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Our Saviour's Lutheran Church

Our Saviour's Lutheran Church

Fort Collins, Colorado

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ADVOCACY

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

How to Contact Your Representative or Senator

Condemnation of White Supremacy and Racist Rhetoric from the ELCA

ELCA Advocacy Facebook — for God’s Work our Hands  https://elca.org/Resources/GWOH-Sunday

Declaration of the ELCA to People of African Descent: https://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Slavery_Apology_Explanation.pdf?_ga=2.58182314.1028625365.1594833318-2014015638.1592421256

Video-Advocacy tools for loving our neighbor: https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2020/07/09/episcopal-elca-leaders-headline-webinar-connecting-political-advocacy-with-love-of-neighbor/

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/

Resources to Support Black/POC in the Workplace Right Now

5 Do’s and Don’ts for White Leaders and Colleagues Discussing Racism at Work Today

https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5Pon1DLd1/

Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is….A Lot

https://medium.com/@shenequagolding/maintaining-professionalism-in-the-age-of-black-death-is-a-lot-5eaec5e17585

What Not to Say to Black Colleagues in the Workplace Right Now https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-not-to-say-black-colleague_l_5ed51a4bc5b6c9e929161393?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb

Books

Non Fiction: 

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

Dialogues on Race– study guide and video, Augsburg Fortress. Video White Savior can be found on Amazon Prime

How to Be an Anti Racist by Ibram X Kendi

I am still Here: Black Dignity in a World made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism and You by Jason Reynolds

Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US by Lenny Duncan

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

Fiction: 

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomans

Children’s Books

From Embrace Race a list of 31 children’s books

https://www.embracerace.org/resources/26-childrens-books-to-support-conversations-on-race-racism-resistance?fbclid=IwAR3YMAqWpzmu-5wAFZ79PDV_p8DQ-Rbo7GtbOejm7RrOgnPDNl3LVN4QXQ4

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison

God’s Dream by Desmond Tutu

The Day You Begin  by Jacqueline Woodson

Movies/Video/Podcast Programs:

Just Mercy is streaming free on a variety (I think close to all) through the month of June. This is an excellent movie and companion to the book.

Racism and the Road to Change. It deals with Denver and all of Colorado. You can steam it on 9 news.

Black in Bend: https://youtu.be/GC5EMHDpZlE

Ibram Kendi’s interview with Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist/

Interview with Pastor Lenny Duncan: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/06/12/699611293/jesus-was-divisive-a-black-pastor-s-message-to-white-christians

Interactive Experiences:

Harvard University – Implicit Associations Test (Examine your own implicit bias) https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Where to Donate Money/Time to Help Protestors:

Bail Funds/Legal Help by City

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR2HeJyBWRW2P5Tmek2VD8sTC1rLL2GJ0XGlqZTWKOilKyJvcjku2qnVLis&urp=gmail_link

Where to Donate Your Time and Money and Time to Help Protestors 

https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2?gi=75ea6b36772a

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