Across the country tonight voices within the white community are soul searching, examining their privileges, and making connections to violence done to black and brown bodies. Tim Wise, an anti-racist author and educator, writes: Nice is the enemy of justice because to raise one’s voice against oppression is to be instantly pegged as not nice, as …
The Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New York Andrew Dietsche writes on Eric Garner and the decision of the grand jury: December 4, 2014 My dear brothers and sisters, Last week, after months of waiting, the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri failed or refused to indict the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. …
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In the wake of a grand jury decision not to indict New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the choking death of Eric Garner, religious leaders are speaking out about racism, violence, and communities coming together: “The message that we want to get out to the community is that we don’t want the …
The Feast Day of John of Damascus The sign on the front lawn of our church identifying us as St. Paul’s Episcopal Church features a graphic of a man in a robe being thrown from a rearing horse. It mystifies people. Just last night my sister asked, “I’ve always wondered why you took that guy …
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