Racial Healing Formation Resources
I Am All of Those People
I am All of those People is the latest book by North Carolina author and Native American Dr. Diane Sharp (former colleague of Fr. Skip Walker). Based partially on a …
First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New TestamentI Am All of Those People
“First Nations Version (FNV) recounts the Creator’s Story―the Christian Scriptures―following the tradition of Native storytellers’ oral cultures…The FNV is a dynamic equivalence translation of the New Testament that captures the …
How To Write A Land Acknowledgement For Your ParishI Am All of Those People
As the Episcopal Church continue the healing work of reconciliation with our Native American siblings, an important understanding is to acknowledge all of our church buildings sit on Native Land. …
A Disciple’s Prayer Book
This prayer book and resource was first published in 2002 by The Rev’d John E. Robertson who was the Episcopal Church’s missioner for Indigenous Ministries at that time. Many Indigenous …
Racial Healing Commission – Suggested Reading Lists – Adults
To download the full suggested reading list for all ages, please click the button below: Nonfiction: Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie …
Racial Healing Commission – Suggested Reading List for Children & Youth
Children: Children of God Storybook Bible by Archbishop Desmond Tutu Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks by Carole Boston Weatherford A Negro League Scrapbook by Carole Boston …
The Anatomy of a Christian: A Zine on Privilege and Solidarity
The SALT project has put together this “zine” (you can read more abut what that is in the link) to engage families, friends, neighbors and communities in the work of …
Deep Blue Life: Faith and Culture – Anti-Racism
Deep Blue Life is a Methodist curriculum for children published by Cokesbury. The three Faith and Culture – Anti-Racism lessons are available for free download. The three lesson topics are: …
Cultivating Culture Change: Tips and Resources for Antiracist Christian Formation – Webinar
From Building Faith’s webinar description “Being antiracist requires more than hosting the periodic book club. Both as individuals and faith communities we can make changes to our practices to become …
Winter 2021 Formation Update
We are not the first and will not likely be the last to live through unprecedented times. How we choose to live in and through them will determine how our …
Early Summer 2020 Formation Update
This issue of the Formation Update newsletter offers a selection of racial justice resources. We are working on ways for young people and young adults around the diocese to engage …
Bishop Skirving’s Pastoral Letter on the Ministry of Reconciliation
To the people of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, Greetings in the name of our risen Lord Jesus Christ! Yesterday morning, it being Earth Day, my morning contemplation focused …
Books
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- Baptized in the Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause (Charles Reagan Wilson)
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- Backlash (George Yancy)
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- A Day of Blood: The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot (LeRae Sikes Umfleet)
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- Slaves in the Family (Edward Ball)
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- The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward Baptist)
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- I’m Still Here (Austin Channing Brown)
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- Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
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- The Sun Does Shine (Anthony Ray Hinton)
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- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Michelle Alexander)
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- Blood Done Sign My Name (Timothy B. Tyson)
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- Biased (Jennifer Eberhardt)
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- White Fragility (Robin DiAngelo)
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- The Person You Mean to Be (Dolly Chugh) – A podcast episode summarizing her work can be found here.
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- How the Irish Became White (Noah Ignatiev)
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- Thinking Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman) – A recent podcast episode of On Being where this book was summarized can be found here.
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- Pauli Murray: Shouting for the Rights of All People (Church Publishing)
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- The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read (Caldecott Honor)
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- Portraits of African-American Heroes (Tonya Bolden)
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- Faces: A Love Story (Roger Hutchison)
Websites, Museums, Documentaries, & Podcasts:
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- Traces of the Trade (Katrina Brown)
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- Remember the Titans (about Martin County, NC)
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- Best of Enemies (about Durham, NC)
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- Tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
Resources for Talking to Children and Young People about Race and Racism:
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- Talking With Our Children About Race (Wendy Claire Barrie)
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- Teaching Tips on Race and Racism (Building Faith)
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- Processing Racialized Violence with Middle and High School Students (Fuller Youth Institute)
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- How to Talk to Kids about Racism, Protests, and Police (Today Show Parents)
Worship Resources:
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- An Interfaith Litany Against Violence (Building Faith)
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- Prayers for Racial Reconciliation and Justice (Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music for the Episcopal Church)
Adult Curriculum and Resources:
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- Sacred Ground (The Episcopal Church)
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- Series on Social Justice (Church Next)
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- Racial Reconciliation Resources (The Episcopal Church)
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- Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of An American Pilgrimage (Pauli Murray)
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- God’s Gonna Trouble the Water: Freedom’s Call and Response in African American Spirituals (Past Event from The National Cathedral)
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- Breath Prayers for Anxious Times (Sarah Bessey)
Adult Curriculum and Resources:
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- Godly Play Less to Celebrate MLK Jr’s Feast day in April (Wendy Claire Barrie)
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- The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read (Caldecott Honor)
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- Peace Dove Craft (Create In Honor of Peaceful Protest)
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- Portraits of African-American Heroes (Tonya Bolden)
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- Patchwork Quilts (Map to Freedom Craft Idea)
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- Lift Every Voice and Sing (Baylor University Vocal Performance, with the same name as two Episcopal Hymnals)
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- Pauli Murray: Shouting for the Rights of All People (Church Publishing)
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- Absalom Jones: America’s First Black Priest (Morehouse Publishing)
Youth Resources:
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- MARCH: A Graphic Novel (Congressman John Lewis)
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- Instagram Story Prayer Stations (Activity Idea, can create around racial healing and social justice)
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- The 1963 March on Washington (SALT Project Video)
