RACIAL RECONCILIATION RESOURCE LIBRARY

"That's going to make you tired, tired, tired. That's why you've got to be brave, brave, brave."

Rosa Parks & Johnnie Carr to Bryan Stevenson

"Not one of us is free until all of us are free"

Martin Luther King Jr.
The first step in seeking racial reconciliation and doing justice is education. Our Family Ministries Team has compiled the resources we have found to be most helpful in educating ourselves and our kids on the many facets of racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. In this virtual library you will find books, podcasts, songs, movies, and videos that we hope will equip you to lean in. Not all of these resources are appropriate for all ages, so please exercise your own discretion as you pass these onto your kids.
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Not all these resources are appropriate for all ages. Parent discretion advised.

TAKE THE 21 DAY CHALLENGE

The Presbyterian Mission Agency has invited us to take the 21 Day Challenge. The challenge invites us to do something every day to raise awareness about the perniciousness of racism and encourage action in response to that awareness.

RACIAL RECONCILIATION AND JUSTICE MINISTRY

The RRJM is led by a team of volunteers and staff dedicated to the work of justice at our church. This team offers regular opportunities to learn and be in dialogue with others around issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

MOVIES

The Hate U Give

Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds — the poor, mostly black neighborhood where she lives and the wealthy, mostly white prep school that she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is soon shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend at the hands of a police officer. Facing…

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Just Mercy

After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. One of his first cases is that of Walter McMillian, who is sentenced to die in 1987 for the murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite evidence proving his innocence. In the years that follow, Stevenson…

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Amazing Grace

In 18th-century England, House of Commons member William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) and his close friend and a future prime minister, William Pitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), begin a lengthy battle to abolish Great Britain’s slave trade. Though Wilberforce’s legislation is soundly defeated in 1791, his growing affection for Barbara Spooner (Romola Garai) inspires him to take up…

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13TH

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation’s prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.

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