Racial Equity Initiative (REI)
Seeking justice with compassion and understanding.
Living in Justice
Calvary’s Racial Equity Initiative was formed to lead the congregation in recognizing and dismantling racism and unconscious bias in our own hearts and minds, in the institution of the church, and in the broader culture.
What is Racial Equity?
The REI Planning Team has developed the following goals:
- Improve and increase communications and publicity about REI and community events.
- Continue to learn and educate the community about the history of systemic racism and the skills to dismantle its effects in our church and society, and within ourselves.
- Form strong alliances with the SF Black & Jewish Unity Coalition and the Presbytery of SF West Bay Area Antiracism Group.
- Explore, educate about, and advocate for reparations for African Americans at the church, local, state, and federal levels.
Upcoming REI Events
Thank you for attending our Q&A with Paul & Tenisha on November 19!
It was an absolutely informative session with one of the couples featured in the documentary Lowballed.
If you haven't had a chance to watch the film yet,
please stream it here for free.
Paul and Tenisha had a housing appraisal in Marin City, CA where the appraiser lowballed them by an incredulous amount because they had 'black items' in their house, like food, art, books, clothes, and more. After seeing several red flags on their appraisal, they experimented later on by taking their belongings out of their house and replaced them with 'white items' and their next appraisal was $500,000 higher than the previous one. The documentary highlights a few black and brown families across America that have experienced this part of systemic racism.
We continue to march forward in unity, action, and spirit for justice of the oppressed.
Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.
Isaiah 1:17
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