Resources on Race and Social Justice
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Articles
- Worship of a False God – An Interview with Bryan Massingale by Regina Munch (Commonweal Magazine)
- Open Letter to a Friend Waking Up to Racism by Ángel Flores Fontánez, SJ (The Jesuit Post)
- A Letter to my White Male Friend of a Certain Age by Dax Devlon-Ross (Third Settlements)
- Smithsonian’s 158 Resources to Understand Racism in America by Meilan Solly (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Aleta Payne: To My White Sisters in Christ (Faith & Leadership)
- Mother Emanuel Five Years Later by Stephanie Hunt (Faith & Leadership)
- Moving the Needle of Racial Justice Is Exhausting, Vital, Ongoing Work by Kylon Middleton (Faith & Leadership)
- 21-Day Equity Challenge Explore each topic by clicking on the day in the calendar.
Books
- Race and the Cosmos by Barbara Holmes
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the U.S. by Lenny Duncan
- Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times by Bishop Michael Curry
- Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Films
Podcasts
ELCA Resources
- Race, Ethnicity and Culture Social Statement
- Race, Ethnicity and Culture Social Statement Introduction
- ELCA Racial Justice Working Definitions
- ELCA Racial Justice Blog Signup to receive updates
- Sign the ELCA Anti-Racism Pledge and commit yourself to becoming an anti-racist individual in an anti-racist church.