confront threats against our siblings. Cohort sessions also strengthen bonds of trust through mutual respect and deep listening. Small group gatherings strengthen relationships across cultural, ethnic, and nonbinary identities. SC2ER is an invitation to be on a life-long journey toward racial justice, healing, and building a just world for all.

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Questions?

Contact Rev. Dr. Velda Love, Minister for Racial Justice, at Lovev@ucc.org or (216) 736-3719.