United Methodists and Allies Gather to Speak Up in Springfield
More than 65 United Methodists and allies gathered in Springfield on May 7 for the second annual Advocacy Day, meeting with legislators to promote justice, compa…
A Blueprint for Racial Healing Showings and Converations
CA2BC will be hosting discussions about the TedTalk, A Blueprint for Racial Healing.
Individual groups will hold this event between May and September, 2025.
More information on dates and locations to come.
A Blueprint for Racial Healing is a 22-minute TED Talk that explores the journey of a Southern white man learning about and confronting his slave-holding and KKK ancestry before meeting Black descendants of people his family enslaved and terrorized.
Watch A Blueprint for Racial Healing on YouTube
What happens when you find your ancestors on the wrong side of history? Spenser Simrill Jr was teaching an ancestry course at the University of Georgia when he discovered a horrible truth: his great-great-grandfather belonged to the Ku Klux Klan in York County, South Carolina. Around the same time, Spenser received a “friend suggestion” for Michael Simril, a black man his age whose ancestors had been enslaved by Spenser’s. Would Spenser abandon the project or would he reach out to Michael and his relatives? And if so, would Michael answer his letters or take his call? (Description taken from the YouTube video)
Click here to listen to the Audible podcast with family members discussion the racial healing for the two families.