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St. Josephine Bakhita and the Holy Work of Racial Justice and Reconciliation
By Ethan Rowell, member of the Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation St. Josephine Bakhita was born in 1869 in western Sudan to a respected and prosperous father in the village of Olgossa. In February of 1877, at no more than seven or eight years of age, she was abducted by Arab slave traders and forced to walk barefoot 600 miles to El Obeid, where she was bought and sold twice before her arrival. Over the course of twelve years, she was bought and sold three more
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Nov 252 min read
Beloved Community Grant Awarded to the Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation
As co-chairs of the Racial Justice and Reconciliation Commission, we are thrilled to announce that the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has awarded our Commission a $15,000 Beloved Community Grant to support the Africatown Truth and Education Initiative (ATEI). The Commission is joining with the Rev. Dr. Robert E. DuBose Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopians, Joycelyn Davis and All Things Africatown, and the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Mobile, to promo
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Oct 272 min read