Dismantling Racism Discussions

Schedule for 2024-25

Join others on Wednesday nights at 7:30 pm for thoughtful zoom discussions. See a full list and dates below.

Choose your path into the discussion by reading the book, watching the video or taking part in the experience. The Zoom links will be found on our Church Calendar.
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September 25: “Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells”

Watch: Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special Documentary
Watch: Overlooked: Ida B. Wells 
Watch: Pepperdine Alumni Author Lecture Series: Dr. Catherine Meeks
Watch: Ida B. Wells: A Crusader for Justice

 

October 30:
“This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us  by Cole Arthur Riley”

Watch: An Evening with Cole Arthur Riley and Drew Hart: This Here Flesh 
Watch: Ep002: This Here Flesh with Cole Arthur Riley 

November 20:“Jesus and the Disinherited  by Howard Thurman “

Watch: Backs Against The Wall: The Howard Thurman Story  
Watch: Duke Chapel Reads Conversation on ‘Jesus and the Disinherited’ 
Watch: Conversations With Howard Thurman Part 1
Watch: Conversations with Howard Thurman Pt 2

January 29:“Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America  by Joy-Ann Reid”

Watch: Portrait of Medgar Evers
Watch: Trailblazer for Justice: Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 
Watch: Joy Reid’s ‘Medgar and Myrlie’ traces extraordinary lives and love of civil rights leaders 
Watch: Myrlie Evers speaks outside now national monument 

February 26:“Begin Again:  James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own” by Eddie Glaude, Jr.

Watch: Eddie Glaude Jr., Author of “Begin Again” 
Watch: Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America And Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own
Watch: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr & Jon Meacham at the 2022 New Orleans Book Festival

March 26:“Poverty, by America” (Random House) by Matthew Desmond 

Watch: Matthew Desmond on ‘Poverty, by America’ 
Watch: Matthew Desmond: The Privileged are Complicit in America’s Poverty Crisis | Amanpour and Company
 Watch:“Poverty, By America” with Matthew Desmond 

April 30: “Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm: The American Methodist Church and the Struggle with White Supremacy” by John Elford 

Watch: Rev. Dr. John Elford | Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm 
Watch: INUMC DMJ Book Study Week One – Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm
Watch: Q&A with author, John Elford