These resources are intended to assist parish communities to deepen their understanding of systemic racism and assist in anti-racism work.
Education on Racism for Minutes a Day
Posted on: June 26, 2020Choose how much time you have each day to become more informed as step one to becoming an active ally to the black community. On this document are links to the learning resources and a schedule of what to do each day.
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"What We Have Seen and Heard" - Pastoral Letter
Posted on: January 29, 2024A pastoral letter on evangelization from the black bishops of the United States.
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Statement of US Bishop Chairman on Death of George Floyd & Protests
Posted on: June 22, 2020 Open LinkAfrican American
Fighting Racism Requires More Than Words
Posted on: June 22, 2020Catholic News Agency
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Necessary Bluntness: Archbishop Gregory's Stand For Integrity
Posted on: June 22, 2020Commonweal Magazine
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Tips for Creating White Caucus Groups for Social Change
Posted on: June 22, 2020Tips on how to develop discussions on white privilege, on how to interrupt racial dominance, and develop strategies for liberation and change.
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Racial Justice and the Catholic Church
Posted on: June 22, 2020Dr. Father Bryan Massingale, PhD.
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Posted on: June 22, 2020Dr. Michelle Alexander
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White Fragility: Why it's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Posted on: June 22, 2020Dr. Robin DiAngelo
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Hope Stories with Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN
Posted on: July 6, 2023Hope Stories with Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN explores extraordinary stories of hope hidden within the ordinary lives we lead. As a Catholic Christian writer, speaker, and mental health counselor, Sr. Josephine helps people discover and abide within places and relationships where they can be received wholeheartedly as gift.
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Children's Booklist
Posted on: June 22, 2020Books to support conversation on race and racism
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Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
Posted on: June 22, 2020Books for children and young adults
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Podcast: Fare of the Free Child
Posted on: June 22, 2020Fare of the Free Child is a weekly-published podcast community centering Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color in liberatory living and learning practices. Akilah S. Richards and guests discuss the fears and the fares (costs) of raising free black and brown children in a world that tends to diminish, dehumanize, and disappear them.
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Talking Race with Young Children
Posted on: June 22, 2020NPR podcast discussing how to talk to young children about race.
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Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
Posted on: June 22, 2020PBS article on how to teach children about Black History
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Dynamic Evangelization to the Black Community
Posted on: June 22, 2020A brief message from Father Roy Lee, Archdiocese of Atlanta
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Father Bryan Massingale on White Privilege and Racism in the Church
Posted on: June 22, 2020 Watch Video
Race and the Catholic Imagination
Posted on: June 22, 2020Most Reverend George V. Murry
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The Death of George Floyd & Its Aftermath
Posted on: June 22, 2020An open discussion with the African American Catholic Community of Cleveland about Race and the Church.
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What We Have Seen and Heard - Presentation by Bishop Terry Steib
Posted on: January 29, 2024 Watch VideoAfrican American
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