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Racism

Courageous Conversations: What’s the big deal about Confederate Monuments?

July 24, 2020 By Pastor Hugh

As part of our ongoing Courageous Conversations series, we invite you to join us Wednesday the 29th of July at 7 PM for an open honest conversation answering these questions”

What’s the Big Deal About Confederate Monuments? And what about Christian Conquest of the Americas?

Please read these two articles prior to Wednesday:

Confederate Statues Were Built to Further A “White Supremacist Future” Miles Parker, NPR August 20, 2017
https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544266880/confederate-statues-were-built-to-further-a-white-supremacist-future

This Monument to White Supremacy Hides in Plain Sight, Richard White, Professor of American History, New York Times, June 23, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/drakes-cross-white-supremacy.html

This will be held on Zoom. You can join the meeting by clicking here.

Filed Under: Courageous Conversations Tagged With: Monuments, Racism

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