catapult magazine

Items tagged race

• Radical vision made real

  A suburban Chicago church is following a difficult but rewarding path in an effort to bridge racial gaps, give away more money, and conform to the biblical model for church.

• Confessions of a racist?

  A look around at *cino's members and friends yields more questions than answers about ethnic diversity.

• Earth tones

  Race issues mark us all more deeply than superficial laws betray.

• Overcoming differences with a universal language

  A small, diverse community of 8,500 people discovers a positive, proactive way to bring racial groups together.

• Ain't nothin' noble about it

  A family finds a perfect home in a "changing" neighborhood.

• At the Lord's table

  Two interviews on the topic of race relations in the Church reveal mixed feelings about both the present situation and future prospects.

• At the Lord's table

  Two interviews on the topic of race relations in the Church reveal mixed feelings about both the present situation and future prospects.

• At the Lord's table

  Two interviews on the topic of race relations in the Church reveal mixed feelings about both the present situation and future prospects.

• Reconciling the nations

  The Many Nations, One Voice conference in Milwaukee gives a glimpse of a harmonious Kingdom.

• Paint, politics and parents

  Approaching lead poisoning as an issue of environmental justice.

• Around town

  A bike ride prompts gratitude for the gift of community.

• The color of cuisine

  A reflection on the way oppression has shaped U.S. diets.

• Grant’s recommendations 3.7.08

  Reviews of two documentary tours, one of the American South to discover evangelical Christianity and one around the world  to explore the nature of human ambition.

• Grant’s recommendations 6.13.08

  Two documentaries, one about soldiers returning from Iraq and one about the history of jazz.

• Kirstin’s recommendations 7.11.08

  Young adult fiction about race and the abuse of power and classic music from Louis Jordan and Patsy Cline, two of the most influential U.S. artists in the 20th century.

• No stopping or standing

  Electing a leader of color is a signpost on a journey, not a destination.

• What I’ve learned from planning UnLearn Week

  The principles behind and origins of one institution's efforts to dismantle racism.

• Dealing with differences

  The difficulty of seeing other cultures-and our own-with eyes wide open.

• On his brownness

  How can those whose genes embody an intersection of ethnicities uniquely contribute to understanding and reconciliation?

• A glimpse overseas

  A report on race relations in Russia.

• Conversation: “Color Positive”

  Your opportunity to be a part of the conversation about race and racism.

• No un-growth

  On the power of formative experience to set growth in motion.

• Writing Maleek: A prayer

  The road to authoring a children’s book about hunger.

• Learning to belong

  Considering what it means to feel at home as a child of traveling parents.