Race

“We need to pray, that any time injustice happens, God would open our eyes to us, and the Holy Spirit would convict us on how to respond.”

—- Cal Jernigan

“Empathy is choosing to feel your pain in my heart.”

—- Cal Jernigan

“It is necessary for the moral individuals to take a stand that is neither safe nor popular, but he must do it because it is right.”

—- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Resources

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Sermons & Videos
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Books
  • Be The Bridge: Latasha Morrison
  • Just Mercy: Bryan Stevenson
  • Oneness Embraced: Tony Evans
  • The Color of Compromise: Jemar Tisby
  • The New Jim Crow: Michelle Alexander
  • Where Do We Go From Here: Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0: Brenda Salter McNeil
  • One Blood: Dr. John Perkins
  • Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
  • How to be An Anti-Racist by Ibran X. Kendi
  • Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice Theology and Identity by Robert Chao Romero
  • Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America by Michael O. Emerson
  • The Third Option, Hope for a Racially Divided Nation by Miles McPherson
  • Is Christianity the White Man's Religion? by Antipas L. Harris
  • Warmth of Other Sons: Isabella Wilkerson
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Additional Reading
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Group Curriculums

Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0 Implementation Guide

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Videos on Netflix
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Student Resources

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Junior High Age Books:

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson

Hidden Figures Young Readers Addition by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore

The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez

The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph

The Four Hundred Year Start by Nikki Ace

High School Age Books:

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

I’m not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika Sanchez

The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sheran Alexie

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

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Family Resources

Children’s Books that support racial inclusivity:

  • Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison
  • Dream Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison
  • I am Sacageawea by Brad Meltzer
  • I am Jackie Robinson by Brad Meltzer
  • The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Just Ask by Sonia Sotomayor
  • Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
  • I Am Enough by Grace Byers
  • Chocolate Me by Taye Diffs
  • Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai
  • Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
  • Who was George Washing Carver by Jim Gigliotti
  • I can do hard things by Jennifer Nettles
  • A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
  • All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
  • Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
  • I Believe I Can by Grace Byers

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