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Aurora: Wesley UMC, 14 N May St., Aurora
No Cost
All Youth Leaders or those desiring to work with youth are welcome.
A conversation about being an anti-racist church began amongst Youth Leaders from around the conference at Wesley UMC in Aurora on Sat., April 13. However, more needs to be said and done. Discipling Anti-racist Youth (DAY), a collaboration between the Anti-racism and Discipleship Task Forces, invites Youth Leaders and those desiring to work with youth back to continue the conversation. (Read about Part 1)
Join Dr. Richard Guzman as he discusses and engages with Youth Leaders to wrestle with and share insights on leading youth to grow into critical-thinking, racial justice-minded followers of Jesus Christ.
Please join this discussion starting with breakfast followed by a 2-hour workshop. There is no cost, but registration is required.
For more information, contact Dr. Richard Guzman at rrguzman@comcast.net.
The Anti-racism Task Force’s Becoming the Beloved Community workshop was created by a team of Champion Team members led by Dr. Richard Guzman. This 4-hour workshop conveys facts and essential knowledge about race and racism and seeks to help participants experience some of the harm and hurt racial prejudice has caused.
The pilot workshop was held on Sat., Sept. 11, 2021, at Friendship United Methodist Church in Bolingbrook. Since then, three other churches held a workshop at Glencoe: North Shore UMC, Elmhurst: First UMC, and Elgin: First UMC in the Spring of 2022.
Dr. Richard R. Guzman
Dr. Richard R. Guzman, facilitator, is professor emeritus at North Central College where he taught writing, literature, race/ethnicity, and social change and is active in his family’s foundation, Emmanuel House. He serves as a consultant on anti-racism initiatives for the Northern Illinois Conferenceof the United Methodist Church and headed the committee that produced the Becoming the Beloved Community workshop.
The BBC Planning Team is Dr. Richard Guzman (Bolingbrook: Friendship), Tom Butler (Evanston: First UMC), Lennox Iton (Hinsdale UMC), Rev. Tennille Power (Chicago: Hazel Crest Community UMC), Donna Sagami (Chicago: Ravenswood Fellowship), and Buzz Wheeler (Sycamore UMC).
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