Next Steps Towards Reparations
To wrap up our week here are three great resources:
Watch Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 5 minute speech before the U.S. House of Representatives advocating for reparations in 2019
Read "The Case for Reparation” - The break-through article in The Atlantic in 2014 by Ta-Nehisi Coats
Pray Erica Valencia-Adachi’s prayer from Sunday
God, give us the courage we need to press into your vision of justice for the world.
God of justice, give us the courage to acknowledge and face our racist history and our roles in perpetuating systems of oppression.
God of the oppressed, will you lead us to become anti-racist so that everyone can bring the fullness of who they are into this world without constraint or fear.
God of comfort, lead us into discomfort with grace and mercy so that we can be honest with ourselves and heal those parts of our being that we hide from.
God our helper, bring allies to this work to dismantle racism at every level so that we can more clearly see the future that you have for us as your children.
God of abundance, give us grace in the process as we honor one another with the resources that you have given us.
Amen.