SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
Mission Statement: To inform and educate on key social justice issues in our church, community and the world leading to deeper engagement and expanded capacity to advocate for meaningful change, resulting in a world of increasing justice, wholeness and peace.
Educate, Advocate, Disrupt
Resolution in Support of the Build Back Better Act
WV Benefits of the Build Back Better Act
Seeking to be Faithful Together
Confronting SPC HIstory and Slavery 2024
What We Do
- Research SPC archival records and update SPC historical narratives
- Connect with the work of the Equal Justice Initiative (https://eji.org) and founder Bryan Stevenson; partner with local NAACP and other organizations in an EJI-inspired Community Remembrance Project researching and educating about terror lynchings in the Eastern Panhandle (https://www.berkeleycountywvnaacp.com/single-project)
- Partner with the Adult Education Committee in Sunday Seminar study on topics including ‘Conversations about Race, Privilege and Faith’
- Join with local partners such as Shepherd University’s Center for Appalachian Studies to support justice-driven events open to the community:
- hillbilly, a documentary by Sally Rubin and Ashley York hillbilly (hillbillymovie.com)
- activist and author of Southernmost Silas House ( www.shepherd.edu/news/center-for-appalachian-studies-host-august-23-read...);
Resources
- Narrative and visual journey to EJI’s Legacy Museum in Montgomery, AL: https://www.berkeleycountywvnaacp.com/single-project
- True Justice, a documentary: https://eji.org/projects/true-justice
- Ijeoma Oluo reading the Introduction from her book So You Want to Talk About Race and audience questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnybJZRWipg
- Disparities Experienced by Black Women and Girls: Introduction to the Report https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=166168755168137&ref=search
- PC(USA) Self-Development of People Committee on The Black Manifesto: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/story/webinar-explores-the-black-man...
- TaNehisi Coates article on reparations: http://argumentcenterededucation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/The-Case...
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, excerpt by Peggy McIntosh,
- 1988, 2-page list of ‘hidden’ privileges: https://hd.ingham.org/Portals/HD/White%20Priviledge%20Unpacking%20the%20...
- Crossroads Antiracism: http://crossroadsantiracism.org/
