Parish and Family Relationships
Growing Through Caring Relationships Across Generations
Care for creation includes recognizing that communities of color are often living in some of the most polluted neighborhoods in the U.S., contributing to the systemic racism that impacts every aspect of daily life. Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si’ emphasizes “Everything is Connected!”
How to Be an Anti-Racist Family
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Systemic Racism Explained
This short video is great for all ages.
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WATCH: Creator of Veggie Tales explains systemic racism
The creator of the Christian cartoon Veggie Tales is helping bring understanding to the reality of systemic racism.
Phil Vischer has been speaking out on race relations as of late. He previously shared on how he viewed white privilege working to his benefit in his own life. In a short video posted on June 14, the voice of Bob the Tomato walks through the history of how laws enacted in the United States since the freeing of slaves have worked to prevent people of colour from "getting ahead" in life. Read more. |
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Releases “Talking About Race” Web Portal
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture today launched Talking About Race, a new online portal designed to help individuals, families, and communities talk about racism, racial identity and the way these forces shape every aspect of society, from the economy and politics to the broader American culture.
The online portal provides digital tools, online exercises, video instructions, scholarly articles and more than 100 multi-media resources tailored for educators, parents and caregivers—and individuals committed to racial equality. Click Here |
Children’s literature has a wealth of insightful, educational, and appealing books to help educate children about race and racial injustice in the United States. Including everything from picture books to novels, covering both historical and contemporary struggles, this list of children’s books can help parents better inform their children about the realities of race and racial injustice in the United States.
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Planting Trees as Resistance and Empowerment: The Remarkable Illustrated Story of Wangari Maathai, the First African Woman to Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Born near a holy fig tree in the central highlands of Kenya twenty years after the country became a British colony, Wangari Maathai (April 1, 1940–September 25, 2011) went on to become the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded for her triumph of promoting “ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development” by founding the Green Belt Movement responsible for planting 30 million trees and empowering women to partake in social change — an act of courage and resistance for which she was beaten and imprisoned multiple times, but which ultimately helped defeat Kenya’s corrupt, authoritarian president and blazed a new path to ecological resilience.
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Broadening the Story:
60 Picture Books Starring Black Mighty Girls To help you discover a few new titles perfect for sharing with your kids, in this blog post, we've shared sixty of our favorite stories of everyday life starring black Mighty Girls for toddlers, preschoolers, and younger elementary school readers. Whether they're fixing robots or outsmarting foxes, going to the library or dancing on stage, these Mighty Girl characters exude confidence and happiness — and with the support of devoted friends and family, there's nothing they can't do!
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