Your Voice Is Heard: A Resource Update
Here is a short explanation of why there is no episode released this week. Instead, please take some time to join us in taking advantage of these resources, educating ourselves on how best to fight racial injustice, and to help defend life and those in need. And above all, pray for those who have died and their families, pray for those who are suffering, pray for peace, and pray that God will make good come from evil and suffering. #WelcomeToTheAdventure
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Support The Christ-IN CultureLinks:The Racial Divide in the United States: A Reflection for the World Day of Peace 2015 — Imagine yourself as a White American teenager living in a poor urban area with few opportunities for you to get a
good education and find meaningful employment. Imagine that some of your friends are trouble makers and when the
African-American police come around they often intimidate them. This frightens you because another White friend of
yours was shot and killed by African-American police when he reached into his pocket for his wallet which they thought
was a gun. Since you were very young, your parents have cautioned you to avoid contact with the police because they
may suspect you of wrongdoing.The Catholic Church and The Black Lives Matter Movement: The Racial Divide in the United States Revisited — By The Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D., S.T.D. Bishop of Belleville, Illinois on February 26, 2016 The 4th Anniversary of the death of Mr. Trayvon Martin, 17, in Sanford, Florida African-American History Month The Journey to Racial Justice — As our country this month commemorates the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of our nation’s most revered champions of racial justice, we cannot help but question whether his dream of racial unity will ever be attained. Even as we Americans celebrate his inspiring example, we feel the shame of witnessing public demonstrations of racial and ethnic violence and hatred such as we have not seen in decades.Open Wide Our Hearts The Enduring Call to Love: A Pastoral Letter Against Racism — Through his Cross and Resurrection, Christ united the one human race to the Father. However, even though Christ’s victory over sin and death is complete, we still live in a world affected by them. As bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, we want to address one particularly destructive and persistent form of evil. Despite many promising strides made in our country, racism still infects our nationCombatting Racism - USCCB Statements and LettersStatement of U.S. Bishop Chairmen in Wake of Death of George Floyd and National Protests — Racism is not a thing of the past or simply a throwaway political issue to be bandied about when convenient. It is a real and present danger that must be met head on. As members of the Church, we must stand for the more difficult right and just actions instead of the easy wrongs of indifference. We cannot turn a blind eye to these atrocities and yet still try to profess to respect every human life. We serve a God of love, mercy, and justice.COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH — Together with equality in the recognition of the dignity of each person and of every people there must also be an awareness that it will be possible to safeguard and promote human dignity only if this is done as a community, by the whole of humanity. Only through the mutual action of individuals and peoples sincerely concerned for the good of all men and women can a genuine universal brotherhood be attained[286]; otherwise, the persistence of conditions of serious disparity and inequality will make us all poorer.Petition: Justice For George Floyd"So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo — Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy--from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans--has put a media spotlight on racism in our society. Still, it is a difficult subject to talk about. How do you tell your roommate her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked to touch her hair--and how do you make it right? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend?
