The Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy invites you to two special events with author, Shawn Rochester to discuss his book, The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America. Rochester, a former corporate development, and global strategy executive quantifies the fiscal impact of the detrimental tax Black Americans pay in the auto, housing, online, job, and lending markets. The book examines the…
Zoom meeting: DRAWP Education Team Every month on the Second Monday Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84265474933 Meeting ID: 842 6547 4933 Dial in: (312) 626-6799
Thank you for attending The Black Tax webinar on March 4th. Below is a link to the webinar recording if you would like to watch it again. FOUND HERE Black Tax Webinar Part 2 Please register for Part 2 in order to receive the Zoom Link. (Found Below) The Dismantling Racism and White Privilege Team invite you to join author,…
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Using a selection of Black composers from Joseph de Boulogne to William Grant Still to Terence Blanchard, Diane McCullough, Elder at Webster Groves Presbyterian Church and retired St. Louis Public Schools music teacher, will discuss the work and agency taken by these composers in the face of barriers of racist Jim Crow laws and prejudice. The presentation will explore the…
DRAWP Visioning Meeting ALL WELCOME The presbytery’s Dismantling Racism and White Privilege (DRAWP) team invite you to a visioning retreat on Saturday, July 31 from 9:00 AM-Noon at Second Presbyterian Church. All DRAWP members are encouraged to join us in person or online as we take stock of what we’ve accomplished and explore where God is calling us to go.…
What is Guns to Gardens? After the shooting at the Sandy Hook School in Dec. 2012, Mennonite pastor Mike Martin felt a call to become a blacksmith and forge unwanted guns into garden tools. He founded RAWtools as a network of blacksmiths across the nation. Soon he was joined by theologian Shane Claiborne and by New Mexicans to Prevent Gun…
Journey with fellow Presbyterians (October 9-October 13, 2025) and immerse yourself in learning, reflection, and action as we explore the following Civil Rights sites: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 16th Street Baptist Church, the Legacy Museum & National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a guided tour of Selma, National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, and the Pettus Bridge. Please join DRAWP…
FOR MORE INFO OR TO VOLUNTEER, CONTACT: Rev. Travis Winckler at travis.winckler@secondchurch.net or Julie Burchett at burchett.juliekay@gmail.com Flyer may be found by clicking here.
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