Freedom Road has contracted with Greenville University to craft a series of courses in Justice Ministry May 13-19, 2018. This one-week pilgrimage-based intensive course, Justice Ministry: The Gospel and The Politics of Race, will walk the story of the control and confinement of African peoples on US soil from slavery to mass incarceration and police […]
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Immigration: Love, Fear, and DACA
There has been a war for the soul of America and the question of ‘who are we?’ has to be answered when it comes to immigration. Is the U.S. fundamentally a white nation as Ben Franklin historically argued that it should be? Or, is the U.S. a nation with potential to become the Beloved […]
Using “The Black Panther” to study social justice
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago recently produced a study guide based on The Black Panther movie for faith leaders and social justice advocates. This resource provides thoughtful guided reflection around social issues affecting African American communities and gives helpful historical background on the creation and […]
Freedom Road Podcast: #Metoo #Churchtoo #SilenceIsNotSpiritual
Host, Lisa Sharon Harper, dives deep in this inaugural episode with three brilliant leaders: LaShawn Warren (Vice President of Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative for Center for American Progress), Belinda Bauman (Executive Director of One Million Thumbprints) and Nikki Toyama-Szeto (Executive Director of Evangelicals for Social Action). Four women, together in the studios of the Center for American Progress in Washington DC, […]
The Role of Memory in Justice Dialogue
A practical challenge that any practitioner of justice faces is the role of memory in the life of any group of people. Whether these are the memories of a people group, a denomination, a college, or a local church, collective memory plays an important role in narrative development. Narratives base themselves in some sense of […]
