Nativity’s Social Justice Committee shares the following announcements, events and recommended resources to the Nativity community as we continue our pursuit of racial justice and reconciliation.
Announcements & Events for March 2022
COTN Social Justice: Are you interested in hearing more about Nativity’s social justice initiatives? If you’d like to learn more or wish to attend one of our monthly Social Justice Committee meetings, please email Beth Crow. We would love to have you join us!
Higher Ground Journeys: Virtual conversation with Millicent E. Brown, Ph.D., on March 17 from 7-8:30 pm via Zoom. Register for free here. Dr. Brown is a lifelong community advocate and spokesperson for economic, social and educational improvements in exploited neighborhoods and communities of color throughout the South, the nation and the world. She specializes in ongoing analysis of the modern civil rights movement, and explores social justice dynamics and intersections of race, gender, caste, and class in contemporary society. Dr. Brown is co-founder and Project Director of an oral history initiative to identify the “first children”, like herself, to desegregate previously all-white schools (Somebody Had to Do It Project). She has held a variety of history and museum related faculty positions and serves as consultant for numerous museums, historic sites and social justice programs in North and South Carolina.
Front Porch Society: A play presented by the Agape Theatre Project, March 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 and 27 (3 pm and 8 pm performances). Burning Coal Theatre Company, 224 Polk St, Raleigh, NC 27604.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here. Set in Marks, Mississippi, America is on the eve of electing its first black president, Barack Obama, on November 4, 2008. Amidst the town’s excitement over Obama, Carrie Honey grieves her son’s tragic death. After years of failed attempts to seek justice, Carrie has grown bitter and is no longer interested in life’s celebrations, but when a scandal in town rocks this historic day, a past secret is revealed that restores her faded faith.
Moral Monday March on Raleigh: Monday, March 28 at 5 pm. Bicentennial Plaza, 16 W. Jones St, Raleigh, NC. Register for free and find more information here. The Moral Monday March on Raleigh will lift up the voices of impacted people from across NC as well as Virginia and South Carolina, joined by faith leaders, moral allies, and artists to demand that NC and this whole nation do MORE to live up to its possibilities.
The Black Farmers’ Market
Durham, 2nd Sundays, 1-4 pm, Golden Belt Campus, 930 Franklin Street, Durham, NC
Raleigh, 4th Sundays, 1-4 pm, Southeast Raleigh YMCA, 1436 Rock Quarry Rd, Raleigh, NC
The Black Farmers’ Market happens rain or shine bi-monthly rotating between Durham and Raleigh to provide access to fresh foods from farms directly to customers. Join us on our journey to create a strong Black led food system right in the heart of North Carolina.
Becoming Beloved Community Book Club – April Discussion
Please join us via Zoom (connect here) on Tuesday, April 5 from 7:30-8:30 pm for our discussion of The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby. A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller – an acclaimed, timely narrative of how people of faith have worked against racial justice. A call for urgent action by all Christians today in response.
Recommended Resources
Racial Justice and Reconciliation (Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina) – Website
This website (click here) is updated regularly with social justice programs recommended by the diocese’s Racial Justice and Reconciliation Committee.