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Racial Justice Task Group

The Racial Justice Task group addresses issues of racism and disparities related to race prejudice and discrimination.  During the past calendar year, these are some of the activities that this grouped accomplished.

  • Presented a 2008 summer service
  • Sponsored a table at the Victor Lewis event in the fall of 2008.
  • Previewed the first module of the Saint Paul Foundation's "Facing Race - Conversations About Race" program.
  • Presented the Saint Paul Foundation's program "Facing Race - Conversations About Race".  The program was facilitated by a staff member from the Foundation and was attended by members of the congregation and by others who were not members of the church.
  • Sponsored a presentation by Dr. Char Kunkle, where she discussed the results of the 2006 "Racial Attitudes and Actions" survey she conducted and compared the results with the 1990 results of the same survey .
  • Showed and discussed one of the 20/20 television show's videos "What Would You Do?".
  • Piloted the 3-session program "Race: The Power of an Illusion" including the collecting of DNA samples from the participants.  The DNA samples will be compared with an international database to illustrate matriarchial lineage.

Meeting Information

The Racial Justice Task Group meets at the church from 6:00 - 7:30 PM the first Tuesday of the month.  Dave Kraemer is the acting chair of the task group.

Committee Goals for the 2009/2010 year

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