Rachel Held Evans

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Pay Attention to #Ferguson: Some Resources

Social media has transformed the way we talk about injustice, and as events unfold in Ferguson, Missouri, we’ve been reminded once again of the pervasive and systemic racism that is present in the U.S. and that affects millions of our brothers and sisters every single day. I am at once grateful for the power of social media and disturbed by the uncomfortable realities it often forces me to face. I’ll write more about that next week, but in the meantime, some ways to listen, learn, and act: 

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Read…

Do Black Lives Matter in Our Community? by Nekima Levy-Pounds

In Defense of Black Rage by Brittney Cooper 

How the War on Terror Has Militarized the Police by Arthur Rizer & Joseph Hartman

When Terrorism Wears a Police Badge at The Ghetto Monk 

When Parenting Feels Like a Fool’s Errand by Stacia L. Brown

Racial Bias, Police Brutality, and the Dangerous Act of Being Black by Kristen Howerton

“Hands Up Don’t Shoot” Images 
 

Go Deeper….

“The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates 

"Ten Books on Racial Reconciliation and the Church" by Amy Julia Becker 

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone 

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

 

Take Action…

National Moment of Silence

Petition to Enact Federal Laws to Protect Citizens from Police Violence & Misconduct 

 

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