Compassionate Listening Group Trip

I am so proud of our church for voting last month to be a UCC Racial Justice Church. We are one of very few UCC churches in New Hampshire that have taken this step to gain awareness about implicit bias, to take stands for racial justice, and to share with others about this important social issue. Our vote was enthusiastic and close to unanimous, but this is only the first step. We have much to do to “practice what we preach.” 

Last October, I joined twenty others from New Hampshire to travel to Alabama. The trip was part of the National Compassionate Listening Project. The trip was relevant and profoundly impactful on issues of historical and current racial inequality. We visited people and sites that were pivotal in the struggles for civil rights and still today are part of the work to bring understanding and compassion to all people regardless…