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Committee on Race and Reconciliation 930am1200 pm Committee Members Central Chair Dr George Mims 2018 1st term The Rev Wayne F Farrell 2019 1st term Mrs Lisa Parker 2020 1st term ID: 790508

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Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida

Committee on Race and Reconciliation9:30am-12:00 p.m.

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Committee Members

Central Chair: Dr. George Mims [2018 - 1st term]

The Rev. Wayne F. Farrell [2019 - 1st term]

Mrs. Lisa Parker [2020 - 1st term]

NorthThe Rev. Ray S. Bonoan [2019 - 1st term]Dr. Navita Cummings James [2018 - 1st term]Position Vacant [2020 - 1st term]

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Committee Members

Southern The Very Rev. Cesar Olivero [2018 - 1st term]

The Rev. Marc Panel Guerrier [2019 - 1st term]

The Rev. Aubrey E.

Cort [2020 - 1st term]Staff Liaisons The Rev. Canon Michael P. Durning, The Rev. Adrienne R. Hymes, The Rev. Canon Richard Norman

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Identity and Mission

Support Support the congregations, committees, commissions and related organizations in eliminating racism.Encourage cultural diversity recognizing and incorporating God’s diverse and enriching gifts of all races and cultures.

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Identity and Mission

Support

Promote life-long learning, formation and healing around the multi-layered issues of racism.

Advise the Bishop regarding matters of race and reconciliation with particular expectations for engaging the ordination process.

Set diocesan standards for anti-racism training and formation. Integrate and model TEC’s Becoming Beloved Community model rooted in Holy Scripture.

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Identity and Mission

Communications PlatformIllumine grassroots initiatives for increased inter-parish visibility and accessibility.

Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE)

Christians for Reconciliation

Explore and honor the sacred narratives of those who are oppressed by the sin of racism in the institutional church.

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Landing Page on Diocesan Website https://www.episcopalswfl.org/dfc/index/reconciliation.html

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2019 Year of Racial Reconciliation Ministry

Diocesan-wide Absalom Jones ServiceSunday, February 17, Cathedral in St. PetersburgDiocesan Pilgrimage to National Memorial for Peace and Justice (the Lynching Memorial/Museum)

(Dates TBD, Montgomery AL)

All counties within the diocese are represented except Sarasota

Lenten Study Event Race and Reconciliation Transformation Conference SeriesNovember 16, DaySpring

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79th General Convention Report

Racial Reconciliation

Dr. Navita Cummings James, DSWFL Lay Deputy

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79th General Convention Report

503 Resolutions Completed by General Convention

At least 20+ resolutions directly or indirectly addressed Anti-Racism, Racial Reconciliation, Racial Justice & Beloved Community

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09 Racial Justice & Reconciliation

A015

Anti Racism/Diversity/Bias Awareness Training for Interim Bodies

A042

Proposed Name Change for EC Committee on Anti-RacismA043 Clarify and Update Mandate

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A045

Revision and Reminder of Anti-Racism Training Requirement

A228

Beloved Community Summit: Igniting the Church to be Bold Agents for Racial Healing, Justice, and Reconciliation

A229 Condemnation of Racial Discrimination and Encouragement to Confront Racism

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A230

Deploring the Sin of Scapegoating in Politics

B004

Encourage the Language of Dismantling Racism and Racial Healing, Justice and Reconciliation

D002 Funding the Working of Beloved Community

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Other Legislative Committees

A011 Oppose Environmental Racism

A055

Develop Multicultural Ministry Pathways

A178 Halt the Intensification and Implementation of Immigration Policies and Practices that are Harmful to Migrant Women, Parents and Children

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A222

Against Caste-and-Descent Based Discrimination

C029

Clergy Compensation by Race

C033 Respecting the Dignity of Immigrants

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D011

Doctrine of Discovery Training

D013

Eliminate the Provision for Legal Slavery in the U.S. Constitution

D089 Supporting Non-Discrimination and Civil Rights

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Diocese of Southwest Florida Resolution

C065

Include The Reverend John Edwin

Culmer

in Feast/Fast Calendar

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A Few Chapter Insights

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Chapter One: Living into God’s Dream of Community

Explores the Dream of God for us to be community. In order to do this, we must name the realities of racism and provide a framework for transformation. This is deeply personal work and happens one interaction at a time.

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Chapter Two: Dissecting Racism: Healing Minds, Cultivating Spirits

Race as a Societal Construct and we learn it from each other. Our Spirituality and The Church provide the space to be transformed because we can dig deep and identify ourselves by Whose we are first…Children of God

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Chapter Three: Why Is This Black Woman Still Talking about Race?

“Color Blindness” is not an answer. It denies the realities of race and undermines any serious conversation. We must instead find ways to break down the barriers that keep us from being loving and accepting of each other.

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Chapter Three (Cont.)

Justice and Reconciliation must go hand in hand. Racism cannot be dismantled without the dismantling of the very mechanisms that perpetuate the unequal treatment of citizens.

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Chapter Four: Mama, It Is So Hard to Be Black in America

Racism is damaging to all of us.

Without the inner work that integrates equality and potential of each and every one of us, we will continue to miss the mark and lose the hidden gifts that we will not see in each other.

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Chapter Seven: Architects of Safe Space for Beloved Community

A spiritual director is an architect for safe space who uses the instruments of contemplation, discernment and forgiveness to open doors to the mysteries of God.

The power of story (narrative) powerfully connects people and events so that meaning-making can emerge.

Example of the two nations that each claims the land belongs to their people (Israeli vs Arab)

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Chapter seven (cont.)

Tools recommended for nurturing inner work counteract self-centeredness Decrease our reaction to judgment and increase our compassion and mercy

Conflict creates the inability to see each other as fully human

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Chapter Eight: The American South is our holy land

Location has  personal and communal meaning in our experience of God.Places help us flesh out the stories of racism.

Holy places can reveal truth and unmask the reality of the experiences of those who came before us.

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Forgiveness is a necessary component of conflict resolution and the creation of Beloved Community

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Break

Up Next: Storytelling CarouselSmall Group Conversations

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Part II: Storytelling Carousel

Small Group Conversations

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Storytelling Carousel Conversations

When and how did you first become aware of racial differences?

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Storytelling Carousel Conversations

What did the important people in your life tell you about racial differences?

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Storytelling Carousel Conversations

Name a time when you stood up for your rights or the rights of others.  What did you do?  What do you wish you had done?

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Storytelling Carousel Conversations

How has racism kept you isolated and separated from others?

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Storytelling Carousel Conversations

What would your life be like without racism?

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Concluding Prayer