Use young children’s understanding of differences to teach social justice through age-appropriate literature, news stories, anti-bias lessons, familiar examples, and problem solving.
Children naturally notice differences—and that is a good thing.
Jim Davis and Mike Aitcheson talk live at TGC's 2021 national conference with Tim Keller and Irwyn Ince about a biblical theology of race and justice.
Facing History offers concrete ways for teachers to instill humanity in their students in the wake of events in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The report, released Thursday, contradicts assumptions and claims by some that protests associated with the Black Lives Matter movement are spawning violence and destruction of property.
The divisions in our country are deep on issues like racism and economic inequality, as well as on education, cultural values and lifestyles. Likewise, our church is divided. What are communicators to do in the face of these divisions?
Resources for educators seeking to understand the Black Lives Matter protests in the context of systemic racism and provide a path to learning and teaching.
It's an election year in the U.S. and and since Christians comprise the majority of the electorate, it is largely Christians who will determine the
Why our editor in chief spoke out against Trump, and why the conversation must continue.
Jesse Hagopian, the co-editor of the book Teaching For Black Lives, talks about the curriculum for this moment.
This is a good day to read one of the most remarkable letters from the 20th century.
COMMENTARY: The restriction of curiosity is a product of a societal norm that has seemingly only grown over the past few decades.
White privilege is the ability to be astonished about the state of race relations in our country -- to be in denial that things have always been this way, writes John Vercher.
Teaching tolerance in a time of upheaval.
Some California preschools are getting children to participate in conversations about racial differences at an early age by introducing an anti-bias curriculum that teaches kids about diversity and inclusion. Against a backdrop of national divides over race, these educators use art projects and discussions to infuse a powerful message into the classroom. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports.
Ivan Mesa asks several evangelical leaders to recommend one book that can better help us understand the white-black divide in America.
Many parents today are wondering “what am I called to do in response?”If Jesus came to us today, he would say, "Black Lives Matter!
Ελληνικά Amid a nationwide BLM movement calling for the removal of statues and monuments that enshrine, even glorify, the genocidal, colo
As a pastor and an author, Dr. Derwin Gray has been observing the deep racial divides in this country fester for most of his life, both inside the Church
The day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, third-grade teacher Jane Elliott gave her class an unforgettable lesson in discrimination.
As a person of peace, “Big Floyd” opened up ministry opportunities in the Third Ward housing projects.
Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1921. A wave of racial violence destroys an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white-dominated American capitalism.
Is the criminal justice system fair? It turns out white and Black Americans often have very different answers for that question. In Episode 2, we look at how race affects our perceptions of crime – and punishment. Join host Samantha Laine Perfas with guests: race scholar Paula D. McClain, political scientist Spencer Piston, sociologist Yasser Payne, author Jess Row, criminologist Thaddeus Johnson, and exoneree Christopher Scott.
Beginning in the days of slavery and Jim Crow segregation, elements of racist ideology have long existed in white churches. How Christians could promote such views is a point that upsets many people.
Black Catholic candidates for sainthood provide a powerful answer to: Why be Catholic?
Indigenous Catholic Icon of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, BC artist André Prévost Heart of Jesus, broken for our sins, have mercy on us. By now you may have heard the shattering news of the mass…
As the only black kid in a group of wealthy white friends, I experienced implicit and explicit racism on a daily basis -- though it took me years to realize it.
(RNS) — 'We been in a rut, and we been in a rut for a long time now, but history is being made today,' Grandma said to me on the phone as she watched the inauguration.
Catholics watching the intensifying debate over “cancel culture” could be forgiven for raising an eyebrow at the sudden interest in a phenomenon we have been dealing with, and fighting about, for decades or longer. How do you say “Been there, done that” in Latin? Drawing lines around orthodoxy and authority...
Introduction From Bishop Curry Read more about the Episcopal Church’s commitment to Becoming Beloved Community.
For this latest community poem, NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander sifted through more than 1,000 submissions reacting to the killing of Ahmaud Abrery and created a poem that speaks with one voice.
If we want a different kind of country in the future, we need to start today with a conversion in our own hearts, and an insistence on the same in others.
Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA, Servant of God
The Smithsonian’s African American History Museum debuts the online teaching tool “Talking About Race”
Racism exists. It still exists. This is a nasty and humbling truth that we must face. However, I think it would be faulty to talk about racism, politics, and systems, without talking about ourselves first. It’s easy to point at groups of people on Twitter and be too prideful to […]
Our country is made better, not worse, by young people reckoning with the full legacy of the institution.
Virginia Catholics and segregation
"Cesar Chavez understood that (Bobby) was one of the only white politicians — maybe the only one — who truly and instantaneously got what was going on with the farm workers." Biographer Larry Tye
This post contains affiliate or associate links with several businesses (which means if you shop through the links, I earn a small commission). As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Bobby was in so much pain. He just wanted the pain to go away. The 14-year-old had ear infections before . . . […]
When Christians disengage from the struggle for justice for all people, the adornment of the gospel and the credibility of the church are at stake.
The Black Catholic Movement reinvigorated the church, with liturgical innovation, new preaching styles and activist scholarship
