“Racism is not a failure of the system; it is the design of the system.” –People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
From October 17-19, 2017, the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) conducted a 2.5-day anti-racism training for thirty-two clergy and eight CAC staff and board members. We filed into the fellowship hall of First Congregational Church of West Hartford to learn how to commit ourselves and our institutions to becoming intentionally anti-racist.
More than 50 faith-based institutions have been meeting regularly since September 2016 to build a faith-based organization with collective power and moral force to make Greater Hartford a more just and equitable place. However, as this initiative moves into the next phase of identifying teams of leaders within the various institutions, we could not ignore the way that racism – codified, legalized, and systematized throughout U.S. history – thwarts even the noblest efforts to be truly just.
