Upcoming Trainings The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago requires antiracism training for people in elected and appointed leadership positions. It is also a requirement for congregational study guide facilitators for the Legacy of Slavery Report. The training is also open to anyone in the diocese who wants to help build a stronger multicultural community. CROAR: Understanding…
Saturday, August 17, 2019 9 am to 5 pm at McCormick Theological Seminary 5460 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615 Offered by Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training and its regional program, Chicago Regional Organizing for Antiracism (Chicago ROAR), this workshop is designed to help participants create the spaces to be self-reflective about our cultural shaping as…
Upcoming Trainings October 17-19 at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago (5401 South Cornell Ave.) The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago requires antiracism training for people in elected and appointed leadership positions. It is also a requirement for congregational study guide facilitators for the Legacy of Slavery Report. The training is also open to anyone in the…
In 1853, the state of Illinois passed a law prohibiting free black people from settling in the state. Twelve years later, the measure was repealed, and Illinois became the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment, which abolished chattel slavery. Those conflicting impulses continue to manifest themselves every day in communities across the Diocese of Chicago,…
Saturday, February 17 at St. James Commons, sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese Antiracism Commission Bishop Lee has enthusiastically charged each congregation to fulfill the convention resolution inviting us to spend the next year in conversation “on the impact of the legacy of slavery and segregation and discrimination in its local context” based on the Legacy of Slavery Taskforce…
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ: In April, the Diocese of Chicago hosted a Bishops United Against Gun Violence conference about the unholy trinity of racism, poverty and violence. This weekend in Charlottesville, as white supremacists rioted and terrorized people of goodwill, we saw yet again the wages of these sins and the destruction that they wreak…
