St John's Episcopal Church

St John's Episcopal Church Clayton, CA

Morning Prayer - Tuesdays 10 AM

Morning Prayer - Tuesdays at 10 am

Followed by discussions around Racism in America and what we can do

For next week's discussion we'll be starting with what we learn from Part 2, Hour 1 of the PBS series Reconstruction, America After the Civil War. By 1877 the federal government had ended attempts to aid former slaves in the transition to live as free people. Northerners "moved on" to other issues; White Southerners were free to deal with their own problems. Punishment by lynching threatened Blacks who were accused of violating resulting Jim Crow laws and customs.

The twin legacies of slavery and Jim Crow impact race relations in our country in our own time. Join us as we learn some "hard" history that may not have been part of our high school U.S. History courses. Why would we/should we do this? Share your views!

Following are some of the resources this group has read, viewed and/or discussed:

TED Talk How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time, given by Baratunde Thurston.
Leading From the Front, Racial Equality in the Military
Three Myths about Racism - The speaker is Candis Watts Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Penn State.
PBS News Hour: How Structural Racisim is Magnifying the Public Health Crisis.
The Diocese of New York Examines Slavery .
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Emancipation from Mental Slavery | Dr. Cheryl Tawede Grills | TEDxCulverCity
An Historical Timeline of Reparations Payments Made from 1783-2020 by the U.S. Government. and two short YouTube clips:
Why Black Americans Face More Obstacles than White European Immigrants (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
Trevor Breaks Down Reparations and White Privilege
The Story of Reconstruction, CBS Sunday Morning,
The History of the Reconstruction Era (Ever hear about the time America almost fixed its race problem?),
The Freedman's Bureau, PBS,
Life After Slavery for African Americans, AP U.S. History, Khan Academy
Jim Crow Laws and Racial Segregation in America (Plessy v. Ferguson). Georgia Public Broadcasting
The History of Jim Crow, Part 1 (put together by a team of college students)
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War, shown on PBS in 2019.
Reparations for Black Americans: Whether, Why and How Panel assembled by Brookings institute, April 2020.
A Conversation on Reparations. Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, February 2020
Wealth and Structural Racism. William Darity, Jr., Duke University, April 2016
Reparations Now. Dr.Raymond Windbush (Sankofa Community Affairs channel)
The Case for Reparations goes to Congress HBO, 6 minutes
Slavery Reparations cost US Government $10 to $12 trillion; Here’s how the government could fund reparations for descendants of slaves. (includes baby bond proposal)
CNBC (YouTube) August 2020

Why We Need Reparations for Black Americans . Rashawn Ray and Andre M. Perry, April 2020 Brookings Institute
Reparations to Black Americans for Slavery Gains New Attention . Wall Street Journal, July 2020
An Overdue Debt: Why it’s finally time to pay reparations Seth Cohen, Forbes, June 2020
Black Communities Have Been Robbed: Will Reparations for Black Americans finally get real consideration? Meera Jagannathan, MarketWatch, June 2020

Holy Spirit Church

Holy Spirit Church - Communities of Courage and Compassion

In 2013, Bishop Marc Andrus invited St Michael's Concord and St John's Clayton to join together as Holy Spirit Church. Each church maintains it's identity and location, while sharing the leadership of our Interim Vicar, Rev. Audrey Miskelley. We join together to celebrate Eucharist for special feast days and other occasions throughout the year. We share our strengths and our commitment to living the gospel. Together we are stronger!