It's a call for our time.
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Racism continues to hold a grip on our nation. We see this enduring reality through the widening wealth gap between blacks and whites; disparate health impacts for African Americans during Covid 19, child birth, and climate change; and the treatment of people of color in the criminal justice system – to name just a few examples. Over the centuries, white faith communities have been deeply complicit in this story of oppression. But we believe there’s a stirring among people of faith, a hunger, for racial justice and healing. Many just aren’t sure how to go about it and could use a partner along the way.
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Are you ready to take the next step?
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How we Work
The mission of Interwoven Congregations is to help faith communities in the U.S. become agents for racial justice and healing -- within their congregations, in their community, and across society at large. We support faith communities as they: ​​
Build Relationships
Take Action
Racial Justice Resources for your Congregation
Interwoven Conversation Cards
Could you use a hand in starting a conversation about race in your congregation, or taking that dialogue deeper? Request your own downloadable copy of the Interwoven Conversation Cards (with guidelines) to help your faith community engage these key issues while spurring relationship building and steps toward action.
An Invitation for MLK Day
Thanks to everyone who joined us for this event! We will be posting a link to the event recording soon!
"Me and White Supremacy"
Study circles launch Feb. 2025
As the New Year gets underway, share in a personal and intensive examination of the dynamic at the heart of our nation's challenge for racial justice. We will use Layla Saad's penetrating text and guided journal, "Me and White Supremacy," and will employ the circle method she recommends for group study. Two circles (max of 10 participants each) will begin the 10 week experience in February and will cover these topics. Here's the schedule:
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Daytime Circle: Each Monday, Feb. 10th - April 14th at 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST
Evening Circle: Each Thursday, Feb. 6th - April 10th at 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST
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The study is designed for white participants who want to help their congregations engage the issue of white supremacy and then take action. There are three intentions for each circle:
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1st: Involve each participant in a deep, honest grappling with their own understanding and experience of white supremacy;
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2nd: Equip each participant to subsequently lead a circle at their congregation using Saad's text and the circle method of group facilitation;
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3rd: Channel our enhanced understanding of white supremacy into a commitment for action in both our personal lives and through our congregations to promote racial justice and healing.
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Sign up for one of the circles here. There will be a $10 registration fee and participants procure their own texts. Space is limited, so sign up today!
Take a Civil Rights Pilgrimage
(You can do it in 10 minutes!)
If you'd like to stand at the resting place for Dr. King and Corretta Scott King, enter the sanctuary of the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, walk the Edmund Pettus Bridge, gaze up at the hanging bronze markers of the Equal Justice Initiative's Peace and Justice Memorial, and hear the reflections of our pilgrimage participants along the way (spoken AND in song!), here's all of that in a 10 minute video.
Follow the Series!
Follow our 4-part series on Doing Racial Justice. It began with The Apology and Congregations Doing Racial Justice!
Next up: Reparations and What Does Racial Justice Look Like for Native Americans?
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Not a subscriber? (It's free!) Sign up here!
About Us
The Governing Board of Interwoven Congregations:
Brother John Anderson
Charles Booker
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Monique Bryant
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Pat Jackson
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Nadia Subaran
The Governing Board first convened in February 2020 to establish the mission of Interwoven Congregations: to help faith communities become agents of racial justice and healing in the United States.
We our honored to have Ambassador Andrew Young and other leading voices serve on the Interwoven Congregations Advisory Board.
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Rev. Pat Jackson serves as the Executive Director of Interwoven Congregations.
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Contact Us
Contact us to:
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Receive your electronic copy of the Interwoven Conversation Cards!
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Sign up for one of the "Me and White Supremacy" study circles (launch Feb. 2025). ​​
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Subscribe to Interwoven Congregations Quarterly (free), a journal designed to encourage, challenge and sustain you in your work for racial justice and healing.
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Receive the Congregational Antiracism Survey (free) to help your faith community gauge where you are in your antiracism journey today and what your next steps might be.
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Find out more about how your faith community could participate as an Interwoven Congregation.
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