Issue 1 - September 2021
This new e-newsletter was created to share programming taking place at First Congregational Church and provide resources for additional information on the topic of racial justice.
Racial Justice Book Series
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of Stamped from the Beginning
Monday, September 27
10 – 11 am/7 to 8 pm
Fellowship Hall or Virtual

This gripping and fast-paced Young Adult (YA) book shows how racist ideas started and were spread in this country, and how they can be discredited, leading to a better future. The book is available at The Learned Owl and other book sellers, including Amazon.
The Fire Next Time
Monday, November 15
10 – 11 am/7 to 8 pm
Fellowship Hall or Virtual

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation, gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today.  


Suggested Reading and Viewing
The Warmth of Other Suns tells the story of the Great Migration, the movement of Black Americans out of the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast and West from approximately 1915 to 1970. Throughout the twentieth century, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. Click here to read more...
View the trailer for the powerful PBS documentary The Black Church. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. talks about the origins of the Black church and its continued influence as the spiritual, cultural, and political epicenter of the African American community.

To learn more about the program or stream the documentary, click here.
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