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We are an Anglican Church in the Villa Park neighborhood in south-west Denver.  We seek to share in the life of God together by re-defining and re-orienting everything around the gospel of Jesus Christ. We follow a liturgical form of worship and welcome friends, neighbors, and strangers alike. 

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Resources on Race and Racism

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Featured Resources:

  • Scriptures For Meditation

  • Podcast series: Scene on Radio, "Seeing White"

    A fourteen-part series exploring America’s history of racial identity, especially the concept of “whiteness” in its complexities.  There is a study guide on the website that can be used as a companion to listening.

  • Book and movie: Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson

    Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson gives faces to the policies and practices of our criminal justice system and demonstrates how our current practice mass incarceration, our lack of protection for juveniles, and our use of the death penalty can be both deeply unjust and counter-productive to the wellbeing of our society.  

  • Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness and Reconciliation, Miroslov Volf 

    Written by a theologian who specializes in issues of religion and conflict, Exclusion and Embrace is profound in its depth of insight.  Volf exposes the fear and anger that we feel towards those we consider to be “other” and calls us to join in God’s work of reconciliation. This is a challenging read, but it provides an excellent theological framework for thinking about current issues.

  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

    In this look at our criminal justice system, Michelle Alexander demonstrates how our modern prerogative of being “tough on crime”, especially the war on drugs, has served to target black Americans, essentially removing them from our society.  

  • Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

    This book is framed as a series of letters from Ta-Nehisi Coates to his teenage son describing his own experience with the systemic injustices facing black Americans, the emotional responses he has felt as a result, and a way his son can engage those realities with integrity. It is (very explicitly) not written from a Christian perspective, so it is not a book that tells us how to think theologically about the issues of racial injustice. However, the language and emotional content is reflected in many of the voices within the Black Lives Matter movement, so reading this book is one way to listen well to those who are angry about the inequities in American society. Regardless of any differences in perspective we may have, listening well is a key first step toward reconciliation and informed action.

Additional community-generated resources:

Theology/faith

  • Divided by Faith, Emerson and Smith

  • Let Justice Roll Down, John M. Perkins

  • The Very Good Gospel, Lisa Sharon Harper

  • Race, Economics, and Apologetics, Luke Bobo

  • The Cross and the Lynching Tree, James Cone

  • Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr.

  • United by Faith, Michael Emerson

  • Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces That Keep Us Apart, Christena Cleveland

  • Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, Soong-Chan Rah

Biography

  • I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in A World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown

  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley

  • Waking Up White, Debby Irving

  • The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou

  • The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson

  • Rising Out of Hatred, Eli Saslow

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot

  • When they Call You a Racist: A BLM Memoir, Patrice Khan-Cullors

Novels

  • Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult 

  • Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor

  • The Help, Kathryn Stockett

  • No One Ever Asked, Katie Ganshert

History/Policy/Allyship

  • Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi

  • The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby

  • The Myth of Equality, Ken Wystma

  • White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo

  • The Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh

  • Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Beyond Colorblind, Sarah Shin

  • Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Be the Bridge, Latasha Morrison

  • How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

  • Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, Jennifer Harvey

  • The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein

  • Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad

  • Citizen, Claudia Rankine (essays, images, poetry)

Websites:

  • Repentanceproject.org

  • eji.org (Equal Justice Initiative)

  • BeTheBridge.com

  • PoorPeoplesCampaign.org

Articles:

Podcasts:

Videos:

Documentaries:

  • 13th (exploration of the 13th Amendment)

  • Just Mercy (based on the book, concerning mass incarceration and the death penalty)

  • When They See Us (about the Central Park Five)

  • Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now (interview with the Central Park Five)

  • LA92 (Rodney King)

  • Little White Lie (story of a family in denial)

  • The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (biographical)

  • Whose Streets? (Black Lives Matter uprisings in Ferguson)

Dramas:

  • The Battle of Algiers (1966)

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

  • The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)

  • Blacks Brittanica (1978)

  • Mississippi Burning (1988)

  • Do the Right Thing (1989)

  • Malcolm X (1992)

  • The Glass Shield (1994)

  • A Family Thing (1996)

  • Crash (2004)

  • Ray (2004)

  • The Grace Card (2010)

  • The Help (2011)

  • The Butler (2013)

  • Fruitvale Station (2013)

  • ‘42’ (2013)

  • Red Tails (2012)

  • Selma (2014)

  • Chi-Raq (2015)

  • Race (2016)

  • Hidden Figures (2016)

  • Get Out (2017)

  • I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

Resources for Children and their Adults:

Picture book list for younger children

Books for older children

  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You, Ibram X. Kendi

  • Claudette Colvin, Phillip Hoose

  • The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

  • Dear Martin, Nic Stone

  • The Stars Beneath Our Feet, David Barclay Moore

  • White Awake, Daniel Hill

  • The Source of Self-Regard, Toni Morrison

  • Why Are All the Blacks Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Beverly Daniel Tatum

  • Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults), Bryan Stevenson

Additional Resources

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