CORE Understanding Racism Workshop 2.5 day (in person) - April 11-13

About this event

CORE, Communities Organizing for Racial Equity, explores racism and its devastating effects. CORE exists to empower and equip churches and other Christian organizations to organize and disciple their members to become agents of institutional and individual racial reconciliation.

We invite Christians organizations:

• to explore an analysis of systemic racism from a biblical perspective,

• to understand the damage of racialization and

• begin to see a transformation that leads to the building of the Beloved Community/Shalom.

Workshop Goals

• To see and learn about racism in a new and redemptive way.

• To gain insights into systemic racism through the eyes of faith and Scripture.

• To see more of the connections between history and contemporary race relations.

• To identify organizing opportunities to “eliminate racism, both causes and effects, within the body of believers and throughout the world.”

Sign up early!

For all workshops, it is important to have a healthy racial mix of attendees and an attendance number that allows for multiple small group conversations. Therefore, we will monitor registrations carefully and make a cancellation decision two weeks prior to the beginning of each workshop.

Schedule:

Thursday, April 11

5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Workshop

Friday, April 12

8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 13

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location:

Church of the Servant

3835 Burton St SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Scholarships:If you are interested in attending this workshop but cannot cover the cost at this time, please send an email to info@corenow.org to explore financial assistance and scholarship funds we have available.

Notes:

If you choose Invoice my organziation, please let Angelica Zahrt (info@corenow.org) know who to send the invoice to otherwise we will expect payment the first day of the workshop.

**An Along-sider is somebody has attended a workshop in the past and is coming to participate with a first time attender**.

Refunds:

All cancellation requests must be sent by email to info@corenow.org. Cancellations received by email two weeks before the event will be issued a refund less a 10% processing fee of the registration cost. (For example, if it is a first time attendee registration the cost is $300. So the processing fee will be $30). No refunds will be processed for cancellations less than two weeks before the event. CORE encourages you to send a substitute in your place if you cannot attend.