31 Day Equity Challenge
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus to accommodate white passengers. She was not the first Black person to hear this request. A few months prior, on March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Covin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for also refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. The year 1955 was a pivotal year and December 1st was a tipping point in civil rights, sparking 381 days of protesting injustice.
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In commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Faith & Prejudice is honored to begin 381 Days of Accurate Teaching, Truth & Collective Action. As we move into a new year, we rededicate ourselves to tackling systemic racism with an eye towards racial equity through the heart of the church. Faith & Prejudice is calling on fellow Christians to affirm that we will not lay aside this weight but look to God, a God of justice, to guide us through 381 Days of Accurate Teaching, Truth & Collective Action.
As we embark upon 381 Days of Accurate Teaching, Truth, & Collective Action, we will begin a 31-Day equity challenge. The challenge is inspired by the work of Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., alongside other curators such as Christian Antwi, Michelle Thomas-Bush, Adam Alexander, Brian Shivers, Genie Richards, and Vance Stiles.
Join us for the next 31 days as we read, watch, meditate, worship, and pray to bring about a more equitable and just society and identify ways to expand our understanding of equity, power, privilege, supremacy, and oppression.
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Links to corresponding content are below
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Day 1 - Read: Your Silence Is A Knee On My Neck by Natasha Cloud
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Day 2 - Watch: The danger of silence | Clint Smith
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Day 3 - Meditate: Proverbs 31:9
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Day 4 - Worship: Strong God - Kirk Franklin
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Day 5 - Pray: "Lord we commit our way to You. We trust that You will bring forth righteousness as the light, and Your justice as the noonday." -Psalm 37:5
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Day 6 - Read: 'I Have A Dream' Speech, In Its Entirety
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Day 7 - Watch: Kids Who Die
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Day 8 - Meditate: 1 John 3:1
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Day 9 - Worship: Glory - Common & John Legend
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Day 10 - Pray: "Lord, how they have increased who trouble us! Many are they who rise up against us. Many are they who say of us, “There is no help for them in God.” Selah. But You, O Lord, are a shield for us, our glory and the One who lifts up our heads."~ Psalm 3:2-3
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Day 11 - Read: A COMMUNION OR EUCHARIST PRAYER DURING RACIALIZED, POLICE VIOLENCE by Kenji Kuramitsu & Sarah Ngu
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Day 12 - Watch: Race and Reconciliation (Sermon Only, Dr. Tony Evans)
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Day 13 - Read: Jemar Tisby: Three Words Should Guide Our Pursuit of Racial Justice
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Day 14 - Watch: Beloved Community Talks - Critical Race Theory: Dismantling Misinformation
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Day 15 - Meditate: Micah 6:8
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Day 16 - Worship: Touch From You - Tamela Mann
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Day 17 - Pray: “Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to my integrity within. Oh, let the wickedness come to an end, but establish the just. We invite Your righteousness to test our hearts and minds.” ~Psalm 7:8-9
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Day 18 - Read: The Church Needs Herd Immunity from White Supremacy by Osheta Moore
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Day 19 - Watch: The Last Sunday Sermon of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Day 20 - Read: Jesus Was Divisive: A Black Pastor's Message To White Christians by Isabella Rosario
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Day 21 - Watch: Race, Religion & Resistance CBS
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Day 22 - Mediate: Ephesians 4:17-18
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Day 23 - Worship: Something Has To Break - Kierra Sheard and Tasha Cobbs Leonard
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Day 24 - Pray: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:9)
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Day 25 - SELAH. Reflect on the birth of Christ
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Day 26 - Watch: Just Mercy
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Day 27 - Read: From Domination to Dominion by Sarah Ogletree
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Day 28 - Watch: Building Bridges
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Day 29 - Meditate: 1 Corinthians 12:12
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Day 30 - Worship: Broken People - Israel & New Breed ft DOE
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Day 31 - Pray: I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel. My heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set the Lord always before me because He is at my right hand and I shall not be moved. ~Psalm 16:7-8 & Worship: Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) - Hillsong UNITED