Respecting all

human beings

as people of

dignity and worth

Embracing our

differences

and celebrating

our uniqueness

As we build Christ’s

inclusive community

For more information contact:

The Rev. Jayne OasinSocial Justice Officer

Peace & Justice MinistriesEpiscopal Church Center

815 Second AvenueNew York, NY 10017

800-334-7626 ext 6053212-716-6053

joasin@episcopalchurch.org

What does it mean tobe actively engaged in anti-racism work?

We Shall Be Rooted in the Baptismal Covenant

• Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?

• Will you strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of everyhuman being?

As the 70th General Convention called this churchto a nine year commitment to address racisminside our church within our society and in ourworld, so this 73rd General Convention does nowcommit itself with renewed energy for anothernine years to continue the work already begunthat we become a church committed to endinginstitutional and other forms of racism (whichnecessitates the acceptance of abandonment ofprivilege and the sharing of power within ourp o l ity, within our society and throughout theworld)…And that each diocese and each congre -gation recommit itself to the work of overcomingthe sin of racism.

(GC Resolution A047)

That…the lay and ordained leadership of TheEpiscopal Church, including all ordained persons,professional staff and those elected or appointedto positions of leadership on committees, com -missions, agencies, and boards be required to takeanti-racism training.

(GC Resolution B049)

Anti-Racism and theEpiscopal Church

Seeing the

Face of

God in Each Other

Seeing the

Face of

God in Each Other

A Positive Vision

of the Unity that

can be achieved

through Christ

Anti-Racism Resources and TrainingNational Dialogues on Anti-Racism

The Episcopal Church, 1999

To Heal the Sin-Sick Soul: Toward a Spirituality of Anti-Racist Ministry, Emmett Jarrett, ed,Episcopal Urban Caucus

Episcopalians & Race, Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr.,University of Kentucky, 2000

Sensitivity in the Ordination Process, The EpiscopalChurch, 1992

The New Jamestown Covenant, The Episcopal Church,1997 Booklet includes covenant, prayers and resolutions launching a Decade of Remembrance,Recognition and Reconciliation 1997-2007

The Minority Report: An introduction to Racial,Ethnic, and Gender Relations, Anthony andRosalind Dworkin

Beyond the Crucible: Responses to Anti-Asian Hatred(1994), The Episcopal Church Center, EcumenicalWorking Group of Asian Pacific Americans.Provides case studies of a range of positive commu-nity responses to anti-Asian racism and violence.Contains questions and bibliographical references.

National Conference of Community & Justice,(Formerly the National Conference of Christiansand Jews), 71 Fifth Ave., Suite 1100, New York NY10003, 212-206-0006 www.nccj.org Offers freeeducational resources dealing with citizenship,democracy and prejudice reduction.

No Hate Allowed & Videos: “You Can’t Do It Alone”and “The Family of God”, Commission for Multi-Cultural Ministries, Evangelical Lutheran Churchin America, 8765 West Higgins Rd., Chicago, IL60631 800-638-3522. A resource for congrega-tions to confront racial hate crimes.

Free Indeed a video about White Privilege by theMennonite Church

Other videos available by contacting the Social JusticeOffice

Structural Analysis

• Examine those structures and institutions that keep usseparated and deny equal access and opportunity

Systemic Change

• We must develop a Vision of what we hope to become • Eliminate all of our exclusionary practices and policies• Develop Strategies to Overcome the forces that divide us

People of Faith as models for

inclusion and justice-making

What Can You Do?• Attend Anti-Racism training workshops• Commit yourself to being a multicultur-

ally competent person resisting racism• Challenge prejudice, intolerance and racism in the

church and the community wherever it exists• Join the Anti-Racism Committee in your church or

diocese• Join with other denominations and faith traditions to

dismantle institutional and systemic racism• See the connection between racism and other forms of

oppression• Read and share articles, books and publications on racism

and related oppressions to sustain you on your journey

Provincial Initiatives• Establishing Provincial Anti-Racism

Networks and Training of Trainers

• Developing a diocesan workbook of bestpractices and strategies for community building

• Sharing and developing training resources with theEcumenical Anti-Racism Partners Network

What does it mean to

repent the sin of Racism?

Racism wounds the Body of Christ and

we must name the sin and repent • Will you persevere in resisting evil and whenever

you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?• We must engage in the difficult practice of self

examination- Examining our actions- Examining our Institutions- Examining our Society

• We must help people to experience conversion –both personal and institutional

• We must speak out against the fragmentation that exists

The Vision for the Church - Communities of multi-dimensional faces of Christ• Our lives as members of the body of Christ tran-

scends race, ethnicity, culture and national boundaries

• The affliction of racism stands in the way of fullyliving the life in Christ

• The struggle against racism in one’s self and in the church and society stands as a blueprint for the struggle against all oppressions

What are the steps to becoming

a fully Anti-Racist Church

Awareness• We must counteract our patterns

of unawareness of: Oppression,Violence, Exclusion, Fear of the other

Self-Examination• We go through life unaware that the effects of

our actions and of the actions of our institutions p e r p e t u a t e misery, oppression and continue themarginalization of poor people, people of color,gays and lesbians, and women and children.

The Episcopal Church affirms the

biblical imperative of unity in Christ…

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is

no longer slave nor free, male and female;

for all of you are one in Christ Jesus”(Galatians 3:28)