Racial Righteousness Resources

Be the Bridge (@beabridgebuilder) is an organization whose vision is that people and organizations are aware and responding to the racial brokenness and systemic injustice in our world. They have an incredible website with numerous resources.

Lisa Sharon Harper (@lisasharper) lectures on “The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right” (1 hour)
Listen to this Pulitzer Prize winning NYT podcast series, 1619 (6 episodes)
Watch this homily (18 minutes) from Covenant Pastor Efrem Smith (@efrem.smith). Consider- what is the gap in my community? And, what would it look like to stand in it?

Watch the documentary True Justice which tells the story of Bryan Stevenson and the work of the Equal Justice Institute (@eji_org).
If you are an Amazon Prime Member, you have access to a 12 part free video series called “Color of Compromise” from Jemar Tisby (@jemartisby).

Read this interview (3 pages) between Rev. Romal Tune and Fr. Richard Rohr
Watch this interview (45 minutes) is between with James Cone and Bill Moyers. Ask yourself, How do I feel? Be open and honest. In the interview, Cone says he wants to start a conversation about the legacy of lynching in America. How can the church engage in such a conversation in a substantive way? What do congregations need in order to be supported amid such a conversation?