​Duke Memorial | Anti-Racism

Confronting the Injustice of Racism

​Churches! Where are you?

​A message from Pastor Heather

"We recognize that this work is a journey.
It's long, it's personal, it's emotional, it's messy, and it's tough.
Still, we say yes. 
In the name of a God who allows us to begin again and again.
In the name of God with brown skin, Jesus, who marched against discrimination
​all the way to the cross and whose redeeming love empowers us to do the same."

Anti-Racism Formation Guide

This formation guide was created specifically for the community of Duke Memorial. The books and media, the groups that will be formed to process, the action items, and the range of developmental levels were all taken into account when creating this document. This document is meant to be a living resource, growing and changing as we engage one another and others in our anti-racism journey.

Love

Listen

Learn

Leverage

​Small Group Guide

Use this guide as a starting point for your small group to begin the discussion around race, racism, ​privilege, and bias.

Guide Framework

​We have developed our framework for this guide with Christ's
​scriptural mandate in mind.
You will find below 4 sides to our framework: love, listen, learn, and leverage.
​Each side can be taken in any order, the idea is for you to
​join the conversation from where you are. 

Christ's Scriptural Mandate

Jesus says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
- Mark 12:29

Love | heart​

Learning to love the lives and work of people of color.

Listen | soul

Learning to lean into our relationship with God to form our spirits to be antiracist.

Learn | mind

Learning about race, privilege and bias from a faith perspective and secular perspective.

Leverage | strength

Learning how to talk and convince other white people to remain in the conversation.

Previous Opportunities

Book Studies
"White Fragility" by Robin Diangelo - Fall 2020
"Be the Bridge" by Latasha Morrison - Winter 2020
"Raising White Kids" by Jennifer Harvey - Spring 2021

Film Discussions
"13th" - August 2020
"Just Mercy" - October 2020