Blog posts from the Social Justice group at Nativity
Since Nativity’s earliest days, one of the cornerstones of our mission has been to explore how we grow, eat, and share food. In 2021, Nativity partnered with nine other Raleigh congregations in a program to support our local Black farmers. The program — called Farm to Church Community Supported Agriculture (or CSA) — was launched […]
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Outreach, Social Justice, UncategorizedNativity’s Social Justice Committee shares the following announcements, events and recommended resources to the Nativity community as we continue our pursuit of racial justice and reconciliation. Below are links to information about the many events honoring Black History Month that are happening in the Triangle. BEST OF ENEMIES, A Justice Theater Project Production Umstead Park
Social Justice BHM 2023 Update Read More »
Glad Tidings, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherfordreview by Beth Crow YouTube Reading of this book (4:11) Sixty-three years ago — on February 4, 1960 — African-American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, an act that began a national movement protesting segregation. Freedom on
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Peace Library Reviews, Social JusticeIn 2021, Nativity partnered with nine other Raleigh congregations in a program to support our local Black farmers. The program, called Farm to Church Community Supported Agriculture or CSA, was launched by the Rural Advancement Foundation International -USA (RAFI-USA). CSAs have become a popular way for consumers (CSA members) to buy local, seasonal food directly
Building Beloved Community: Farm to Church CSA Update Read More »
Outreach, Social Justice, UncategorizedWe have several opportunities through Habitat’s Faith Builder group to build a house, offer advocacy, and educate ourselves as we join with Habitat to help build the Beloved Community for racial equity. EpiscoBuild Begins Nativity will be joining the other Episcopal churches to build a house for Habitat for Humanity. We will start building our
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Outreach, Social Justice, Uncategorized
by Heather Dean Brewer, author; and LeUyen Pham, illustratorreview by Anne Stokes Heather Dean Brewer is a writer, artist, and art director who designs books for kids and adults and loves to ride her bike in the woods. About this book she says, “I’ve often felt quiet and small and that no one could hear
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Peace Library Reviews, Social Justice
by Michael Hallreview by Emily Phillips A blue crayon is mislabeled as red. All the other crayons want him to draw things that are red but he can’t get it right. It says red on his label so that must be right. They tell him he needs to try harder and keep practicing but he
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Peace Library Reviews, Social Justice