Our goal is to work toward enabling Judson Church to be a place of inclusiveness and an active ally on racial justice issues. We welcome anyone with an interest in racial justice to join the team. We focus on dismantling our own racial biases and unconscious prejudices, sharing educational opportunities and resources with the Judson community, and taking actions that work toward racial justice within our church and the broader community. If you would like more information, are interested in joining the team or wish to share concerns and ideas, please fill out this form (select Racial Justice Team), and let us know what you would like to discuss.
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Racial Justice Actions
Find out more about the Racial Justice Team’s past and current projects and opportunities for action.
Past
This is the final session in the Racial Justice Team’s series on reparations. All are welcome, whether you have attended previous sessions or not. The meeting will cover these areas:
This is the third session the Racial Justice Team has offered on the topic of reparations. You need not to have attended previous sessions in order to come. The meeting
The Racial Justice Team hosts the second reparations session on Sunday, December 1st from 11-noon in the Ann Judson room. You do not need to have been at the first
In May, we voted to add a line item to our church budget designating $1,000 toward reparations with the understanding that we would all learn more about reparations and, as
Our current focus is on reparations. This is a national topic, complicated and controversial. We are planning four after worship sessions to further explore what reparations means for our community:
Fifty Judson members and friends participated in this tour led by Jim Bear Jacobs, a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation. We visited three sites that are important to the history
Current
People of color are the primary victims of many of the Federal Government’s policies. Often they are the target of these policies. Rounding up and deporting Latinx people living peaceably
As part of the reparations program of Judson Memorial Baptist Church a special collection is taken whenever the congregation or the choir sings/performs African American spirituals. The money is designated
Judson Church includes a line for Reparations in its annual budget. In recognition of the generational loss suffered by Native Americans through broken treaties and the loss of language and
Place is more than just a piece of land. It is a piece of who we are. For too long, we have associated this place where Judson Church sits with
Recommendations
and Reflections
A GOOD TIME FOR THE TRUTH (2016)
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A Council of Dolls
a novel by Mona Susan Power recommended by Pam Joern “The long-awaited, Read More
The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future
Recommended by Andy Fried Taking the story of white supremacy in America Read More
