The Executive Council Committee on Anti-Racism
Digital Archive for General Convention Resolution 2009-A143
The following responses were submitted to the Executive Council Committee on Anti-Racism by dioceses reporting on specific actions taken in response to the Resolution 2009-A143. The Resolution requests each diocese to (1) name a Day of Repentance, (2) hold a Service of Repentance, and (3) engage in a study of the Church's complicity in and benefits derived from the institution of slavery and its aftermath. Diocesan reports have been reproduced faithfully with the exception of the redaction of personal greetings and reflections.
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Diocesan Responses: A-M
Alabama
Report to Committee
The Rt. Rev. Henry N. Parsley, Jr.: October 25, 2011.
Arizona
Report to Committee
Judith Conley, Chair of Diocesan Anti-Racism Committee: June 7, 2011.
Bethlehem
Report to Committee
The Rev. T. Scott Allen, Bishop's Representative to the Province III Anti-Racism Commission: June 9, 2011.
California
Report to Committee
The Rev. David Ota, Diocese of California Racial Reconciliation Task Force: January 10, 2012.
Study: No Longer Slaves, But Beloved Brothers and Sisters
Episcopal Diocese of California Racial Reconciliation Task Force: September 30, 2012.
Chicago
Report to Committee
Newland F. Smith III, Convener of the Diocese of Chicago Task Force on the Legacy of Slavery: August 30, 2011.
Delaware
Report to Committee
The Rt. Rev. Wayne P. Wright: December 5, 2011.
Service Leaflet: Service of Repentance for Slavery
The Diocese of Delaware: October 30, 2010.
Study: Slavery in Delaware
Committee on Slavery of the Diocese of Delaware: ca. 2009.
East Carolina
Report to Committee
The Rev. Mary Reese and Mr. Charles Hannibal, Co-chairs of the Diocesan Committee on Anti-Racism: June 13, 2011.
East Tennessee
Report to Committee
The Rev. Canon Stephen Askew, Canon to the Ordinary: June 30, 2011.
East Michigan
Report to Committee
Barb Meikle on the behalf of The Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley: November 8, 2011.
Florida
Report to Committee
Vickie A. Haskew on the behalf of The Rt. Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard: April 17, 2012.
Fort Worth
Report to Committee
The Rt. Rev. Wallis Ohl, Provisional Bishop: June 9, 2011.
Maine
Report to Committee
The Rt. Rev. Stephen T. Lane: August 24, 2011.
Maryland
Report to Committee
The Rev. Canon Angela F. Shepherd, Organizer and Co-chair of the Diocesan Truth and Reconciliation Commission: July 11, 2011.
Study: Racism in the Anglican and Episcopal Church of Maryland
Mary Klein, Diocesan Archivist and Kingsley Smith, Historiographer: 2012.
Mississippi
Letter from Bishop Gray to Clergy in Mississippi Regarding Racial Reconciliation
The Rt. Rev. Duncan M. Gray III: September 15, 2010.
Report to Committee
The Rt. Rev. Duncan M. Gray III: May 18, 2011.
Study: Up From Slavery, First Responses of the Diocese of Mississippi to Resolution 2006-A123
Kathleen Jenkins, Charles Reagan Wilson, N. Brooks Graebner, and Edward L. Bond: January 25, 2008.
Service Leaflet: Day of Repentance and Reconciliation
The Diocese of Mississippi: May 21, 2011.
Sermon Notes: Day of Repentance and Reconciliation
The Rt. Rev. Duncan M. Gray III: May 21, 2011.
Last update November 8, 2013