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Sankofa

August 7-10, 2008 

The Department of Compassion, Mercy, and Justice invites you to join others on a Sankofa journey, leaving by bus from Chicago, IL.

 “Sankofa” is a West African word meaning “looking backward to move forward.”  The Sankofa journey, an intentional, cross-racial prayer journey, seeks to assist disciples of Christ as they move towards a righteous response to the social ills related to racism. This interactive experience explores historic sites of importance in the Civil Rights movement, sites of oppression and inequality for people of color, while seeking to move participants toward healing the wounds and racial divide caused by hundreds of years of racial injustice in the USA.

A Sankofa journey increases one’s awareness, understanding and sensitivity for the past struggles, victories and continuing racist oppression existing in our country, how far we have come, and how far we have to go.

It allows us the opportunity to consider how we might better address racial righteousness in our church, our nation, and our world.

On this 4-day bus journey, cross-racial partners will travel to critical sites of past and present racial injustice, such as Birmingham, AL, Albany, GA and Atlanta, GA. They will meet and hear from persons directly involved in ministries of justice in southern Georgia, visit places like the 16th Street Baptist Church, civil rights institutions, the Martin Luther King Center, and more.

 Space is limited for this journey, so we encourage you to respond as quickly as possible. For more information, contact Chrissy Palmerlee (chrissy.palmerlee@covchurch.org) in the Dept. of CMJ. If you would like to reserve a seat, please complete and send the registration form (below) along with a check for $100 to:

Department of Compassion, Mercy, and Justice
5101 N Francisco
Chicago, IL 60625

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