Category Archives: racism

Receiving Applications for Office Administrator

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Tall Turf Ministries, a non-denominational urban youth ministry with a mission of equipping youth for lives of reconciliation in God’s world, is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time Office Administrator. Applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on December 20, … Continue reading →

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CORR Understanding Racism Workshop in October

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Congregations Organizing for Racial Reconciliation (CORR) is an initiative of Madison Square Church, Coit Community Church, and Church of the Servant. Our vision is to build a community of churches and Christian organizations who are agents of reconciliation. The facilitators … Continue reading →

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The Culture of Grace (via Reconcilers with Chris Rice)

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

I very much appreciated reading this post from Chris Rice about his close friend and brother, Spencer Perkins–oldest son of CCDA co-founder, Dr. John M. Perkins–who died thirteen years earlier at age 44 (he and I were the same age). … Continue reading →

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Consider Becoming a Volunteer Assessor with Partners for a Racism-Free Community

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

 RJI News ~ Winter 2011 PRFC is recruiting volunteers to be assessors in the Standards and Credentialing process.  Organizations go through a process to assess themselves in six areas (standards) to intentionally create a racism-free environment.  Assessors are on … Continue reading →

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See How Tall Turf Impacts Lives

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

Tall Turf’s Annual Program Impact Report If you’re at all interested in knowing about or more about the ministry that I am and have been involved with, reading–or at least looking at the pictures–the Annual Program Impact Report by clicking … Continue reading →

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Tall Turf Program Leader Sought

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

If you know of someone who might be a good fit to lead and oversee all of Tall Turf’s programs–both at camp and in Grand Rapids–throughout the year, please share the position posting with them found at this link:director of … Continue reading →

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Attend an Institute for Healing Racism

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

GRACE offers Institutes for Healing Racism (IHR). Openings still available for October 14-15. Continue reading →

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Endorsement of racial “color-blindness” is linked to racism. (via Restructure!)

Posted on September 10, 2010 by

The findings of the study by Professor Tynes validates what many of us already knew intuitively. Unfortunately, it also demonstrates that there are still many–likely the overwhelming majority–white folks who think becoming “color blind” is the ideal and what we … Continue reading →

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Institute for Healing Racism

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

If you haven’t had or taken advantage of the opportunity to attend an Institute for Healing Racism (IHR), please consider doing so sometime soon. Even if you think you don’t need it–perhaps especially if you think you don’t need it–please … Continue reading →

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April 3rd is the 42nd Anniversary of Dr. King’s “Mountaintop” Speech

Posted on April 2, 2010 by

This video provides the historical context, along with portions of the speech, of Martin Luther King’s final public message of his life–commonly called the Mountaintop speech–on April 3, 1968.  He would be assassinated the very next day. He was 39 … Continue reading →

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