{"id":412,"date":"2023-02-03T10:39:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/?p=412"},"modified":"2023-02-03T10:46:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:46:57","slug":"black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"We invite you to join us in celebrating Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-414 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/02\/talks-300x148.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/02\/talks-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/02\/talks-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/02\/talks-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/02\/talks-250x123.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/02\/talks-700x345.png 700w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/02\/talks.png 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The African Descent Ministries of the ELCA is celebrating Black History Month with season two of Talks at the Desk, a video series that explores diverse expressions of the church. A new video will premiere each Wednesday in February at 7:30 pm Central time. Watch them live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLNDmVwhz-M37ygNPH0Cj2upWlM8zypdo1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> or\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7tj1w1Z4xWc\">Click here to watch now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join us to hear youth, young adults, rostered leaders, elders and friends of our communities share their own sacred stories.<\/p>\n<p>For more updates, follow @ELCAADM on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elcaadm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elcaadm\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> or check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elcaadm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">facebook.com\/elcaadm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Descent Ministries of the ELCA is celebrating Black History Month with season two of Talks at the Desk, a video series that explores diverse expressions of the church. 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