The Liberating Theologies conference, presented by The Freedom Center for Social Justice, is a one-day experience exploring varying theologies with an emphasis on liberation and inclusion for the oppressed and marginalized. North Carolina has been a political, social justice and religious battleground in the United States for decades. Regressive views on religion, the LGBTQ community […]
The Liberating Theologies conference is a one-day experience exploring varying theologies with an emphasis on liberation and inclusion for the oppressed and marginalized. North Carolina has been a political, social justice, and religious battleground in the United States for decades. Regressive views on religion, the LGBTQ community and other marginalized groups have harmed many of […]
During both the pre- and post-Civil War eras, lynching was used with impunity by patrols of KKK members to intimidate, terrorize, incarcerate and kill black people. Then as now, unpunished acts of racial intimidation and violence by citizens and officers sworn to protect and serve the people, perpetuate racism in today’s criminal justice system. Please […]
Racism has been called America's "original sin." Struggles around affirmative action, welfare and immigration reform, and other policies show that the racial divide in the United States wasn't healed in the civil rights era. This Lenten Series is designed to spark discussion, thought, and action about how to live out God's call for racial equity […]
This August and September, NCIPL will host an eight-week forum series detailing the important issues facing us this election. These events will highlight our voter reflection guide, feature expert speakers, and educate attendees on policy as well as voting during a pandemic. These events will educate voters and emphasize the importance of voting by introducing, […]
This August and September, NCIPL will host an eight-week forum series detailing the important issues facing us this election. These events will highlight our voter reflection guide, feature expert speakers, and educate attendees on policy as well as voting during a pandemic. These events will educate voters and emphasize the importance of voting by introducing, […]
Join us and NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green for a Zoom discussion on one of James Baldwin's essays, Equal in Paris, written shortly before Christmas 1949. Jaki Shelton Green will facilitate a discussion exploring the themes in Baldwin's work that continue to provide insights that illuminate our contemporary realities concerning America's ongoing racial dilemma. This […]
On February 11 at 6 p.m., join Catawba College for a live-stream screening of 11am: Hope for America’s Most Segregated Hour. The story in this film is centered around the Urban Doxology Songwriting Internship, documenting the fruit of (at that point) a seven-year investment in culture-making, innovative worship practices and leadership development in the community […]
The annual HKonJ (Historic Thousands on Jones Street) Moral March and People's Assembly 2021 is happening virtually and online this year. Due to Covid, we cannot gather on Fayetteville Street, but there will still be a big caravan, music, speakers and a livestream! To register for the motorcade kickoff on February 6, click here. Check out the NAACP HKonJ […]
Join us on Friday, February 26th, for a conversation on the work of environmental justice with expert speakers including Sherri White-Williamson of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network and the North Carolina Conservation Network and Rev. Michael Malcom of the People's Justice Council and Alabama Interfaith Power & Light. Click here to register. We will […]
Join NCIPL & NC Council of Churches Intern for Climate and Environmental Justice, Noely Bernier, for a discussion on the impacts of colonialism (on our lives and the environmental movement), the importance of decolonization to the work of social and ecological justice, and ways to embody decolonization as activists and people of faith. Noely will […]
When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuvering to preserve the statues, legal battles to remove them, and rowdy crowds taking matters into their own hands. These conflicts have raged for well over a century, but they've never been as intense as […]
