by Brenda Capen | Aug 14, 2020 | News, Racial Justice
Bridging the racial divide By Andrew Kissell Bishop Sharma Lewis has asked us to tell our stories about racism. Here’s mine.–Andrew Kissell, member of Community United Methodist Church, Virginia Beach, and president of the Southeastern Jurisdiction United...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 13, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, News, Racial Justice
By Madeline White “Virginians Speak: A Dialogue on Policing Reform, Community, & Law Enforcement in Virginia” was a jointly sponsored webinar featuring a panel of prominent Virginians in the fields of law enforcement, community engagement, and faith communities...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 12, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, News, Racial Justice
“Virginians Speak: A Dialogue on Policing Reform, Community, & Law Enforcement in Virginia” was a jointly sponsored event that featured a panel of prominent Virginians in the fields of law enforcement, community engagement, and faith communities for dialogue and a...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By the Rev. Drew Colby Late Saturday night, May 30, I got texts from a couple church members making me aware of protests that were getting serious in our town [Manassas, Va.]. By Sunday morning it was clear that the night ended with some violence, vandalism, and...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By the Rev. Michelle Matthews I have heard some folks say that protests, rallies, vigils, and marches are really just passive, functionally neutral, non-active responses to perceived injustice. The implied question being: “If folks are really that outraged,...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By the Rev. Grace Han I moved to the United States from South Korean when I was 7 years old. Because I moved here as a child, I could speak English without an accent, rather than my parents did—with a noticeable Korean accent. I was always aware of that...
