Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training

This series of webinars from Crossroads Anti-Racism was created for PYWA and APCE (Association of Presbyterian Church Educators) members through a partnership with the Office of Christian Formation of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.

You are invited to engage in these webinars for your own personal learning and growth as a church leader in dismantling of structural racism. We hope that you will then feel led to facilitate conversations using these webinars as a tool in your congregations and faith communities.

*Please Note; These webinars are strictly for the use by PYWA and APCE members through a contractual agreement with Crossroads. Distributing them for use by anyone else is prohibited.

WEBINAR SERIES

Each webinar will be followed by a Q & A that will feature pre-selected questions. The Q & A will last up to 30-minutes.

Webinar 1: What is systemic racism?
Webinar 2: What is white supremacy? AND What are its values?
The objective of the first two webinars is to offer PYWA members a foundational framework which will equip them to more effectively talk about systemic racism and white supremacy in their ministry context.

Webinar 3: How does Christian education uphold white dominant values and stifle racial justice work?
Webinar 4: Why must Christians be equipped to speak against white supremacy?
The objective of webinars three and four is to demonstrate to PYWA members how they can apply a race equity lens to their ministry as a way of revealing the ways white dominant ideas are embedded in Christian Education and to make the case for why Christian Education must equip Christians to speak against white supremacy.

Webinar 5: What is antiracism and what does it require of Christian?
Webinar 6: Why must Christian Educators invest in the cultivation of values that challenge white supremacy?
The objective of webinars five and six is to help PYWA members understand what antiracism is, how it is related to the ministry of reconciliation to which Christians are called, and their powerful role they play in challenging white supremacy.

Webinar 7: How to talk to Children and Youth about systemic racism?
Webinar 8: How might the frame and goals of Anti-Bias Antiracism Education strengthen faith formation?
The objective of webinars seven and eight is to help PYWA members gain skills to talk with children and youth about systemic racism as well as introducing them to the goals of Anti-Bias Antiracism Education as a way to frame faith formation.