RACIAL JUSTICE

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RACIAL JUSTICE
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Racism is an enemy of peace. Whether its
attitudes and institutions disturb domestic
tranquility, contravene justice or erupt in
bloody skirmishes, racism stands opposed to every
humanizing process. The Bishops Call for Peace
and the Self-Development of Peoples
Rolling out the SPIN for a new day of diversity
of religion, culture, nations, ideas and race!
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EIGHT PRINCIPLES FOR HOW PEOPLE SHOULD ACT ON
THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE Writings of John Rawls
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We Believe

• That our struggle for justice must be based on
• New understandings
• New attitudes
• New relationships and
• Must be reflected in
• the laws,
• policies,
• structures and
• practices of both Church and State

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Julius Lester Writer, Poet, Musician and
Photographer
I am a story, so are you. So is everyone. I
write because our lives are stories.
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Who are these children of god under the skin?

• What is their faith?
• Are they reasonably happy/sad/other?
• Do they have siblings?
• Tell them about yourself under the skin!
• Did they have a happy childhood? How do you
  know?
• What are they like inside?
• Are you the same or different?

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Everything is Somebody
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If sin is understood as separated from God,
then Psalm 1066 We've sinned a lot, both we
and our parents  We've fallen short, hurt a lot
of people. The Message What next?
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We can all SHAKE HANDS and HUG and PRAY that
our friendship will be an inspiration to others
.and we might make a small difference in a
big world.
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THINK ABOUT IT!!!!! Anyway you say it.. Ubuntu
I am human, therefore, you are human! Namasté
The God in me greets the God in you. Feeling
superior requires that someone else is
inferior. Good-bye to.. Racism as the belief
that one race is innately superior to all other
races. There is no place for people of other
faiths in my Godly universe!
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CREDITS Photos General Board of Global
Ministries Photo Gallery SUGGESTED MUSIC
Order My Steps, by Glenn Burleigh The hymn
asks God to teach me Your will, bridle my
tongue, take charge of my thoughts, in order
to live in this ever changing World. This hymn
appears on the CD accompanying the Mission
Education study Gods Mission-Gods Song, by
Joyce Sohl. PowerPoint Presentation
racialjustice73007 prepared by Doris
Young, California-Nevada Conference
UMW Communications Team Summer 2007 Updated July
2009