The 3TC Team:

Dannica Olsen is the Director of Youth Ministry at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.  

Adam Butler is pastor at Paynesville Lutheran Church in Paynesville, Minnesota.

Elizabeth Pedersen is a Deacon, and directs the high school ministry at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Paul Amlin is the "behind the scenes" guy and handles the podcast production.  In his spare time, he is the pastor at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa.

This Month's Topic:

Waking Up on the Journey to Anti-Racism

TW: white ignorance, racism, white privilege
In the wake of the death of Daunte Wright in Minnesota, the 3TC Team reflects on racial justice work and the responsibility of leaders in our predominately white church to start or continue taking steps toward dismantling systemic racism.

ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES - A place to start.

Videos/Films to Watch:

• White Savior: Racism in the American Church
• Dear White People
• 13th
• The Danger of a Single Story

Books/Articles to Read:

• White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
• My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
• Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• On Being "White"...and Other Lies (article)
• The Way You Define Racism May Stop You From Seeing It (article)

Podcasts:

• Seeing White
• 1619

Follow on Social Media:

• Healing Our City
• Austin Channing Brown
• Resmaa Menakem
• Morgan Harper Nichols

Resources referenced in the show:

• The Extravaganza web site
• Download the Network app!

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