AU Social Consciousness Summit: Covid-19
2020 Andrews Social Consciousness Summit Theme: “COVID-19: Understanding and Breaking the Socio-Economic and Racial Disparities.”
Read MoreAgainst the Wall: Take a Stand Against White Nationalist Terrorism
Against the Wall calls on Adventist to stand against white nationalism and to support measures reducing gun violence.
Read MoreAdventist Peace Radio, Episode 32: Daniel Xisto, "Freedom Ride"
Pastor Daniel Xisto explores Revelation 21, making connections with the Civil Rights Movement and Adventist history.
Read MoreAdventist Peace Radio, Episode 30: Claudia Allen and Social Justice Training
Claudia Allen shares about a multi-day social justice training that she’ll be leading. Plus a surprise announcement.
Read MorePeace Church Network Congregations Are Engaging Important Issues
Looking for ideas for your congregation? Here are just a few things that Peace Church communities are using to gather around issues that are relevant and meaningful to them.
Read MoreBlack Lives, Black Voices: A Discussion on Racism (Church of the Advent Hope)
Video recording of panel discussion on racism is now available.
Read More"The Wound" Considers Racial Justice within US Adventism (The Haystack)
The Haystack has funded and distributed an important film on racial justice in American Adventism.
Read MoreAdventist Peace Radio, Episode 22: Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy (Pt 2)
The second half of a conversation on Dr. King’s legacy 50 years after his assassination.
Read MoreAdventist Peace Radio, Episode 21: Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy (Pt 1)
What is King’s legacy 50 year’s after his assassination?
Read MoreASJ Issues Statement on Walla Walla University Incident
Adventists for Social Justice responds to incident at Walla Walla University involving black-face.
Read MoreAndrews University to Mark 50 Years of King's Legacy
The 2018 AU Social Consciousness Summit considers the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by commemorating his assassination and celebrating his life and leadership.
Read MoreAdventists in North America Celebrate Black History Month
Articles and events relating to Black History Month 2018.
Read MoreAgainst the Wall Hosts Event at Andrews University
Ty Gibson and Michael Nixon lead "Against the Wall" event at Andrews University. ATW calls for racial reconciliation within the Adventist denomination.
Read MoreAdventist Peace Radio, Episode 15: Pedrito Maynard-Reid Lectures on Justice
Dr. Pedrito Maynard-Reid (APF Board Chairperson) gives presentation titled, “JUSTICE: A Radical, Prophetic Call to the Academy and the Pew.”
Read MoreASJ: Video Review
Video overview of the recent conference hosted by Adventists for Social Justice.
Read MoreAdventist Peace Radio, Episode 13: Against the Wall
Ty Gibson and Michael Nixon share about Against the Wall, a catalyst for conversation and action promoting racial reconciliation and healing in the Adventist movement and beyond.
Read MoreAdventists for Social Justice Conference
The 2nd Annual ASJ Conference will be November 3-5, 2017, at Washington Adventist University.
Read MoreAdventist Peace Radio, Episode 11: Daniel Xisto & Peacemaking in Charlottesville
Pastor Daniel Xisto shares about preparing for and responding to the recent racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Read MoreAdventists Continue to Respond to Racial Violence In Charlottesville
Here is a sampling of events, news stories, statements, and blog posts relating to the recent racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. See our previous reporting here--NAD & ASJ.
Call to Prayer for Charlottesville (19 Aug 2017)
Seventh-day Adventist Entities Respond to Charlottesville (Alisa Williams, Spectrum, 18 Aug 2017)
Pacific Union Conference President Responds to Charlottesville Atrocities: “Blessed Are the Peacemakers” (Adventist Today, 18 Aug 2017)
Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Ricardo Graham Responds to White Supremacist Violence (Ricardo Graham, Spectrum, 17 Aug 2017)
A Response to Events in Charlottesville, Virginia (Michael Nixon, Andrews University Diversity Blog, 17 Aug 2017)
A Brutal Wakeup Call (Ty Gibson, Light Bearers, 17 Aug 2017)
On Being Adventist in the Wake of Charlottesville (Laura Wibberding, The Other Adventist Home, 17 Aug 2017) [I want to add a comment that I think both are problems -- racism and lack of activism.]
Adventist Congregations & Leaders Respond to Violent Incident in Virginia (Adventist Today, 15 Aug 2017)
Charlottesville. How Do We React? (Roger Hernandez, The Haystack, 14 Aug 2017)
And a general message from Andrews University - Instagram
NAD Responds to Violence in Charlottesville
The North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination posted a news story about the recent racial violence in Virginia (link). The article begins:
Tragedy struck the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, 2017, when demonstrators at a white nationalist rally, after a day of protests and clashes, were hit by the car of an Ohio man whom authorities claim held radical views. Thirty-two-year-old Heather Heyer was killed; according to news reports, nine pedestrians were injured in the crash with injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening.
The local Adventist churches are working together to help with the healing process.
The article also contains a statement from Daniel R. Jackson and G. Alexander Bryant, the president and executive secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America.
It finishes with a response from Adventist pastor and former APF student leader, Daniel Xisto. Be sure to click through to his moving response--I'm not OK.
The complete NAD article can be read here.