Video of ‘RACISM: WHAT DO WE DO?’ Forum will be posted here
The Conference Commission on Religion and Race (CORR) will post a recording of the June 13, 2020 Zoom webinar. This forum addressed ways to assist persons serving in the local church in ways to engage their congregations, communities, and selves in moving from talking to action. CORR is planning additional programming.
This video was shared as part of the forum
Learn about Boston-based group White People Challenging Racism
The theme of the 2017 Annual Conference was “Vital Conversations: Race,” and at the session, each church received a copy of the Vital Conversations study series created by the General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR).
In 2019, the Conference Commission on Religion and Race (CCORR) began conducting training on the use of these materials. Links to these resources – including the Vital Conversations study series – can be found below.
Read a Sept. 10, 2019 news story about the training
Resources on the General Commission on Religion and Race website
Vital Conversations Series 1
Vital Conversations Series 2
Vital Conversations Series 3
Additional Resources from the Vital Conversations training
A glossary of terms used in this training
Suggested reading - updated June 10, 2020
In this June 7, 2020 video, Rev. Janet Craswell of National UMC in Washington, DC, offers a message for children about the Black Lives Matter protests. It can be downloaded from our Vimeo page.
Children's message on the BLM protests from New England Conference UMC on Vimeo.