Reparations: A Deep Dive into Understanding why Repair is Important for Everyone

Five Sunday evenings (September 29 - October 27) , 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.
Online with two hybrid options.

To assist with planning, please register here.

Since the content and conversation will build on one another and will deepen our relationships, we hope that you can attend the entire series. You are welcome, of course, to attend as many sessions as possible. PDF’s of book excerpts will be provided.

Sunday, September 29 (online and in person) Discussion of excerpts from Jennifer Harvey’s book, Anti-Racism as Daily Practice: Refuse Shame, Change White Communities, and Help Create a Just World. (We hope you can attend the book event with Jen Harvey on September 5 as well.)

Sunday, October 6 (online and in person). Watch and discuss the “The Color Tax” from the Shame of Chicago: Shame of the Nation PBS series. Preceded by a potluck meal at 5:45 pm.

Sunday, October 13 (online only) Doctrine of discovery. Questioning the “discovery” of the “new world,” including an ELCA repudiation in 2016.

Sunday, October 20 (online only) Discussion of an excerpt from White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert Jones.

Sunday, October 27 (online only) Discussion of an excerpt from The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy by Jim Wallis.