{"id":473,"date":"2024-02-02T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/?p=473"},"modified":"2024-01-25T11:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T17:46:33","slug":"black-history-month-what-it-means-to-me-by-guest-author-clair-minson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/black-history-month-what-it-means-to-me-by-guest-author-clair-minson\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month: What It Means to Me by Guest Author Clair Minson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In honor of Black History Month, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invited Seminarian Clair Minson to share some thoughts about this topic with our readers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What began as \u201cNegro History Week\u201d in 1926 \u2014 created by historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson out of his concern that young African Americans lacked an education about their own heritage and ancestors \u2014 has since expanded to what we now know and observe as \u201cBlack History Month.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Woodson, a life-long educator, understood the power of knowing one\u2019s history and one\u2019s ancestral heritage. Knowing that you are part of a long legacy of people who have the capacity to create whole societies can ground you in the belief that you too can do anything. Not knowing this history can become a seeding ground for internalized oppression.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Nikole Hannah-Jones writes in her book <em>The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story<\/em>, \u201cThe vision of the past I absorbed from school textbooks, television, and the local history museum depicted a world, perhaps a wishful one, where Black people did not really exist. This history rendered Black Americans, Black people on all the earth, inconsequential at best, invisible at worst.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> I suspect that this erasure of Black his- and her-story is what Woodson was confronting through the development of Negro History Week.<\/p>\n<p>As people of faith, steeped in the tradition of remembering and honoring our ancestors, we know the power of hearing, repeating and internalizing the miraculous stories of Moses, Joshua, Mary and Paul. Despite thousands of years of separation, we rely on these stories to help us cling to our faith and to a God who can at times feel very distant, despite always being with us. Understanding this, we perhaps also understand that recalling the stories of our Black ancestors is equally as powerful and necessary.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for this blog, I sat with the question \u201cWhat does Black History Month mean to me?\u201d and after some time an answer surfaced. To me, Black History Month is not just an obligatory nod to African American people; it\u2019s a reminder of the strength and resilience of a people who, despite being erased from history and relegated to the margins of society, continue to contribute to the flourishing of our society. It\u2019s a reminder of who we are and whose we are. It\u2019s a reminder from \u201cwhence we came\u201d and a vision for where we can go. It\u2019s a clarion call to those who feel lost and need a reminder that their stories and their lives matter.<\/p>\n<p>Black History Month is an opportunity for us as Christians to live into our call to be countercultural and share histories that many in society want to censure. It is an opportunity to live into the commitments we have made as a denomination to honor, protect and value the lives of people of African descent. I ask you, as people of faith, steeped in the tradition of remembering and honoring our ancestors, the same question: <strong>What does Black History Month mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-474 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/01\/HIGH-RES-Clair-Minson-Sandra-Grace-LLC-26-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/01\/HIGH-RES-Clair-Minson-Sandra-Grace-LLC-26-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/01\/HIGH-RES-Clair-Minson-Sandra-Grace-LLC-26-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/01\/HIGH-RES-Clair-Minson-Sandra-Grace-LLC-26-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/01\/HIGH-RES-Clair-Minson-Sandra-Grace-LLC-26-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/01\/HIGH-RES-Clair-Minson-Sandra-Grace-LLC-26-2048x1639.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/01\/HIGH-RES-Clair-Minson-Sandra-Grace-LLC-26-250x200.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/01\/HIGH-RES-Clair-Minson-Sandra-Grace-LLC-26-437x350.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Clair Minson, founder and principal consultant of Sandra Grace LLC, is a nonprofit leader, racial equity consultant, and theologian who leverages her decade-plus experience in workforce development and mental health counseling to maximize the impact of forward-thinking institutions across the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Anchored in her faith in the human capacity for change and propelled by a critical analysis of systemic and institutional racism, Clair works with clients in the public and private sectors to develop and implement sound strategies that address the root causes of social inequity. She first entered the field as a counselor, directly supporting formerly incarcerated people in identifying and developing their skills and passions upon reentry into their communities, and later transitioned into the role of philanthropic strategist, in which she was charged with positioning workforce development as a catalyst for economic justice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In 2019, Clair founded Sandra Grace, a change-management firm that provides training, consulting and thought-partnership to nonprofit, for-profit and public organizations in embedding racial equity practices in their policies, operations and programs. Sandra Grace serves clients in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco, among other cities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Clair completed her B.A. in psychology at Clark Atlanta University and her master&#8217;s degree in community counseling from Argosy University; she is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary at Lenoir-Rhyne University. She is a nationally certified counselor (NCC) and a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in the state of Maryland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Clair is from the Bahamas and currently lives in Colorado with her two daughters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/the-man-behind-black-history-month\">www.history.com\/news\/the-man-behind-black-history-month<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/janicegassam\/2022\/01\/28\/exploring-the-ways-internalized-oppression-shows-up-in-the-workplace\/?sh=56abf6755f09\">www.forbes.com\/sites\/janicegassam\/2022\/01\/28\/exploring-the-ways-internalized-oppression-shows-up-in-the-workplace\/?sh=56abf6755f09<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Nikole Hannah-Jones, <em>The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story<\/em> (New York: Random House, 2021), xvii.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Black History Month, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invited Seminarian Clair Minson to share some thoughts about this topic with our readers. &nbsp; What began as \u201cNegro History Week\u201d in 1926 \u2014 created by historian Dr. Carter G. 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