Honoring Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In May, we celebrate National AAPI Heritage Month. The Asian and Pacific Islander Ministries of the ELCA, in conjunction with the Minneapolis Area Synod, the St. Paul Area Synod, and their API leaders will be hosting a 4-person panel on...
May 5 is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Awareness Day
May 5 is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s (MMIW) Awareness Day. In 2021, as a follow-up to the 2016 Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery, the ELCA Church council adopted the Declaration to American Indian and Alaska Native People by...
Who Are the Arab Christians? By Guest Blog Writer Rev. Dr. Niveen Ibrahim Sarras
In observance of Arab American Heritage Month, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invited Rev. Dr. Niveen Ibrahim Sarras to share her thoughts on this topic with our readers. People in the West often assume that Arab Christians were converted from...
Honoring International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Guest Blog writer Rev. Aimée Appell
In honor of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invited the Rev. Aimée Appell, MDiv DMin to share some thoughts about the Triennial Assembly of the European Descent Lutheran Association for Racial Justice and...
Talks At The Desk Season 3 Premieres TONIGHT!
Celebrate Black History Month with season three of “Talks at the Desk,” a four-part video series by African Descent Ministries of the ELCA. This season focuses on the Reclaim Gathering and will explore its themes: reclaim, embolden, embody and liberate....
Black History Month: What It Means to Me by Guest Author Clair Minson
In honor of Black History Month, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invited Seminarian Clair Minson to share some thoughts about this topic with our readers. What began as “Negro History Week” in 1926 — created by historian Dr. Carter G....