Racial Justice and Healing Academy

 

If you are tired of white supremacy, systemic racism, and you want to be a part of the healing we all need, the Racial Justice and Healing Academy is the right next step for you. If you have ever said, “Someone ought to do something about racism” and you are ready to be one of those “someone’s”, the Racial Justice and Healing Academy is the right next step for you.

The Racial Justice and Healing Academy is designed for those who want to learn how to pursue racial justice and healing in their local church and community. It equips participants with the tools, support, and encouragement to lead, start, continue, or join local racial justice and healing efforts. The RJHA is five unique modules that will inspire, challenge, inform, equip, and encourage the participants to take steps towards racial healing in the spaces where they have influence.

The Racial Justice and Healing Academy modules are open to lay and clergy from the North Georgia Conference (NGUMC) as well as to those who are not members of the NGUMC as a la cart events. This year's fall Academy will be hosted by Trinity UMC in Dalton, GA, so clergy and laity from the North West District are encouraged to attend!

The cost for the full academy that includes all 5 modules is $300 for NGUMC clergy and laity (an savings of $200 over a la cart pricing). There are a limited number of scholarships available. Those needing assistance should email brian.tillman@ngumc.net.

A total of 4 CEU credits are available for clergy, depending on level of participation. This will also meet the requirement for intercultural training for those serving on conference staff and for those serving on Conference boards, commissions, committees, councils, and teams. 

Clergy and laity from North Georgia: REGISTER NOW

Clergy and laity from other Conferences or denominations: REGISTER NOW


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Dates and Details:

Location of all events unless otherwise noted: Trinity UMC, 901 Veterans Drive, Dalton, GA 30721. Enter the parking lot off of Mitchell Street, and enter the church at the door with the awning.  

The Racial Healing Framework with Rev. Dr. Brian Tillman. September 9 – 10am to 2pm

  • Location: Trinity UMC Dalton
  • Learn about the Racial Healing Framework and how to begin to use it in your context
  • Includes lunch
  • included in the RJH Academy price - $50 a la cart price for NGUMC lay or clergy - $100 a la cart price for non-NGUMC

Racial History Tour. October 13 and 14 – from 12pm on Friday to 4pm on Saturday

  • Bus tour visiting sites including the Cherokee Capital, a black town established before the civil war, and a school founded by Booker T. Washington that was part of one of our UM Churches.
  • Includes admission, meals, transportation and lodging.
  • Limited capacity - max 45 people – Leaving from Atlanta and Returning to Atlanta
  • Included in RJH Academy price – $250 a la cart price for NGUMC lay or clergy - $500 a la cart price for non-NGUMC

Where to Start in the Local Church. November 11 – 10am to 2pm

  • Learn some of the skills and ideas used by other churches
  • Includes lunch. Location: Trinity UMC Dalton
  • Included in RJH Academy price – $50 a la cart price for NGUMC lay or clergy - $100 a la cart price for non-NGUMC

Anti-Racism 4REALS Workshop with Sheila Beckford and Michelle Ledder. January 20 – 10am to 2pm

  • A workshop led by the authors of Anti-Racism 4 REALS: Real Talk with Real Strategies in Real Time for Real Change
  • Includes the book
  • Includes lunch. Location: Trinity UMC Dalton
  • Included in RJH Academy price - $75 a la cart price for NGUMC lay or clergy - $150 a la cart price for non-NGUMC

Radical Reconciliation Workshop with Curtiss Paul DeYoung. February 24 – 10am to 2pm

  • Workshop with one of the authors of Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism
  • Includes the book and lunch
  • Location: Trinity UMC Dalton
  • Included in RJH Academy price - $75 a la cart price for NGUMC lay or clergy - $150 a la cart price for non-NGUMC


Bonus Experience – Civil Rights Heritage Tour with SCLC WOMEN. March 2 and 3 – from 6am on Saturday to 9pm on Sunday

  • This experience is a pilgrimage through Alabama that traces the events, actions, and steps that led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It includes stops at 16th Street Baptist Church, The Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, the birthplace of Coretta Scott King, the City of Marion, the grave of Jimmy Lee Jackson, Montgomery, and the annual jubilee celebrating the marchers who marched across the bridge in Selma
  • Includes transportation and lodging. Leaving from Atlanta and returning to Atlanta
  • Includes meals
  • Includes admissions to each experience
  • $400 per person for a shared room before December 1 - $475 per person for a single room before December 1 - $450 per person for a shared room after December 1 - $525 per person for a single room after December 1
  • Not included in the cohort pricing and registration. Registration link coming soon.

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