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  • End Racism. Build Peace.: YGM 2022: September 18. Your support through Mission & Service helps us as a whole United Church work toward a world free of racism and racial…
  • Anti-Racism App Developed by Young Adults Set to Launch: YGM 2022: December 11. Your generosity through Mission & Service supports the leadership of young adults like Jonisha Lewinson who are actively…
  • Update: 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: YGM 2023: February 19. Your Mission & Service gifts support expanding the 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism initiative each year, amplifying…
  • Young Adults Lead Church to Become Anti-Racist: M4M 2021: Feb. 21. In 2021 six young Black adults will collect stories to help us understand Black experiences in our churches.
  • Creating a World without Hate: M4M 2021: July 4. Your Mission & Service gifts help raise awareness and understanding that in turn contributes to a more peaceful world.
  • Wondering What More You Can Do to Become Anti-Racist?: M4M 2021: September 26. Your Mission and Service gifts help support the development of awakening education and learning resources like 40 Days of…

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I Got a Lot to Say

Jonisha Lewinson reflects on Black History Month and the diversity of Blackness.
A silhouette head shot photo of Jonisha Lewinson, a young Black woman with free-flowing hair.

The Black Journey

We enter Black History Month with the reminder of the enslaved history of African-descent people brought by British and French settlers in Turtle Island.

Migrant Realities in a Diaspora Community of Faith

For International Migrants Day, Woong Youm writes about church members deported from Canada and the hardships faced by migrants.
Silhouettes of hands against barbed wire in grey and white

Emancipated, But Still Not Free

Rev. Dr. Paul Douglas Walfall celebrates Emancipation Day, while acknowledging Black people's fight for freedom continues to this day.
A pair of arms rise in triumph against a blue sky, breaking the chains of enslavement.

Finding Friendship, Mutuality and Solidarity in a New Land

For Asian Heritage Month, Minister Woong Youm reflects on his journey to reaffirmation, transformation and interconnectivity fostered from his marginalized upbringing.
Good Tree United Church Pride Participation

A Clash of Faith and Culture

For Asian Heritage Month, Calin Chun-hong Lau looks at both his Chinese heritage and the Canadian cultural context through the eyes of faith and finds a broader perspective.
Ministry personnel Calin Chun-hong Lau, a man of Chinese descent, stands before a church door in a suit and green stole.

Parallel Journeys of Healing

For Asian Heritage Month, Nobuko Iwai shares her experience of being born in Japan and raised in The United Church of Canada.
A photo of Nobuko Iwai.

No Longer Hidden in Plain Sight

On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Kim Uyede-Kai calls us to disrupt racism wherever it is found.
Posters to combat Asian hate on display at New York City's Chinatown Museum.

Hard Lessons of Racism Begin at a Young Age

For International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Adele Halliday shares difficult experiences of racism her child faces even in the playground.
A diverse group of kids smile together while laying in a circle at a playground.

The Black-African Origins of Western Civilization

To wrap up Black History Month for 2022, Isaac Makarios Kamta shares how Western perspectives of African history have been diminished to support White supremacy.
Nubian Prince Hekanefer

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