Racial Equity
Seven Last Words: Strange Fruit Speaks
This Holy Week the Racial Equity Team invites you to engage in a new way of experiencing the cross. Modeled after the “Seven Last Words of Jesus” traditionally preached on…
Read MoreRacial Equity Audit-Update on Stage 2
Dear Siblings in Christ, The Synod Council and staff have been working diligently, in partnership with Gold Enterprises, to complete the Racial Equity Audit. Over the past 6 months, many important…
Read MoreParticipate in a Sacred Group Small Group – Sign Up Today!
Bishop Leila Ortiz and Metro D.C. Synod Racial Equity Team invite all rostered leaders to participate in Sacred Ground a film-based dialog series on race and faith. In this 12-part series, small…
Read MoreSynod Partners with Gold Enterprises for Racial Equity Audit
Dear Siblings in Christ, I’m excited to share with you an update regarding the synod’s commitment, as part of the Synod Council’s Plan for Racial Justice, to conduct a racial…
Read MorePrayer for the Sierra Pacific Synod
From the Metro D.C. Synod Racial Equity Team (RET) A prayer from Rev. Franklin Morales (RET Co-chair) on behalf of the RET Lord God, we feel vexed, misunderstood, broken, marginalized, and…
Read MoreCommemorations List: Lamentations, Celebrations & Education
The Commemorations List that follows is offered as a resource in our ongoing work as a Church and as a nation. The Racial Equity team of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C.…
Read MoreComplete Racial Justice Survey by December 31
In order to better connect with the work congregations in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod are doing towards racial justice and equity, the Synod is asking each congregation to share…
Read MoreCommunal Bible Study in Commemoration of Emanuel 9 Massacre
The Metro D.C. Synod Racial Equity Team invites you to pause on June 17, 2021, at 7:00 PM (EST) as we commemorate the 6th anniversary of the massacre of the…
Read MoreA Plan for Racial Justice in the Metro D.C. Synod of the ELCA
Preamble The Metro DC Synod Council issued a letter on October 7, 2020, that called on the synod and its congregations to dismantle white supremacy within the church and society-at-large. …
Read MoreA Statement on the Verdict on the Derek Chauvin Trial
From the Metro D.C. Synod Racial Equity Team We can stand with the jury and say that they got it right in holding Derek Chauvin accountable for a death delivering…
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