Faith and Racial Healing: Embracing Truth, Justice, and Restoration

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Session 1: One-Day Retreat: Community-Building & Self-Reflection
Session 2: Session 1: Review of History of Racial Injustice
Session 3: Session 2: The Middle Passage
Session 4: Session 3: Reading and Discussion of Slave Narratives
Session 5: Session 4: Convict Leasing
Session 6: Session 5: Confessing Our History of Lynching
Session 7: Session 6: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Equal Education
Session 8: Immersion Experience (to be determined by the group)
Session 9: Session 7: Theology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Session 10: Session 8: Guest Speaker and Discerning Next (Action) Steps

Over recent years, the public has grown more aware of mass incarceration, but many do not know that key elements of the problem date back to the convict leasing system invented during reconstruction. This session traces the history of mass incarceration, helping participants better understand the origins of the problem, so that they can better advocate for a justice system that is truly just