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At the Japanese Summer Festival
On July 27, 2024, a group of 30 attended the Japanese Summer Festival at the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL. This outing was sponsored by the Antiracism Taskforce of the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) of the United Methodist Church, … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity & Multiculturalism, Social Change
Tagged 2024 Japanese Summer Festival, Anderson Japanese Gardens, Anti-Asian prejudice, Emptiness and MA, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hoichi Kurisu, Japanese Internment Camps, NIC Antiracism Taskforce, Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) Presents Series, United Methodist Church (UMC)
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Unpacking Racism: “Noble” Sentiments that Keep Us from Talking About Race
This is the Lead Post in a series of articles based on “Unpacking Racism,” the theme of the 2020 Laity Convocation of the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church, held on February 8, 2020. I and three other … Continue reading