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National Day of Racial Healing

National Day of Racial Healing

National Day of Racial Healing

January 21, 2025
Virtual Event

About

The 2025 National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH) was held on Tuesday, Jan. 21. It is an annual observance that follows Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

This year, the ELCA, in partnership with Augsburg Fortress, will join the movement of racial healing for our church and the nation. On Jan. 21, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central time, the ELCA will feature a free online educational event that centers the voices of ELCA leaders of color. We invite you to join us in this collective effort for a more just and equitable world. This event is open to all ELCA rostered ministers, lay leaders and members. We welcome all ELCA synods, congregations, colleges, universities, seminaries, separately incorporated ministries and antiracism teams, as well as the church’s affiliate organizations and ecumenical and interreligious partners.

Thank you for attending National Day of Racial Healing. Check back for resources soon.

Resources

Augsburg Fortress is offering a discount on their featured authors. Check out these books authored, illustrated, or edited by many of the presenters of the ELCA’s National Day of Racial Healing. Use code NDRH25 for 20% off and free shipping. Offer ends February 28, 2025.


The day is designed to:

  • Raise awareness of the need for racial healing.
  • Inspire collective action to build common ground for a more just and equitable ELCA and world.
10:00 am
Worship

Opening Worship

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
Judith Roberts
Jennifer DeLeon
Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis
Ali Paris
10:45 am
Workshop

God's Holy Darkness: Healing Through Representation and the Impact of Children’s Literature Across Generations

Beckah Selnick
Rev. Nicolette Faison
Sharei Green
10:45 am
Workshop

Bridging Cultures: Arab Immigration and Lutheran Ministry in America

Rev. Dr. Niveen Ibrahim Sarras
10:45 am
Workshop

Asian Lutheran Experience

Dr. Kao Nou L. Moua
10:45 am
Workshop

Creating a Positive and Practical Call

Rev. Dr. Patricia Ann Davenport
10:45 am
Workshop

A Shady Situation: Finding Rest and Healing Through Community and Storytelling

Rev. Angela T. !Khabeb
Dr. Kelly Sherman-Conroy
11:50 am
Regathering Activity

Poetry Selection

Rev. Jennifer Sung
Joe Davis
12:15 pm
Workshop

Antiblackness in Multicultural Spaces: Be Seen, Be Heard

Rhonda Hill
12:15 pm
Workshop

Unmasking the Racism in Anti-racism Education in Our Faith Communities

Rev. Dr. Jia Starr Brown
12:15 pm
Workshop

Posture for Actively Anti-racist Allies

Shari Seifert
Rev. Dr. Yolanda Denson-Byers
12:15 pm
Workshop

Call to Allyship Panel — Q & A

Rev. Priscilla Paris-Austin
Rev. Angela T. !Khabeb
1:20 pm
Worship

Closing Worship

Benhi !Khabeb
Rev. Felix Javier Malpica