I heard from many of you that last week's family resources list on racism was helpful. I have received and researched some more resources, and that will be this week's family devotional message as well. While I have used some, I have not personally read or engaged in every resource, but they all come from trusted sources and are resources I'd use for my own family.
More resources on raising anti-racist children:
Click here to follow The Mom Psychologist on Instagram. She is a black parent and psychologist who posts helpful parenting content regularly, but is focusing on anti-racism resources for parents now.
Click here for a template to write Anchorage School District about how they are addressing anti-racism in the school system, should you feel so inclined. It is courtesy of black activist and lecturer Rachel Cargle.
Click here to purchase the parenting book Raising White Kids by Jennifer Harvey.
Click here for suggested anti-racism children's books from Anchorage Library. Submitted by Anchorage youth librarian and St. John parent, Elizabeth Nicolai.
Click here to email me if you are interested in being part of leadership for a parents discussion group on raising anti-racist children.
Click here for a short family guide to supporting racial justice now written by Wendy Claire Barre.
Click here for more info on and/or to download a free file from Cokesbury (publisher of our PreK/K and 1st-3rd grade Sunday School) titled: Deep Blue Life: Faith and Culture—Anti-Racism
A family prayer:
Dear God,
Learning about how your people are hurting makes us feel sad. Please help us feel that sadness, and then take that sadness and turn it into change. We want to change ourselves and our families so that we are better able to love EVERYONE. We know small changes can make a big difference with your help! Thank you for our brains that let us learn and grow and change so the entire world is changed, and black and brown people are safe and loved everywhere. Thank you for loving me SO MUCH so I can love everyone. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
~ Erynne DeVore, director of Children's Ministry