Remembering the Emanuel Nine
June 17th is Emanuel Nine Commemoration and Day of Repentance. The following are shareable resources you can use within your local context for commemorations, services, and personal development. Further information and resources can be found on the ELCA’s Commemoration of...
Holding Space
The following reflection is cross posted from the Minneapolis Area Synod of the ELCA blog. The original post can be found here. By Bishop Jen Nagel “When the day of Pentecost had come they were all together in one place . . . Divided tongues, as...
Remembering the Emanuel 9
White Lutherans for Racial Justice and ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invite you to a time of learning, reflection, and action as we prepare to honor the Emanuel Nine. Come be inspired to deepen your congregation’s commitment to racial justice. Thursday,...
My take: We are not newcomers Let us not just celebrate Arab American heritage—let us be changed by it
In honor of Arab American Heritage Month, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries will be elevating the voices of our Arab and Middle Eastern Descent peers and reposting their works from other sources around the ELCA. The following is cross-posted from Living...
May 5 is National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s (MMIW) Awareness Day
May 5 is National 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...
Join Us: 5th Angelversary of George Floyd
ELCA Racial Justice Ministries and ELCA African Descent Ministries invites you to join us at the Rise & Remember Festival in Minneapolis, MN. The 3-day, annual event “exists to hold in remembrance George Floyd and those we have lost unjustly to...