First Faith & Fire 2.0 Conversation: a Juneteenth Call for Reparations

Faith & Fire Conversations 2.0: Faith in the Public Square Series

Our faith-based conversations about the politics of today will continue and focus on critical legislation and issues across America. Join us for these candid, faith-filled, and Holy Spirit-led panel conversations with faith leaders, theologians, historians, justice organizers, and advocates across the spectrum of U.S. social concerns. We offer these conversations as part of NCC’s ACT NOW to End Racism campaign.

On Wednesday, March 16, 2021 our topic will be "a Juneteenth Call for Reparations"

We will discuss the biblical/spiritual faith foundation for reparations, historical reparations initiatives, current HR40 legislation, objections and resistance, and our call to action.

Panelists:

Christian Brooks, Representative for Domestic Issues, PC(USA) Office of Public Witness

Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs, Director of Community Engagement and Racial Justice, Minnesota Council of Churches

Victoria Strang, Policy Advocate with Faith Communities, Human Rights Watch

Rev. Mark A. Thompson, Host of “Make It Plain”/member of NAARC and N’COBRA

Co-moderators:

Rev. Aundreia Alexander, Esq., NCC Associate General Secretary, Action and Advocacy for Justice and Peace

Minister Christian S. Watkins, NCC Justice Advocacy and Outreach Manager

Register for the Conversation to be able to participate by commenting and asking questions when it is recorded on Zoom from 1pm to 2pm ET. 

Faith & Fire Conversations will be broadcast on Facebook and YouTube @7pm ET. The video recordings will remain available on these channels for future viewing, sharing, and organized discussions. We hope each will be a valuable resource for our church communities in their anti-racism work.