Northeastern Minnesota Synod, ELCA
Anti-Racism Resources 

Understanding and Addressing Racism

ELCA Resources

• ELCA Racial Justice Ministries
• ELCA Racial Justice blog
  • Hiding in the Open: White Supremacy on the Great Plains by Kelly France (May 27, 2020)
• ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations
• ELCA Advocacy
• Presiding Bishop pastoral message and statements on racism, white supremacy
  • Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s pastoral message on COVID-19 racism and white supremacy (May 13, 2020)
  • ELCA social statement Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture (1993)
  • ELCA Worship Frequently Asked Question – “What Is a Commemoration and How Do We Celebrate Them?”
  • Bishop Eaton’s pastoral message on racism and white supremacy (Sept. 13, 2019), also available in Spanish
  • “ELCA Presiding Bishop Calls on Church to Work for Racial Justice” (April 6, 2018), also available in Spanish
  • Bishop Eaton’s response to racist remarks (Jan. 12, 2018), also available in Spanish
  • Bishop Eaton’s letter on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 2017)
  • Bishop Eaton’s call to be present (July 7, 2016)
  • Bishop Eaton’s statement on the anniversary of the Charleston shooting (June 2016), also available in Spanish
  • “ELCA Presiding Bishop Urges Church to Have ‘Difficult Conversations’ Around Racism” (Jan. 20, 2016)
  • ELCA statement on the Charleston shooting (June 18, 2015)
  • “Presiding Bishop Continues Call for Conversation on Racial Equity” (March 25, 2015)
  • “ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton Addresses Issues of Racial Justice,” text and video (Dec. 5, 2014)
  •  Bishop Eaton’s pastoral word on the grand jury decision in Ferguson (Nov. 14, 2014)

 
Synod and congregation resources

• South Carolina Synod Inclusiveness Network

 
Additional Emanuel Nine resources

• Emanuel Nine memorial
  ELCA members are encouraged to give both prayer and financial support to this memorial project at Mother Emanuel Church. The memorial is dedicated to reversing the spread of hate with a message of unyielding love and forgiveness.
• Emanuel Nine resolution website
  This website was created to raise awareness of the resolution coming to the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly and contains helpful background information about each of the Emanuel Nine.

Emanuel
A 2019 documentary film, study guide produced in partnership with Sojourners

Media and Video

Bishop Thomas Aitken's Video on Anti-Racism 

ELCA- Bishop Discussion Condemning White Supremacy Video