{"id":21118,"date":"2020-06-17T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=21118"},"modified":"2020-06-17T13:33:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:33:04","slug":"united-methodists-set-to-unveil-dismantling-racism-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/united-methodists-set-to-unveil-dismantling-racism-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"United Methodists Set to Unveil \u201cDismantling Racism\u201d Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nashville, Tennessee: United Methodist Church leaders will launch a plan of action to galvanize church members and others to actively stand against racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd and protests across the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cDismantling Racism: Pressing on to Freedom\u201d initiative is a multi-level effort throughout the church to initiate a sustained and coordinated effort to dismantle racism and promote collective action to work toward racial justice.&nbsp;The church-wide effort will kick off on June 19, 2020, to coincide with Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S. An announcement from members of the United Methodist Council of Bishops will be broadcast at 11:00 am CT on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/umc.org\/EndRacism\" target=\"_blank\">UMC.org\/EndRacism<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/unitedmethodistchurch\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participating in the event will be Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey of the Louisiana Episcopal Area, president of the Council of Bishops and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedmethodistbishops.org\/newsdetail\/bishop-harvey-makes-history-13984089\">first Hispanic woman<\/a>&nbsp;to hold that post, Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Area, Bishop Bruce Ough of the Dakotas-Minnesota Episcopal Area, Bishop Gregory Palmer of the Ohio West Episcopal Area, and Bishop Thomas Bickerton of the New York Episcopal Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Words are great, words are important \u2013 but action is really important,&#8221; said&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mBXTfKI7Wrk&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">Bishop Harvey<\/a>. &#8220;Pick up your pen, pick up your voice, pick up your feet, and do something.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A day of prayer and worship will follow on June 24, 2020, with an online service to be broadcast at noon CT on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/umc.org\/endracism\" target=\"_blank\">UMC.org\/EndRacism<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/unitedmethodistchurch\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>. There will also be a denominational virtual town hall event on July 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional and local worship events and town hall meetings involving community partners will subsequently take place, either online or in keeping with social distancing protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United Methodist Communications has launched a national advertising campaign on social media and news websites across the U.S., as well as digital billboards in Atlanta, Minneapolis, Houston, and Louisville.&nbsp;The ads direct viewers to a website,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/umc.org\/endracism\">UMC.org\/EndRacism<\/a>, where they can find resources to help them learn more and take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Methodist&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedmethodistbishops.org\/newsdetail\/united-methodist-bishops-act-now-to-end-racism-and-white-supremacy-14018643\" target=\"_blank\">Council of Bishops<\/a>&nbsp;has asked all United Methodists to join in prayer at 8:46 a.m. and p.m. for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the time the officer held his knee on George Floyd\u2019s neck, for at least the next 30 days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advocacy and worship resources will seek to equip leaders, members, and the public to join in this important racial relations work. To encourage wide participation, a variety of materials will be made available in English, Korean, Spanish, French, and Portuguese translations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The denomination has a long-standing history of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.org\/en\/how-we-serve\/advocating-for-justice\" target=\"_blank\">advocating for justice<\/a>. The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.org\/en\/content\/social-principles-the-social-community#racial-ethnic\" target=\"_blank\">Social Principles<\/a>&nbsp;of The United Methodist Church recognize racism as a sin and commit to challenging unjust systems of power and access. Additional information and resources are available online at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.org\/endracism\" target=\"_blank\">UMC.org\/EndRacism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>About The United Methodist Church<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The United Methodist Church has more than 13 million members globally in 45,000+ local churches and is in mission in more than 136 countries. Our mission is making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Our tagline &#8220;Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.&#8221; embraces who we are and how we seek to put our faith in action. Learn more at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">UMC.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Methodist Church leaders will launch a plan of action to galvanize church members and others to actively stand against racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd and protests across the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,21,93],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-church-society","8":"category-press-release","9":"category-the-united-methodist-church"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>United Methodists Set to Unveil \u201cDismantling Racism\u201d Initiative - Greater Northwest Area | News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/united-methodists-set-to-unveil-dismantling-racism-initiative\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"United Methodists Set to Unveil \u201cDismantling Racism\u201d Initiative - Greater Northwest Area | News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"United Methodist Church leaders will launch a plan of action to galvanize church members and others to actively stand against racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd and protests across the U.S.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/united-methodists-set-to-unveil-dismantling-racism-initiative\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Greater Northwest Area | News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/greaternw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-17T20:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-17T20:33:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/UMC_DismantlingRacism_logo_1200x800.png?fit=1152%2C768&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GNW Communications\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GNW Communications\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greaternw.org\\\/news\\\/united-methodists-set-to-unveil-dismantling-racism-initiative\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greaternw.org\\\/news\\\/united-methodists-set-to-unveil-dismantling-racism-initiative\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GNW Communications\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greaternw.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/be46559f16517abdea08b6314c898c7e\"},\"headline\":\"United Methodists Set to Unveil \u201cDismantling Racism\u201d Initiative\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-17T20:33:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-17T20:33:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greaternw.org\\\/news\\\/united-methodists-set-to-unveil-dismantling-racism-initiative\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":551,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greaternw.org\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greaternw.org\\\/news\\\/united-methodists-set-to-unveil-dismantling-racism-initiative\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/greaternw.org\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/UMC_DismantlingRacism_logo_1200x800.png?fit=1152%2C768&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Church &amp; 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