The Anti-Racism Commission's monthly newsletter goes out to all ARC supporters and training participants. Please forward it to others who might benefit from our resources and workshops. And check out our blog site for past articles, training information and ongoing resources. | |
Upcoming Anti-Racism Trainings | |
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Sat. Jun. 22, 2024 from 9 am to 12 pm on Zoom
Fee: $20. Scholarships are available, especially for postulants and candidates for ordination. Email arc@diopa.org.
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The Anti-Racism Commission's anti-racism training series is facilitated by Lailah Dunbar-Keeys and designed to help participants understand the historic creation, preservation, and personal and institutional effects of a society built upon ideas of racial difference, which in turn support an unjust, racially based hierarchy. | |
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Anti-racism trainings are mandatory for clergy and open to all. Completion of all 5 trainings over 2 years meets the initial clergy requirement for anti-racism education. Email arc@diopa.org to obtain a certificate of completion. For more information, questions or concerns, please email arc@diopa.org.
Download, print, and share this flyer with anyone you think would be interested in anti-racism training.
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Skilled Facilitators Needed | |
If you have a mind and heart and the skill to facilitate, and if you have taken ARC's anti-racism trainings, please consider volunteering to be a breakout room facilitator for ARC's anti-racism trainings, which are on Saturday mornings on Zoom. Email arc@diopa.org to learn more. | |
Around the Diocese of Pennsylvania | |
Becoming Beloved Community Grant | |
We are pleased to announce that ARC was awarded a Becoming Beloved Community IMPACT grant from the national church to expand its programming. More info coming in June. | |
The Anti-Racism Book Club at Holy Comforter in Drexel Hill | |
The Anti-Racism Book Club at Church of the Holy Comforter in Drexel Hill meets on Zoom every Tuesday at 4 pm. Through selected readings, experiences, and discussions, and with God’s help, book club members hope to come to terms with their own feelings of complicity and to find a responsible way to respond to what they have learned about the virulence of racism and the experience of other cultures in the United States. The Anti-Racism Book Club extends a warm welcome to readers outside of the Holy Comforter congregation who wish to learn and grow in community. If you're looking for regular engagement in discussion, dialogue, in-person activities, and fellowship, and would like to join the Anti-Racism Book Club, contact its coordinator Stephen Perrone (sperrone21@outlook.com). | |
Email arc@diopa.org and let us know of any opportunities to participate in programs, actions, or collectives that will help others to elevate anti-racism their work. | |
Monthly Gathering for Racial Justice Leaders | |
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Wed. Jun. 5 at 3 pm EST on Zoom
Free and open to all racial justice leaders in the Episcopal Church.
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On the first Wednesday of each month, racial justice leaders from from the national offices of the Episcopal Church and from Episcopal dioceses across the United States will gather on Zoom to discuss pressing issues, exchange best practices, and illuminate the diverse ministries making an impact. This platform is not just a meeting, but a sanctuary for ideas, strategies, and mutual support.
The special guest speaker for June will be Guy Hewitt, Archbishop of Canterbury’s advisor and Racial Justice Director for the Church of England. Save the date for future meetings: Jul. 3, Aug. 7, Sep. 4, and Oct. 2.
