[Magdalen] 5 Easter sermon, was Baptism refused...

[Grace Cangialosi]

That backpack exercise is powerful. I first experienced it at a workshop in Warrenton with a group that was evenly divided between black and white participants. I'll never forget the feeling I had when the reality of it hit me.

On May 9, 2015, at 8:47 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:

Grace - yes, we watched Traces of the Trade at our first gathering.  Very
powerful.  Then we read Ten Hills Farm
<http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Hills-Farm-Forgotten-History/dp/0691150354/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1431175448&sr=1-1>,
the history of slavery in the North, starting with the earliest days of the
Massachusetts colony.  We are now fast-forwarding to today, with a
discussion of "White Privilege, Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
<https://www.isr.umich.edu/home/diversity/resources/white-privilege.pdf>."
 Presumably this will transition into a discussion of current events
(Baltimore, Ferguson, etc).

Eleanor

On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope one of your resources is "Traces of the Trade" about a slave-owning
> family in Rhode Island.
>
> On May 9, 2015, at 7:38 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Dorothy.  That was an outstanding sermon.
>
> Our church on very white Cape Cod along with a neighboring
> Unitarian-Universalist church, is engaging in a ongoing conversation on
> racism, including learning about slave owning and slave trading in New
> England.
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 1:04 AM, Dorothy Collman <dac7792 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This past Sunday our assistant priest gave a most inspiring sermon about
> > overcoming several different kinds of barriers. It brought in current
> > events and parish news, and began and ended with the story of a baptism.
> >
> > This is the link:
> > "Rev. Jill: Overcoming Barriers: May 2, 2015"
> >
> > on the following page:
> > <
> >
> http://www.saintjohnsconcord.com/worship_description_and_schedule_and_sermons/sermons
> > >
> >
> > or direct link to the pdf:
> > <
> >
> http://www.saintjohnsconcord.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/SJC20150503YrBEaster5Act82840OvercomingBarriers.125135211.pdf
> > >
> >
> > - - -
> > Dorothy Collman
> > Home: DottieAnne at aol.com
> > List: dac7792 at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On May 5, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I got an Episcopal priest friend of mine out
> > > there to do it instead.
> >
> >
>