injustice Archives - The Allender Center

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Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Recognizing White Privilege and Speaking Out Against Racism

by Rebekah Vickery

In the midst of the civil unrest these past few months, the words that linger in my mind are from Genesis 4:10: The blood cries...

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Distracted

by Becky Allender

I heard the tires on the gravel driveway and called Dan to hurry! We rushed out the door and we greeted four-year-old Grace and I...

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A Stake in the Ground Against Racism

by Jeanette White

I woke up early on Saturday morning and my mind was instantly churning. With one eye cracked open and my mind still groggy from sleep,...

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“I Can’t Breathe”

by Linda Royster

Breathing is our most fundamental spiritual, soulful, and embodied work. None of us can live beyond minutes without breathing; inhaling and exhaling. This simple gas...

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The Allender Center’s Statement on Racial Trauma

by The Allender Center

George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. Tony McDade. The list of Black men, women, and children killed in our nation’s history stretches far, far beyond...

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