Eastern PA Conference of the UMCReligion & Race
The Eastern PA Conference Commission on Religion and Race strives to further the UMC General Commission’s mission and vision in our region and context. We see the creation of learning opportunities, the dissemination of resources and the communication of continued dialogues, trainings and workshops, sponsored by other entities throughout the conference, as the scope of our work.
Conference Commission on Religion and Race
- Co-chairpersons: Rev. Susan L. Worrell and Rev Alicia Julia-Stanley
Resources
Northeastern Jurisdiction Call to Action Resolution & Response
Northeastern Jurisdiction College of Bishops
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A Charter for Racial Justice
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EPAUMC Commission on Religion and Race ResourcesThis is a list of resources that assist in the continued education around anti-racism. Resources are divided into categories by their media type for easy access. View the full resource list here. |
2nd NEJ ‘reCall Summit’ to address racism, Oct. 26-27
The second Northeastern Jurisdictional reCall Summit to address issues of racism in conferences across the jurisdiction will happen Oct. 26-27, hosted again by the Baltimore-Washington Conference. The event will be at the DoubleTree Hotel by the BWI -Thurgood Marshall Airport.
The annual reCall Summit is prompted by the Call to Action on Racial Justice, issued by the NEJ at its 2016 Jurisdictional Conference. It asks all conferences and churches to create systemic and fundamental change to address ongoing racial concerns. Keynote speakers are Jim Wallis, founder and editor of Sojourners magazine, and Rev. Marvin McMickle, a leading religious and human rights leader and president of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, NY.
- The website for this event is: www.bwcumc.org/events/the-recall-summit
- Promotional materials are here: www.bwcumc.org/events/the-recall-summit/2018-recall-summit/#Promo
Religion & Race EventsConference Events
Apr
05
Changing Racism Workshop (4/5/19-4/7/19)
April 5, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - April 7, 2019 @ 3:00 pm
Oct
18
Changing Racism Workshop (Oct. 18 – Oct. 20, 2019)
October 18, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - October 20, 2019 @ 3:00 pm
Conversations on Racial Justice
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News & Information
- Conference’s Butterfly Project takes flight
Leaders to address racial-ethnic groups’ claims of institutional racism By John W. Coleman Eastern PA Conference lead decision-makers met May 21 to hear frank, revealing criticism about observed and experienced... Read more - Conference members attend rally against racism in DC
A small community of Eastern PA Conference members chatted in the chilly, pre-dawn darkness of the Conference Office parking lot Wednesday morning, April 4, awaiting the arrival of a tour... Read more - Conference to examine its institutional racism
Let’s talk about racism. Many in the Eastern PA Conference have been doing that for years, and even more intensely the past few years. From Healing the Wounds of Racism... Read more - Rally to End Racism, April 4 in DC
Want to join our bus journey for justice? Sign up by noon Tuesday, April 3 Our Commission on Religion & Race (CORR) invites Eastern PA Conference members, families and friends... Read more - A ride to the rally to end racism
The Commission on Religion & Race (CORR) invites Eastern PA Conference members, families and friends to join a one-day freedom and fellowship ride to the nation’s capital on Wednesday, April 4, to rally against the scourge of racism... Read more
