Racial Healing

This February, join the Racial Justice and Healing Committee for a three week book study on Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter by the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas. In this book, Dr. Douglas reflects on how a “white way of knowing” has come to dominate American identity and even to shape the…

On June 16 at 6:30 p.m., join the Racial Justice and Healing Committee for a virtual film screening and discussion of Traces of the Trade. This event will be held on Zoom and registration is required. Traces of the Trade follows the descendants of the DeWolf family, the largest slave traders in U.S. history, as they retrace the steps of…

Sponsored by The Vermont Racial Justice Alliance andGood Shepherd Lutheran Church Hosted by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church273 Vermont Route 15, Jericho, Vermont, at 6:30 pm Moderated by the Reverend Dr. Arnold Isidore Thomas, Pastor How far have we come as Americans in confronting racism? This is a topic that remains so intimidating and painful that…

By Dr. Barbara Cook On Sunday, August 11, St. James Episcopal Church in Essex Junction celebrated the life and work of Jonathan Myrick Daniels, a white seminarian and U.S. civil rights martyr, during their “Eucharist with a Celtic Twist.” Daniels’ story is one I was not familiar with, but it is one that inspired me…