Join Rev. Drew Bongiovanni for a discussion on Acts 1:6-14 exploring how white folks can combat the belief in individualism that keeps us from remembering that our liberation is bound up in the liberation of others. How can we use the power of gratitude and prayer to dismantle white supremacy? She also shares action steps you can take alongside SURJ members nationwide to call for Justice for Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.

TWIR 5.24.20 Remembering the Meaning of 'We'

From January 2017 to December 2023, “The Word Is Resistance” was a weekly podcast from SURJ-Faith by white anti-racist Christians based on the Christian lectionary, offering an anti-racist Word for other white Christians -- though all are welcome to check it out.  We are pleased to keep this incredible resource alive here as an ongoing resource to help us all get free.

What do our sacred texts have to teach us about living, surviving, even thriving, in the context of empire, tyranny, violence, repression - the times in which we are living today?  What do they have to teach us, as white Christians, about our role in resistance, in showing up, in liberation?  They teach us this: 

Our traditions were made for these times.  They come from these times.  So we have resources in our texts, our practices, to help us right now.  We can reclaim our stories and re-tell them to nourish our resistance against white supremacy and our work for collective liberation.