Dismantling Racism Team

Monday, January 20, 2025, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This federal holiday celebrates the achievements of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

November is Native American Heritage Month. It has been national recognized since 1990, when a joint resolution was approved by President Bush.

We recognize Indigenous Peoples Day (October 14) by printing the land acknowledgement statement that was crafted by the Dismantling Racism Team...

Juneteenth National Independence Day (June 19) commemorates the day in 1865, two and half years after the Emancipation Proclamation...

At the end of April and early May, the 2020 General Conference of The United Methodist Church will finally be held in Charlotte, North Carolina.

During most of March, Muslims worldwide will be observing Ramadan, which begins this year at sundown on March 10 and ends at sundown on April 9.

In honor of Black History Month, the Dismantling Racism Team brings you an excerpted article from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).

On a beautiful afternoon in November, a group of approximately 50 Northfielders participated in a prayer walk at Viking Terrace.

As we’ve been learning from the summer sermon series, telling family stories is powerful and hearing stories is critical to our understanding of ourselves.

Many residents of Viking Terrace manufactured home park are struggling to stay in their homes.

This year’s theme is “Latinos: Driving Prosperity, Power, and Progress in America.”

The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey defines an antiracist ally as “someone actively making choices to challenge the systems of racism that all of our lives are embedded in and that are embedded in all of our lives.”

The DRT shares the following excerpt from Pastor Jerad’s review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book, Between the World and Me.

The first week of April is celebrated by the American Public Health Association and others as National Public Health Week.

One of the most powerful actions we can take at an individual level is to interrupt and respond to racist comments.

We all know that February is Black History Month, but most of us probably don’t know much about how it started or how it’s evolved

Are you struggling with what to do or how to talk about racism?

Read an excerpt from an online resource offered by R-Squared.

The phrase, “We’re all in this together” may sometimes sound trite and overused, but it’s true nonetheless