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The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Council for World Mission (CWM), on 14 June, opened a four-day online event, “Anti-racist in Christ? Ecumenical Christian Repentance, Reflection and Action on Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia.”

Un seminario en línea celebrado el 1 de junio –cien años después de la masacre racial de Tulsa– honró el legado de las víctimas de masacres del pasado.

Desde Tulsa, el Rev. Dr. Robert Turner, pastor de la capilla histórica de Vernon de la Iglesia Episcopal Metodista Africana y decano del Seminario Teológico de Jackson, habló mientras se preparaba para conmemorar a las víctimas de la masacre.

Ein am 1. Juni veranstaltetes Seminar gedenkt 100 Jahre nach den Lynchmorden von Tulsa der Opfer historischer Massaker.

Aus Tulsa meldete sich Pastor Dr. Robert Turner, Seelsorger der historischen Vernon Chapel der African Methodist Episcopal Church und Studiendekan des Jackson Theological Seminars, während der Vorbereitungen der Gedenkveranstaltung für die Opfer des Massakers zu Wort.

Le 1er juin, 100 ans après le massacre de Tulsa, un webinaire a rendu hommage à la mémoire des victimes de massacres passés.

Le révérend Dr Robert Turner, pasteur de l'église Historic Vernon chapel A.M.E. et doyen du Jackson Theological Seminary, s'est exprimé à Tulsa alors qu'il se préparait à commémorer les victimes du massacre.

A webinar on 1 June—100 years after the Tulsa race massacre—honored the legacy of victims of past massacres.

From Tulsa, Rev. Dr Robert Turner, pastor of Historic Vernon chapel A.M.E. church and academic dean for Jackson Theological Seminary, spoke as he was getting ready to commemorate the victims of the massacre.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Council for World Mission, from 14-17 June, will present online the ecumenical event “Anti-racist in Christ? Ecumenical Christian Repentance, Reflection and Action on Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia.”

A webinar on 1 June entitled “Remembering Past Massacres: Honoring the Legacy and Resilience of Victims” will focus on North America and the Caribbean.

Churches Together in England will be marking the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd on 25 May with a special #CandleOfJustice.

Churches will be uniting at noon that day to light a candle, pray and commit to taking personal and institutional action to tackle racism in society and in churches.

 

In a statement issued just after the verdict finding former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd, Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, reflected that no verdict can erase the pain of the Floyd family.

A House panel in the United States Congress advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves by approving legislation, commonly referred to as H.R. 40, on 15 April that would create a commission to study the issue. The “40” refers to the failed government effort to provide 40 acres (16 hectares) of land to newly freed slaves as the Civil War drew to a close.

It's the first time the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the legislation.

The Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent met virtually from 24-26 March to discuss “Environmental Justice, the Climate Crisis and People of African Descent.”

In the wake of rising anti-Asian violence and hate speech in the USA, religious leaders and ecumenical coalitions in the nation are calling for an end to the violence—and the xenophobia and discrimination that undergird it.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) pone a disposición una oración para invitar a sus iglesias miembros y asociados del mundo entero a celebrar el Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial el 21 de marzo.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) stellt seinen Mitgliedskirchen und Partnerorganisationen weltweit einen Gebetsgottesdienst zur Verfügung und lädt sie ein, am 21. März den Internationalen Tag für die Beseitigung der Rassendiskriminierung zu begehen.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) met à disposition une prière afin d’inviter ses Églises membres et ses partenaires du monde entier à célébrer la Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale le 21 mars.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is making available a prayer to invite its member churches and partners across the world observe the International Day for the Elimination of  Racial Discrimination on 21 March.

In the month of March, the World Council of Churches is encouraging its fellowship and partners to join the Lott Carey “31 Days of Prayer for Women’s Empowerment,” which is also the 9th Anniversary Global Women’s Prayer Guide. The guide features 31 days of prayer for incarcerated women and girls around the world.

The fourth of a series of five webinars promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pan-African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN) was held on 18 February, providing reflections on inclusion of both African culture and tradition into theological reflection.

Under the title “Christ’s Love in the Midst of Pandemic: Moving the World to Reconciliation and Solidarity,” the World Council of Churches (WCC) journal The Ecumenical Review explores a range of theological, spiritual, and societal questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Two new World Council of Churches podcasts highlight the intersection of racism and COVID-19. Guests are Rev. Dr Karen Georgia Thompson, associate general minister for Wider Church Ministries and Operations and co-executive for Global Ministries, United Church of Christ in the USA, and Rev. Canon Emmanuel Chikoya, general secretary, Council of Churches in Zambia.