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Black History Month: Why Celebrate
By Joe McDaniel, Jr. and Valerie Mitchell, co-chairs of the Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast February’s designation as Black History Month invites intentional reflection and celebration. As the interracial co-chairs of the Diocese’s Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation, we offer our perspectives on why Black history must be honored. While our viewpoints are shaped by our respective backgrounds – Vale
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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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