Welcome from
Dr. Catherine Meeks and Bishop Robert Wright
The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing is proud to partner with
Interfaith Children's Movement for its Prayer Celebration & Children's Sabbath.
We invite and encourage you to join us for this
live, free virtual event, Sunday, October 25, 4 - 5 p.m. EST.
Click below to register and for more information.
You don't want to miss it!
Interfaith Children's Movement for its Prayer Celebration & Children's Sabbath.
We invite and encourage you to join us for this
live, free virtual event, Sunday, October 25, 4 - 5 p.m. EST.
Click below to register and for more information.
You don't want to miss it!
Learn more about the iconic Bishop Barbara C. Harris below.
In Memory of Bishop Barbara C. Harris
First Woman Ordained in the
Episcopal Church and the Worldwide Anglican Communion
June 12, 1930 - March 13, 2020
"Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death." Isaiah 57:2
We are deeply sadden by the loss of Bishop Barbara C. Harris. She was a strong advocate for the Center for Racial Healing, and leaves a legacy of dismantling injustices within the church and beyond that spans several decades. The Center was truly blessed and honored when she visited late last year for the launch of the Bishop Barbara C. Harris Justice Project, where her work and legacy will continue.
St. Luke's is one of 25 houses of worship across the country that will host Mourning into Unity vigils on Monday, October 12 and Monday, October 19. The hope is to bring Americans together to grieve the deaths of the ongoing pandemic and all our collective losses: unemployment, unsafe school and workplaces, distance from family and friends. Participants will gather on the steps outside of St. Luke's and their bells will toll, in anguish but also in defiance because our community and our country are stronger than this pandemic.
St. Luke's has invited interfaith leaders and members of the medical profession to join the Rev. Horace Griffin in leading the vigil. The services will be broadcast live over Zoom with the Rev. Ed Bacon hosting. The community is welcomed to join them virtually for the vigil and for community sharing afterward. There are a limited number of spaces available to join the vigil in person on Peachtree Street. Sign up is required for both Zoom and in person participation. Masks and social distancing will be required and enforced at the church.
St. Luke's has invited interfaith leaders and members of the medical profession to join the Rev. Horace Griffin in leading the vigil. The services will be broadcast live over Zoom with the Rev. Ed Bacon hosting. The community is welcomed to join them virtually for the vigil and for community sharing afterward. There are a limited number of spaces available to join the vigil in person on Peachtree Street. Sign up is required for both Zoom and in person participation. Masks and social distancing will be required and enforced at the church.
HONORING TWO CIVIL RIGHTS GIANTS
We recently loss two civil rights icons,
Rev. C. T. Vivian and Representative John Lewis.
Their courage, tenacity and commitment
changed our nation, and encouraged and inspired
many to take a stand.
The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing
asks you to join us in honoring these men
by continuing in the daily work of dismantling racism and
ending social injustices, and most importantly,
exercising your right to vote,
which they tirelessly fought for you to have.
Rest in peace
Brother Vivian and Brother Lewis
We thank you for a job well done
Rev. C. T. Vivian and Representative John Lewis.
Their courage, tenacity and commitment
changed our nation, and encouraged and inspired
many to take a stand.
The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing
asks you to join us in honoring these men
by continuing in the daily work of dismantling racism and
ending social injustices, and most importantly,
exercising your right to vote,
which they tirelessly fought for you to have.
Rest in peace
Brother Vivian and Brother Lewis
We thank you for a job well done
MY BLACK LIFE
This spoken word is written and performed by Dominique J. Hardy. It was originally performed during the Allyship for God’s People webinar hosted for over 400 youth and youth leaders of the Episcopal Church.
Please help us share Dominique's story of growing up black in America far and wide. Join us in being an agent of change in the world. For more about Dominique, visit her website: www.dominiquehardy.com.
#blm #icantbreathe #episocopal #racism #spokenword
Please help us share Dominique's story of growing up black in America far and wide. Join us in being an agent of change in the world. For more about Dominique, visit her website: www.dominiquehardy.com.
#blm #icantbreathe #episocopal #racism #spokenword
Join Dr. Meeks and Host Chelsi Glascoe for New Episodes
A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks will support the work of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing
in its mission of creating brave space where the truth can be told. The sessions will explore various topics
that address the intersections between slavery, lynching, the prison industrial complex, the death penalty
and 21st-century police killings and the ways in which these issues prohibit racial healing in America.
There will be a wide variety of guests who will assist the host and Absalom Jones Center Director in engaging
the crucial topic of racial healing from their wide range of experiences as resistors to racism and in seeking racial healing.
A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks will support the work of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing
in its mission of creating brave space where the truth can be told. The sessions will explore various topics
that address the intersections between slavery, lynching, the prison industrial complex, the death penalty
and 21st-century police killings and the ways in which these issues prohibit racial healing in America.
There will be a wide variety of guests who will assist the host and Absalom Jones Center Director in engaging
the crucial topic of racial healing from their wide range of experiences as resistors to racism and in seeking racial healing.
We're on YouTube!
Visit the Center for Racial Healing's YouTube page for our webinars, messages from Dr. Meeks and more information on the Center and dismantling systemic racism.
NOW ONLINE!
Oscar the Owl Teaches Children About
Love
Equality
Kindness
Togetherness
Oscar Owl Gives a Hoot about Color teaches children about accepting
others regardless of the color of their skin. The book's message is that each person is unique,
and that we create a better world when we come together in love and work to
achieve respect and equality for all.
The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing
807 Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard | Atlanta, Georgia 30314
404-601-5335 | centerforracialhealing@episcopalatlanta.org
Catherine Meeks, PhD, Executive Director
807 Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard | Atlanta, Georgia 30314
404-601-5335 | centerforracialhealing@episcopalatlanta.org
Catherine Meeks, PhD, Executive Director