Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation Training 2020

Choose your date/location and choose your program!

Each of our training events this year will offer both the introductory level session and the next-level session for those who have attended the basic training before.

In the entry level Anti-racism training attendees will learn to:

• Name and understand key terms/concepts related to racism
• Describe current and historic examples of institutional racism, white privilege, civil and human rights in the U.S.
• Explore and articulate biblical foundations for justice ministry
• Engage in informed dialogue about current issues of racism and work toward reconciliation in the U.S. and in local communities
• Begin to develop personal and community-based “Next Steps” to address systemic racism in participants’ own communities.

The second level assumes understanding of all the introductory material and focuses on community organizing toward racial justice.

In the entry second level Anti-racism training attendees will learn to:

• Explore and articulate biblical foundations for organizing our communities
• Move beyond conversations with an option to take up an issue of racial justice in your local community and learn how to make a difference
• Survey the racial justice issues and campaigns in your local community 
• Receive tools for individual and congregational barriers to church growth, financial sustainability, and community impact
•  Create a plan to build deep relationships with black, indigenous, people of color in your community
•  Explore your path and plan as public leader on issues of racial justice in Mid-America

The fee is $50 for either track, which includes lunch and all distributed materials.

Plan to arrive and check in by 9:45am so training can begin promptly at 10:00.
Check-in, fellowship, and snacks begin at 9:00.

Effective January 1, 2017, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Mid-America's Regional Commission on the Order of Ministry added to its continuing education policy the requirement of an approved Anti-Racism Pro-Reconciliation Justice Ministries training course every three years. This policy change is to underscore the Region's commitment to the identity of the Disciples as a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world.