This year’s Annual Conference passed a resolution that 100% of our clergy and as many of our laity as possible should participate in A Long Talk, a program developed to interrupt racism (and other isms). See a video of the introductory session presented at Annual Conference, here. (If the video doesn’t begin with Bishop Bickerton’s introduction of Carter and Williams, you can get there by forwarding the video to 3:00:30).
The program is available online and includes just two interactive Zoom sessions of two hours each plus other activities and information you can do for a few minutes a day at your own pace. The organizers recently added a session in August, and two more in September. If you haven’t already, please sign up here
WHAT NOW?
I strongly encourage you to at least watch the presentation at Annual Conference (see the link in the second paragraph above) and then consider whether the skills they teach would be useful in your life, no matter what kind of difficult conversation you may be having. Spoiler alert: they will be!
Once you realize that, sign up for a training. I will be doing it as soon as I get back from vacation.
In hope,
Anne