Antiracism Check-Up
Are you looking for a supportive community to accompany you in your ongoing work to dismantle racism? The POB Dismantling Racism Team is pleased to announce the launch of a regular fellowship opportunity for those seeking ongoing accountability and support around antiracism, both personal and congregational. Join us for our next Antiracism Monthly Check-Up on Zoom on the 4th Thursday of each month at the same time. You are welcome whenever you are available. Please feel free to invite others within your congregations and faith communities.
Dr. Sarah M. Doerrer is an Instructional Coordinator with the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Anne Arundel Community College (Maryland) and board member for the Forage Center for Peacebuilding & Humanitarian Education. She began collaborating with the Baltimore Presbytery’s Dismantling Racism team as a workshop facilitator in 2025. Sarah has been engaging themes of peace and social justice since 2004, and since 2020, she has used her peace education/group facilitation experience to lead community antiracism discussion groups. She is a 2019 graduate from Loyola Marymount University’s Educational Leadership for Social Justice program. While pursuing her doctorate, Sarah served in the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at West Los Angeles College, part of the L.A. Community College and one of the most diverse districts in the United States. Sarah completed a self-designed dual degree graduate program, earning an Ed.M. in International Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. She is an active member of Women Leading Education since 2013, presenting at five of their biennial international conferences.
Elder Charese Jordan Moore (she/her) Charese Jordan Moore is a Ruling Elder at Knox Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland. In that role, she is passionate about chairing Knox’s ministry of Mission and Community Engagement. Her life’s mission is organizing people of faith to act on the values of their faith traditions – knowing that all religions value justice, which should include racial justice. Charese first became committed to dismantling racism in high school when she was elected to serve as the youth representative to the national board of the YWCA USA. Her commitment deepened when she joined Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) in 2004 as director of the Faithful Citizenship Project, an internship program that registered over 20,000 new voters.. As Deputy Director, she spearheaded IWJ’s strategic planning efforts, and coordinated the work of the organizing, public policy, and communications departments. After relocating to Baltimore in 2009, she led Community for Excellent Public Schools, a national coalition of local community organizations focused on school reform. Charese currently co-chairs the Presbytery of Baltimore’s Dismantling Racism Team and has served in many capacities on antiracism and social justice work at the synod and denominational level.