UMW AR/PR Team & VOICES Series

The Upper Midwest Region Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation Action Team regularly hosts events to address a variety of social justice issues. These are online and registration is required.

In 2016,  First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) launched a community workshop/lecture series entitled Voices:  Addressing Issues That Affect the Church and Wider Community. Voices is underwritten through the support of The Wholeness Fund of First Christian Church Minneapolis.  In keeping with our calling as Disciples of Christ to “be a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world”, The Wholeness Fund seeks to support local & global organizations that strive to meet the needs of their community by serving people in their walk through life. Our audience is the wider ecumenical faith community (clergy, chaplains, lay leaders) in the Twin Cities.

2022 saw the series return from an in-person to an online series. We plan to have the online series every 2 years, returning in 2024.

Past Conferences:

Our past conferences have been plenary-based to provide tools to our colleagues and wider community to help address these issues, through nationally-recognized speakers & partnerships with local organizations and practitioners.

2022 Online Series: Click here to view info card
November 2017: Justice, Renewal, and The Theology of Prince
November 2016:  Mental Health and The Faith Community’s Response – Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
May 2016:  Moral Injury and Moral Meaning Making – Rev. Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock