Up Coming Events and Programs
- Feb. 22 through Lent: A Lenten Book Study on The Cross and the Lynching Tree. Zoom Link
- March 1, 7 pm-8:30pm: Pauli Murray/Nannie Helen Burroughs Lecture by Professor Clarice Martin. The Pauli Murray/Nannie Helen Burroughs Lecture Series features women theologians and religious scholars whose work and ministry emphasize the critical intersections of race, gender, and class, as they relate to the transformative uplift of church and society. https://divinity.duke.edu/events/pauli-murraynannie-helen-burroughs-lecture-professor-clarice-martin-online
- March 2: A new session Journey to Racial Equity will be starting. Click here for a link to this progra
- March 2, 2021, 7:30-8:30pm. Book study: Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, Parts 1 thru 3.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1835718753251360/ - April 5: Sacred Conversations: Zoom conversation with others seeking more knowledge and action initiatives around issues of racial justice. April 5, May 3 and June 7 (7:00-8:30 PM) Zoom link More details on the topic for April will be added soon.
- April 6, 2021, 7:30-8:30pm.
Book: March Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson,
Parts 4 thru 7. https://www.facebook.com/events/415925566320678/
- Third Thursday of each month, Higher Ground webinar with Mike Wiley and special guest discussing issues of racism in America. https://highergroundjourneys.com/
- City of Raleigh Police Advisory Board-Virtual Meeting
Meets the fourth Wednesday of each month, 7pm, Open to the Public https://raleighnc.gov/events/police-advisory-board-virtual-meeting-7
- Nativity / Raleigh-Apex NAACP Scholarship In partnership with the Raleigh-Apex NAACP (who will administer the program), the Nativity / Raleigh-Apex NAACP Scholarship will be open to students from historically marginalized communities who are active in the area of social justice and in need of financial help to go to college.
- Farm-to-Church Project: A group of members of Nativity have begun working with CSA (Community Social Action) through RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International: USA) in support of local farmers of color. Currently there are 14 families who have signed up to receive weekly bundles of fresh produce beginning around April or May, depending on the growth season. If you are interested in becoming a part of this community in the future, please contact Carl Sigel.
Selected Resources in Social Justice Advocacy:
Parenting and Teaching about Racism
Discussing Diversity and Racism with Children (Webpage Resources)
Educating History of Racism and Understand Our Role As White People
Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo (YouTube)
Silence is Not an Option (Podcast)
For People with Bishop Robert Wright (Podcast)
Slavery by Another Name (Film)
Environmental Justice
We Must Dismantle Racism to Achieve Social, Environmental and Climate Justice
Equity and Diversity in Education
Why There’s A Push To Get Police Out Of Schools
NC Conference for Educational Equity
Criminal Justice
North Carolina Supreme Court Requires Review of Racial Bias in Death Penalty Cases
To Serve and Protect: The Police, Race, and the Episcopal Church in the Black Lives Matter Era
The Rev. Gayle Fisher-Stewart on policing, reconciliation, black lives and the church’s role
“The Pandemic and Prisons ” webinar May7,2020
Episcopal Church Center
Episcopal Diocese of NC
- Racial Justice and Reconciliation (website of the Bishop’s Committee for Racial Justice & Reconciliation)
- Immigration Reform Resources (resources plus General Convention and Diocesan resolutions and statements)
- Refugees
- The Bishop’s Committee on Accessibility
- Watch Bishop Anne’s statement regarding the recent suspension of the refugee program