SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE

SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
Mission Statement: To inform and educate on key social justice issues in our church, community and the world leading to deeper engagement and expanded capacity to advocate for meaningful change, resulting in a world of increasing justice, wholeness and peace.

Educate, Advocate, Disrupt

 

Resolution in Support of the Build Back Better Act

WV Benefits of the Build Back Better Act

Seeking to be Faithful Together

 

What We Do

  • Research SPC archival records and update SPC historical narratives
  • Connect with the work of the Equal Justice Initiative (https://eji.org) and founder Bryan Stevenson; partner with local NAACP and other organizations in an EJI-inspired Community Remembrance Project researching and educating about terror lynchings in the Eastern Panhandle (https://www.berkeleycountywvnaacp.com/single-project)
  • Partner with the Adult Education Committee in Sunday Seminar study on topics including ‘Conversations about Race, Privilege and Faith’
  • Join with local partners such as Shepherd University’s Center for Appalachian Studies to support justice-driven events open to the community:
  • hillbilly, a documentary by Sally Rubin and Ashley York hillbilly (hillbillymovie.com)
  • activist and author of Southernmost Silas House ( www.shepherd.edu/news/center-for-appalachian-studies-host-august-23-read...);

Resources