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SUMMARY:Diversity & Reconciliation Winter Workshop | 2027
DESCRIPTION:Join the Diversity and Reconciliation Commission on January 23 
 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at H.J.'s Youth and Community Center in Kansas City 
 for a workshop on “Undoing Racism.”\n\nWorking for justice is difficult
  at best\, excruciatingly difficult at worst. Most of the time it seems as 
 if the more exact word for this long-hoped-for state of being is ‘just-us
 ’ and even ‘just-me.’ It is one thing for churches\, and yes\, this i
 s true of many denominations\, to pass resolutions that repudiate this blig
 ht on our nation and repent this personal and institutional sin\, to say th
 at we are against racism and exclusion\, and that we are working for justic
 e. It is one thing for us to say that we decry the artificial and illegal b
 arriers erected between those who have power and those who seek their right
 s\, between those who enjoy the rich economic resources of this country and
  those who cry themselves to sleep from continuous hunger and deprivation. 
 It is another thing altogether to be the seeker and the advocate and the tr
 ainer and the record keeper and … only the super strong can labor in that
  vineyard alone. Only robotics can be immune to the waves of fatigue\, self
 -doubt and hopelessness that frequently assail us as we work to actualize t
 hat which everyone professes to want without the pain of getting there.\n\n
 The purpose of this workshop is to assist the diocese in eliminating the si
 n of racism. There are three essential steps to be followed when a diocese 
 makes this commitment to focus on the sin of racism\, its elimination from 
 the church\, the community\, and the world in which we live. First\, there 
 needs to be an organized and functioning anti-racism committee\; secondly\,
  the support of the diocesan bishop\; and thirdly\, a comprehensive plan fo
 r proceeding with this ministry.\n\nThis training fulfills the intent of se
 veral General Convention resolutions\, which call for leaders at all level
 s of The Episcopal Church to receive training on the Church’s teaching ab
 out racial diversity and other forms of diversity present within the human 
 family.\n\nThis event will be in-person only. If you have any questions abo
 ut registration or the workshop\, please contact Canon Shirley Bolden. The 
 workshop can hold up to 30 participants\, so register soon.
LOCATION:H.J.'s Youth & Community Center | 6425 Wornall Rd.\, Kansas City\,
  MO 64113
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