Faith & Justice – A Call to Advocacy

Advocacy means “to speak or plead on behalf of another.” Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church understands that hands-on help for people living in poverty, the vulnerable, and the oppressed, whether around the corner or around the world, is incomplete when we don’t question why those conditions exist. What government policies need to change? Do we need to speak truth to power as a way to love our neighbor and to do justice in society?

Faith & Justice Team sponsors adult forums to educate about current events and issues in our society where our faith may be calling us to seek understanding and then provides ways that we can speak out and ask those in positions of power to make needed changes.

Currently, the team leader is Beth DeHaven. Contact her at bethadehaven@gmail.com to join the team or to find out other ways to get involved with advocacy work at OSLC.

As a team we will be reading and studying the book and video series called “Dialogues on Race” which is a resource put out by Augsburg publishing. This is an opportunity for collaborative learning and discussion. We are not experts seeking to educate, we opening ourselves up to learn more together and trust the Spirit’s guidance for our response in these troubled times If you would like to join in these discussions, they are Monday at 7pm on Zoom. This is an 8 week series and each meeting will begin by viewing a video segment and using the book as a guide for discussion. Please RSVP to bethadehaven@gmail.com so that we know to expect you and will be sure that you have the Zoom link.

We have a few copies available at OSLC or you can order from Sparkhouse: https://www.wearesparkhouse.org/store/search?lv=true&c=286831 or to order from Amazon: – https://www.amazon.com/Dialogues–Race-Learner-Book-Sparkhouse/dp/150645402X

Anti-Racism Resources

Articles

75 Things White People can do For Racial Justice

https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

Justice In June– a daily challenge: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H-Vxs6jEUByXylMS2BjGH1kQ7mEuZnHpPSs1Bpaqmw0/preview?fbclid=IwAR3u6554nctFc8lM1H5Vw23xSaA_cT65O5nM3M6SaM1meCGqwc1BkYq7SfE&pru=AAABcpxC474*k4BGKamoloCFip0fnLPOcw

1619: Searching for Answers

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/12/16/black-white-tucker-family-meet-confront-slavery-history/4412970002/

Performative Allyship is Deadly; here is what to do instead: https://forge.medium.com/performative-allyship-is-deadly-c900645d9f1f

“What Can I Do?” Content for learning, Organizations to donate to, Self-Care Resources for POC, Social Media to Follow, Policy Change, More Resource lists and Media

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1zNGVY0lNAAhZ5UBBXBFXp6un8zH54-ACJHgChXfceTk/htmlview?fbclid=IwAR1wSGOICy2OdhVLAMY7latqGTnn8WCwyiy6edRDFYRzZGdMEzPp30U15N4&urp=gmail_link

Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources (White Identity Development)

https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/preview?fbclid=IwAR3_lTt4gpyZMKAyd0bL8xchknRJGh8YszJ8dMc0NHOLhPY_V3itYyvkEZw&pru=AAABcpsqWOs&usp=gmail_thread

Black-Owned Businesses (From Showing Up for Racial Justice)

Northern Colorado: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tzZPFzU2tKhsXKACwMboAw2Wun_r-uVpmUiyxQ60Gos/edit

Denver Metro: https://303magazine.com/2020/06/black-owned-businesses-denver/