Tag: Racial Justice

Juneteenth

  Today, June 19th, marks the very first time that Juneteenth has been a federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the day that the last enslaved Americans finally learned that they were…

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Celebrating Women-Many Voices Striving for Equality

On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #Choosetochallenge. The IWD website challenges people to create videos that celebrate women and their varied voices.  We can…

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Human Rights Day – December 10

December 10 is Human Rights Day, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins “all human beings are born free and equal in…

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Black American Women Pioneers for Suffrage

LPF Forgotten Heroine Series Alice McCain, August 7, 2020   <Sojourner Truth     Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (c1893)>       Sojourner Truth. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Mary Ann…

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Mabel Lee: Chinese American Pioneer for Suffrage

Mabel Lee: Chinese American Pioneer for Suffrage May 2020, Asian Pacific Heritage Month  LPF Forgotten Heroines Series Since the 19th century in the U.S., persons of Asian heritage have often…

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Allies Needed for Asian Americans Targeted for Violence

ELCA Global Mission describes accompaniment as “walking together in a solidarity that practices interdependence and mutuality.” Filipinos, who were under Spanish rule for 300 years, call this concept pakikisama, “to…

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The New Jim Crow

  On April 4th we remember the tragic 51st anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. While Dr. King and other civil rights leaders largely succeeded in…

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Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and…

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August 6 – Hiroshima Day

On this day we remember the anniversary of the atomic the bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. We invite Christians to pray for peace. From the LPF Archives For People…

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August 6 – Hiroshima Day

On this day we remember the anniversary of the atomic the bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. We invite Christians to pray for peace. From the LPF Archives For People…

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