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Join the Episcopal Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice | |
The Episcopal Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice is a voluntary association of Episcopal dioceses, parishes, organizations, and individuals dedicated to the work of becoming the beloved community. Now an official independent New York nonprofit corporation, the Coalition is designed to work alongside and in collaboration with existing racial justice programs in the church, and charged with facilitating, coordinating, encouraging, supporting, and networking efforts of Episcopal dioceses, parishes, organizations, and individuals in collaboration with the work of the Executive Council and staff of the Episcopal Church Center. Learn more. | | All groups and individuals at every level of the church who faithfully engage in the work of truth-telling, reckoning, and healing for racial equity, justice, and the dismantling of White supremacy are invited to join the Episcopal Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice by completing an online questionnaire and signing on. | |
Latino/Hispanic Ministries of the Episcopal Church | |
Los Ministerios Latinos/Hispanos de la Iglesia Episcopal | |
The national office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries guides the Episcopal Church in forming hospitable communities of faith that nourish, strengthen, and develop disciples of Christ in the Anglican tradition within Spanish-speaking communities. Latino/Hispanic Ministries yearns for a church that embodies the multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural context we live in today. Its vision is to make The Episcopal Church known to Latino/Hispanic communities so that they may experience our church and embrace it as their spiritual home. Latino/Hispanic Ministries support dioceses and congregations by producing resources, developing networks, and providing opportunities for formation of lay and ordained leaders. Learn more. | |
Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency Course | |
Sat. Aug. 10 to Sat. Aug 17, 2024 in Atlanta, GA and Sewanee, TN
Open to all diocesan staff, clergy, lay leaders, and seminarians.
The course will be conducted in English.
Registration fees: Single $2,000, Double $1,600, Commuter $1,200, Seminarian $800. Scholarships are available. Email aguillen@episcopalchurch.org.
Registration includes tuition, accommodations and meals, and transportation in Atlanta and Sewanee.
Registration deadline: July 10, 2024
| | Registration is open for this year's Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency Course (ELMC), an innovative 8-day in-person intensive course designed for diocesan staff, clergy, lay leaders, and seminarians to gain practical knowledge and cultural competency for Latino/Hispanic ministry. Taught by seminary faculty, clergy, and lay leaders with extensive experience in Latino and intercultural ministry, the sessions combine academic learning with hands-on experience, and provide cultural competency of the history, culture, socio-demographic, and religious aspects of the Latinos/Hispanics in the United States. The first 3 days of the course (Sat. Aug. 10 to Mon. Aug 12) will take place in Atlanta, GA, and the last 4 days (Tues. Aug. 13 to Sat. Aug. 17) will take place at the School of Theology of the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. For more information, email The Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén, Missioner for Latino/Hispanic Ministries, at aguillen@episcopalchurch.org. Learn more. | |
La Comunidad Teológica Episcopal | |
La Comunidad Teológica Episcopal offers comprehensive theological training for lay people and aspirants to sacred orders, in the light of the experience of faith in Jesus Christ, the tradition of universal, Anglican and Episcopal Christianity, discernment and pastoral transformation of the socio-ecclesial context, consistent with the life and mission of the Episcopal Church. Learn more. | |
The following resources reflect topics that ARC anti-racism training participants have requested more information about. Email arc@diopa.org and let us know what resources would help you in your anti-racism work. Visit our blog The ARC for more anti-racism resources. | |
Download, print, and share this flyer with anyone you think would be interested in ARC's virtual anti-racism training and racial healing circles, and in-person workshops like Singing the African American Spirituals with Integrity or ARC's playback theatre workshop series Telling Our Stories. | |
The Anti-Racism Commission was created by diocesan convention resolution in 2005 with the mandate “to affect the systemic and institutional transformation in the diocese away from the sin of racism and toward the fulfillment of the Gospel and the baptismal mandate to strive for justice and respect the dignity of all persons.” Consisting of 12 members, a mix of clergy and lay and persons of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, the commission aims to increase awareness of the history and legacy of racism in our country and to engage members of the diocese in dismantling its effects. To learn more about how ARC can help your parish engage in the work of racial justice and repair, contact The Rev. Barbara Ballenger (barbballenger@gmail.com) or The Rev. Ernie Galaz (frernie@christchurchmedia.org), ARC co-chairs. | |
INSTITUTE FOR COLORED YOUTH - Begun as a farm school. In 1852 it became one of the first schools to train Blacks for skilled jobs. It gained recognition here under Fanny J. Coppin, principal, 1869-1902. Relocated, it later became Cheyney University. | | | | |
