Dear Members of the Episcopal Church in Central PA,
Bishop Scanlan invites us to join her in moving forward working to dismantle racist systems.
“White Privilege. Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh 1989
https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf
“Understanding White Privilege.” Francis Kendell
https://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing%20Racism%20-%20Understanding%20White%20Privilege%20-%20Kendall.pdf
“The Assumptions of White Privilege and What we can Do About it.” Brian Massingale
https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/assumptions-white-privilege-and-what-we-can-do-about-it
LET ME NOT LOOK AWAY, OH GOD by the Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston, Choctaw
Let me not look away, O God, from any truth I should see. Even if it is difficult, let me face the reality in which I live. I do not want to live inside a cosseted dream, imagining I am the one who is always right, or believing only what I want to hear. Help me to see the world through other eyes, to listen to voices distant and different, to educate myself to the feelings of those with whom I think I have nothing in common. Break the shell of my indifference. Draw me out of my prejudices and show me your wide variety.
Let me not look away.
In the Way of Love,
The Rt. Rev. Audrey C. Scanlan
XI Bishop
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The Rev. Canon Christopher Streeter, Canon for Mission Development & Innovation, provides an update to the diocesan initiative, Shaped by Faith, during the time of COVID-19.
For more information about Shaped by Faith, visit https://diocesecpa.org/shapedbyfaith/.