Racial Equity & Social Justice

Statements and Press Releases 

Episcopal Church & Bishop’s  FEZANA  ZAMWI Hindu American Foundation  Interfaith Works  JCRC LDS Statement Muslim Community Center (MCC) Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Archdiocese of Washington Black and Jewish Clergy Dialogue  International Buddhist Community (IBC) Kunchang Palyul Choling Potomac Area Interfaith Communities (PAIC)County-Wide Law Enforcement Leaders of MoCo Montgomery County Faith Community Advisory Council Statement on Racism

Call to Action

Poor People’s Campaign – Demands on Systemic Racism President Obama – How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change

Prayers

Archdiocese of Washington – Wake Me Up Lord Catholic Charities – Prayer for Racial Healing Prayers for Interfaith Family United Methodist Church – A Prayer of Confession United Church of Christ– Prayer of Confession for Racial Justice The Episcopal Church – Litany for Minnesota’s Sins of Racism

Videos

• June 7, 2020: Sunday Sermon by The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde
• Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church: I Can’t Breathe
• Pope decries racism and urges peaceful protests in the United States
• Who Is the First Anti-Racist? (Dr. Craig Considine)
• Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III | The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Requiem for Ahmaud Arbery
• The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Requiem for Ahmaud Arbery
• Rabbi Abbi Sharofsky’s Dialogue with Rev. Dr. Christopher Zacharia s – Two Minutes of Torah

Montgomery County Racial Equity and Social Justice – Community Engagement Toolkit
Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice  – Montgomery County Bill No. 27-19

Reimagining Public Safety: Prevent Harm and Lead with the Truth

Multicultural Dialogue on Racism and Bias – The Rev. Dr. Carol Flett, Co-Chair of Faith Community Working Group, and 18 facilitators led Multicultural Dialogues on Racism and Bias with small diverse groups of Montgomery County residents. The Participant Manual includes guidelines, working definitions, tools and practices for dismantling systemic racism that can be used by individuals, families, groups, and faith communities. 

Resources from Montgomery County Chief Equity Officer

• Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
• Racism without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
• Documentary: Slavery by Another Name PBS documentary 
• The Guide to Allyship

Books Recommended by FCAC Discussion Groups “Candid Conversations on Race”

Following four years of the dialogues on racism, the Rev. Dr. Carol Flett and 18 facilitators led Candid Conversations on Race using the following three books for learning how our racialized society affects all people. The team is considering how to revive the small group discussions virtually and assessing a fresh approach for physical meetings this fall.

Additional Recommended Reading