I Must Go: MLK’s Radical Commitment to Collective Liberation
Like many of us, I make a pilgrimage through the written works, sermons, and speeches of Rev....
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The Sacredness of Rest
Rest is not optional. Resting one’s whole self is necessary. Closing your eyes and being...
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Stop Cop City Week of Prayer
Invitations to Solidarity with Atlanta Week of Action and Block Cop City Mass Nonviolent...
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Decolonizing Antiracism: Indigenous Imagination for Our Future
Any movement toward racial justice in the United Church of Christ must engage the patterns and...
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An Investment in Freedom: Join the Movement at General Synod 34
“I’m so tired of the UCC only focusing on racism when there are so many real issues out...
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What if the Spirit is a Breath?
February 23. March 13. May 25. Amaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. For many, the...
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We Need Each Other
I’ve spent my life learning from people who challenged me to listen intently and perfect my...
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My Life Mattered: Jayland Walker Speaks
We wrestle with the news that a grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired...
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‘You Can’t Let the Fear Stop You’: Solidarity Prayers for Good Friday
Good Friday Prayers in Solidarity with #StopCopCity and #DefendTheAtlantaForest Content...
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All Church Read: How to Be An Antiracist
Journeying toward Racial Justice with Ibram X. Kendi The United Church of Christ has a long...
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Responding to the Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: Transnational Solidarity or What Would Ruth Do?
It is difficult to hold the enormity of the tragedy that is unfolding in Turkey and Syria in...
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A Public Lynching in Our Backyard
Tyre Nichols #SayHisName Many of the photos of Tyre Nichols that have come across our...
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Black History Month: The Antiracist Spiritual Practice of Sankofa
Becoming Freedom Schools: Building Intergenerational Movements Celebrations of Black...
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When There Are No Words
Responding to the Monterey Park Shooting Sunday, January 22nd the Lai Lai Ballroom and...
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Protect and Advocate for God’s Beloved Children Now!
My life has been shaped by movements for black lives since childhood. Movement language was...
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The Movie “Till”: Facing the Past to Change the Present
James Baldwin famously wrote, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can...
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Racial justice minister: German BIPOC community ‘blessed me deeply’
The Rev. Velda Love, the United Church of Christ’s minister of racial justice, recently...
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Beyond these Borders: Accountability
"But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty...
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Is Gun Rights Ruling a Free Pass for Lynchings?
What will happen to the safety and well-being of people of African descent in the United...
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Honoring Sacred Souls: The Shooting in Buffalo and the Image and Likeness of God
Aaron Salter, 55, was a retired Buffalo police officer and the security guard at Tops...
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