rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/call-to-dismantle-antiblackness-supremacy-reject?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-call-to-dismantle-antiblackness-supremacy-reject' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Methodist Movement for Dismantling Racism https://actionnetwork.org/groups/ncc-clergy-coalition-for-dismantling-racism https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg During the Service for the Ordering of Ministry, the bishop asked each of us: “Will you, in the exercise of your ministry, lead the people of God to faith in Jesus Christ, to participate in the life and work of the community, and to seek peace, justice, and freedom for all people? To which we replied, “I will, with the help of God.” In the course of recent days, as our streets resound with names—Ahmaud, George, Breonna, Rayshard, Tony, Oluwatoyin, Elijah—added to the long and terrible litany of lynched saints, we recognize that we are long overdue to take stock of our own inactions, complacencies, and silences in a world far too filled with the murders of Black and brown people. We offer this series of letters as an act of witness, protest, and a call to action for all who would continue to work with us, that we might discover freedom in the painful work of telling the truth about ourselves while seeking justice for all people. We offer this letter alongside the Summons to Witness, Protest, and Promise, and while we seek to address ongoing systemic issues, we also begin by recognizing that this is not the beginning. There have been those working to dismantle, to protest, to empty out the systems of racist antiblackness supremacy from our institution for a long time before us, including many who are in leadership in our churches and conference office even now. This letter and those who sign with it want to express our continued support and accountable participation in the work others have already begun. Knowing that this is not the beginning, we nevertheless invite you to join this protest petition and to begin with confession, repenting for what we have done and what left undone. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/call-to-dismantle-antiblackness-supremacy-reject