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Anti-racism
Loretto Community condemns racism in all forms.
The Community is working to understand its complicity in systemic racism. We cannot atone and change without knowing the truths of our past.
Federal Census Evidence for Loretto Slaveholding, 1820-1860
(Editor’s Note: The Loretto Community is working to understand its complicity in systemic racism. We thank the Loretto Heritage Center staff for providing important research about Loretto’s history of slaveholding. We cannot atone and change without knowing the truths of our past.)…
White Fragility: A Conversation
By Ried Clark and Martha Crawley Nudged by the Spring Community Group discussion on race, six of us from Group 4 agreed to read and discuss White Fragility. We gathered to discuss the book shortly after George Floyd was murdered…
Loretto Community Members March for Justice
On the evening of May 25, 2020, where Chicago Avenue and 38th Street meet in Minneapolis, Minn., George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer. Mr. Floyd was restrained in handcuffs, his life squeezed out of him by the…
Martin Luther King Day, January 20, 2020: Build the Beloved Community
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, continue Loretto’s long tradition of standing with and for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s teachings on the triple evils of racism, poverty, and war. Dr. King preached the Gospel directive that we…
