Noose Found Hanging in DC Church Courtyard March 29, 2021 Updates On the morning of March 26 a noose was found hanging from a branch of the largest tree in the courtyard of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., according to local news reports. Th... Read more...
Old Masters and Black Bodies November 12, 2020 Features, Highlight Using the tools of the old masters – grand canvases and oil paint, and fluently speaking their iconographic language – Ballon has moved Black bodies from the margins of the canvas to the forefront, portraying them as Biblical characters.
House of Bishops Reflects on White Supremacy September 23, 2020 Highlight, News "White ignorance and white indifference constitute their own specific forms of sin," says the 52-page report.
Ethics: The Codes of Chosenness September 11, 2020 Features, Highlight The conviction that Western whites are God’s chosen people is a grounding for white supremacy.
Council Takes Racial History Pilgrimage in Montgomery October 23, 2019 News Two exhibits provide an unsettling overview of the history of slavery and lynching in America.
Followup on Washington Bishop’s Trump Remarks August 16, 2019 Clips, News The president's words "have dangerous potential to encourage others, both to speak and then to act with condoned violence. That's why we spoke."
National Cathedral Leadership Rebukes President Trump July 31, 2019 News "We feel compelled to ask: After two years of President Trump’s words and actions, when will Americans have enough?"
UBE Celebrates New African-American Bishops July 23, 2019 News “The past few years have uncovered a level of hatred far greater than I ever imagined from my fellow American citizens. These are scary times we’re living in. We need to acknowledge it and not be paralyzed by it.”
Bishops Studying Episcopal Legacy of White Supremacy June 24, 2019 News The committee wants to provide ways to “model honest and truthful conversations.”
Bp. Goff on Racism and Culpability February 12, 2019 Clips, News “This current scandal provides us an opportunity to examine not only the lives of our political leaders, but to take a close look at our own lives.”
