April 21, 2023 If there was any doubt that racism is alive and well in our nation, the Tennessee State House of Representatives put those doubts to rest and to suggest otherwise would be disingenuous. On Maundy Thursday, their decision to expel two extraordinary men from their body was an act of racism. To her […]
Statement to the Racial and Gender Justice Committee
June, 2022 General Assembly (RGJ-008) by Presbytery of Baltimore On June 24, 2022, the General Assembly Committee on Race & Gender Justice (RGJ) heard the case for recommending the Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery (GLJ) overture, “An Apology to African Americans for the Sin of Slavery and its Legacy” to the General Assembly for approval. In April, the […]
A Time for Reflection and Action
The second season of the B’More Human Series continues Reparations… What is owed, Part 2 Monday, November 15, 6:30 to 8:30 pm Download Flyer Before the session, view C-SPAN Reparations Testimony by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senator Corey Booker, Danny Glover and others. Join facilitated small groups to reflect on the testimony and to develop recommendations for […]
Reparations… What is owed? – Part 1
Monday, October 18, 2021, 6:30 to 8 pm BACKGROUND ARTICLE About the Speakers The Rev. Canon Christine McCloud Canon for Mission, The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland The Rev. Chris McCloud came to Maryland in October 2018 from the Diocese of Newark where she was the Archdeacon for Administration and Formation; Co-Chair of Namaste Anti-Racism committee; […]
B’More Human Discussions
After a very brief intro (10 minutes), small groups (45 minutes), and large group sharing for 20-25 minutes. REGISTER HERE
B’More Human Presentations
November’s examination of the legacy of slavery focuses on the topic of health. Speakers include: Dr. Corey Henderson – the overarching discussant on race-based health disparities and the legacy of slavery. Mudia Uzzi – will speak about his project titled “Mask On: Increasing Education and Access to Cloth Masks in the Greenmount West Neighborhood of […]
A Dialogue About the Legacy of Racial Injustice
Join the In The Loop ministry group for the ongoing series called, “B-More Human: A Dialogue About the Legacy of Racial Injustice.” Through this discourse we will seek to know others and to be enlightened about ourselves as we discover our shared humanity. The 1619 Project, a literary exposition developed by the New York Times […]
Black and Presbyterian
Black and Presbyterian . . . When the book of the same title was first published in 1983, written by Dr. Gayraud S. Wilmore, it asserted without apology that there indeed was such a thing as African American Christianity. By virtue of the fact that many African Americans came to Presbyterianism through colonization, it […]
