Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Please plan to arrive by 8:15 a.m. so we can start on time! Ark & Dove Presbyterian Church The Presbytery partnering with NEXT Church to lead this foundational workshop, rooted in an understanding of historical and systemic racism. It is intended to equip participants to lead […]
Congregational Studies for Lent 2023
The Dismantling Racism Team offers these ideas that come with study guides for use with small groups. The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone (2011) This study guide is available on the Presbytery website (pdf) Excerpted from Orbis Books: The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols […]
Dismantling Racism Training
We’re sorry, but this event is full, and registration has closed. Friday, October 21 2022, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Please plan to arrive by 8:15 a.m. so we can start on time! Grace Presbyterian Church The Presbytery partnering with NEXT Church to lead this foundational workshop, rooted in an understanding of historical and systemic […]
Dismantling Racism Training
Please plan to arrive by 8:15 a.m. so we can start on time! Thursday, June 2, 2022, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Christ Memorial Presbyterian Church UPDATES: When entering the driveway from Shaker, go through to the back of the church and park in the large parking lot. Enter the building from that parking lot […]
BIPOC: Experiences of Racism in the US
The topic of the May B’more Human session is, “BIPOC: Experiences of Racism in the US.” Join us on Monday, May 17th and Tuesday, May 18th, 6:30-8 pm, for a two-part session where we explore these concepts through the eyes of our esteemed panel. Panel members include + Maria Wong, who is originally from Hong Kong and professor […]
Addressing Anti-Asian Racism
March 22, 2021 To the Presbytery of Baltimore: We, the Dismantling Racism Team of the Baltimore Presbytery, are grieving the shootings last week in Atlanta, Georgia that killed eight innocent people, including six Asian women. We condemn these acts of violence and the increasing anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) racism in the United States. […]
“Health and the Legacy of Enslavement”
The B’More Human Series continues in November There is little more important than our health. Yet, like many aspects of our lives, race impacts where one lives, economic resources, education opportunities, environmental issues, and definitely health. Disparities in health outcomes have been observed through the centuries, but are heightened in the more than a century […]
“Wealth and the Legacy of Slavery”
Friday, October 16, 6:30 pm B’More Human Interviews Monday, October 19, 6:30 pm B’More Human Town Hall Download Flyer (pdf) The roots of the glaring income disparity between people of color and those who call themselves “white” run deep. All the way back to the plantation era, where whites first got rich at the expense […]
Presbyterian Week of Action
August 24-30 Friends, Communities of faith and people across the nation are joining the movement to confront the sins of racism and white supremacy. We are demanding that Black lives of every age, gender, gender identity and sexuality are no longer ignored, dismissed or pushed to the margins of our society. We are protesting the […]
Reform to Transform
Dear Family of Faith, In my last message, I invited you to join me as we confront racism together. In this regard, I’m asking you to take an important next step. Join the Presbytery of Baltimore for an online Zoom worship service Wednesday, August 19, at 7pm, from the comfort of your own home. The […]
