Today, we are touring The Legacy Museum as part of our pilgrimage. The museum is located in a former warehouse in Montgomery, AL, where hundreds of enslaved people were kept while waiting to be auctioned. https://lnkd.in/e4ymVc7
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Building a More Inclusive Tomorrow
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The world we live in today is multi-religious, multi-racial and multi-ethnic. The Religion & Society Program at the Aspen Institute believes there is value in those differences. We envision a society where religious and non-religious people thrive, respecting and engaging together across beliefs. Launched in 2012, the Religion & Society Program strives to strengthen the understanding of religion's role in advancing equity and the common good. The Program focuses on bridging the gap between ideas and impact, building the capacity of faith-based leaders, galvanizing philanthropic investment, and serving as a national knowledge hub that informs and connects leaders from various fields and worldviews. By emphasizing network and community building, the Program is creating and amplifying connections that can break down barriers for generations to come.
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Today, we are touring The Legacy Museum as part of our pilgrimage. The museum is located in a former warehouse in Montgomery, AL, where hundreds of enslaved people were kept while waiting to be auctioned. https://lnkd.in/e4ymVc7
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As Racial Justice and Religion Collective members make a pilgrimage this week to Birmingham and Montgomery, epicenters for the Black civil rights movement, may the spirits of our ancestors inspire them. The Collective is part of the Aspen Institute's Religion and Society Program, which seeks to ignite change through convening, catalyzing, and researching the challenges and opportunities at the convergence of religion, culture, and justice. https://ow.ly/6RoT50PRECj
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Watch “Sitting for Justice,” a documentary that goes behind the scenes of how the Montgomery Bus Boycott came to be. Included are interviews with civil rights attorney Fred Gray, activists Claudette Colvin and Doris Crenshaw, and several historians. https://ow.ly/xhgk50PQPNO
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In the pulpit and the pews, in choir lofts and Sunday schools, the black church continues to offer affirmation and dignity to people still searching for equality and justice, still willing to reach out for a more inclusive, embracing tomorrow. https://ow.ly/Tmw250PQPGZ
The Black Church | American Experience | PBS
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Faith and religion continue to impact how we, especially as people of color, navigate our communities and the broader American society. This includes confronting racism and interrogating religion’s role in making true racial justice a reality. https://ow.ly/guMX50PQPwW
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Nina Fernando, Executive Director of the Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign, reflects on the Racial Justice & Religion Collective retreat: “Our retreat offered space to explore our personal narratives and our shared communal narratives that connect us to our best selves and to one another, to the stories of our ancestors, and to the even greater story of our shared humanity. We took part in big-picture discussions on how we might go about "constructing an honest, inclusive, and forward-looking narrative in America." https://lnkd.in/gp6zjAge
Racial Justice & Religion Collective Gathers For Powerful Retreat
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Last week, The Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program hosted a retreat for the Racial Justice & Religion Collective in collaboration with the Bahá’í OPA in Eliot, Maine, at the Green Acre Bahá’í Center of Learning. Our brilliant facilitators, Dr. Velda Love, PJ Andrews, Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, and Mat Cotton, created a gracious space to connect with ourselves and each other. There were tears and laughter, but above all else, there was hope for the world we intend to build together as a collective.
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