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Becoming Beloved Community Suggested Reading

This list is just a beginning selection of books. Books in bold were used in the development of St. Martin’s Becoming Beloved Community: Sacred Conversations on Race class.

Non-Fiction

Between the World and Me. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Spiegel & Grau: 2015.

Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development. Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart, Margo Okazawa-Rey. Teaching for Change, 2002

Courageous Conversations about Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools. Glenn E. Singleton. Corwin Press, 2014.

How to be an Anti-Racist. Ibram Kendi. One World. 2019.

It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions that Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races. Lena Williams. HoughtonMifflin Harcourt, 2002

On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City. Alice Goffman. University of Chicago Press, 2014.

"Multiplication is for White People": Raising Expectations for Other People's Children. Lisa D. Delpit. The New Press, 2012

Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education (Practitioner Inquiry). Ali Michael. Teachers College Press, 2014.

Slavery in Philadelphia: A History of Resistance, Denial and Wealth. Phillip Seitz. Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2014.

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Ibram Kendi. Nation Books, 2016.

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Michelle Alexander. The New Press, 2010.

Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race. Debby Irving. Elephant Room Press, 2014.

White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. Tim Wise. Soft Skull Press, 2004.

"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": And Other Conversations about Race. Beverly Daniel Tatum. Basic Books, 2003

Fiction

Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy) (Youth fiction) Laurie Halse Anderson. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.

Disgruntled: A Novel. Asali Solomon. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015

Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children. (Youth fiction) Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Puffin Books, 2013

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. (Vols 1 and 2). (Teen fiction) M.T. Anderson. Candlewick, 2008.


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Calendar

Wednesday, 1/27 at 6:30 PM
Parent Group on Zoom
Wednesday, 1/27 at 7:00 PM
Mark and Movies
Thursday, 1/28 at 7:30 AM
Morning Prayer via Zoom (SM)
Thursday, 1/28 at 6:30 PM
Online: A.A.
Thursday, 1/28 at 7:00 PM
Online: Al-Anon
Thursday, 1/28 at 7:00 PM
Online: A.C.A. Meeting (Open)
Thursday, 1/28 at 7:00 PM
Chancel Choir on Zoom (SM)
Friday, 1/29 at 7:30 AM
Morning Prayer via Zoom (SM)

Parent Group on Zoom

Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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Mark and Movies

Wednesday, January 27, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

A Virtual Bible Study with the Rev. Hal Taussig

Wednesday evenings in January 2021 from 7-8:30 p.m. on Zoom

A four-week introduction to the Year B Gospel readings of the Gospel of Mark will combine viewing three movies, one graphic novel, and an overview of this particular gospel. The combination of lectionary readings in Mark and movies is meant to provide experience of stories of loss, trauma, healing, and repair in both the first and 21stcenturies.

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Morning Prayer via Zoom (SM)

Thursday, January 28, 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

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Thursday, January 28, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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Thursday, January 28, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Chancel Choir on Zoom (SM)

Thursday, January 28, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Friday, January 29, 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

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Sermons

  • Jan 24 | The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
    Pilot or Passenger?
  • Jan 17 | The Rev. Barbara Ballenger
    After We Keep the Faith
  • Jan 10 | The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
    Controlled Burn
  • Jan 3 | The Rev. Barbara Ballenger
    Where does your treasure lie?
  • Dec 27 | The Rev. Carol Duncan
    Earthrise, Christrise

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