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40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism

Live Event every Tuesday, October 15 - November 26, 7:00 p.m. ET

Please join us for this popular annual series! Weekly Tuesday events are opportunities to take part in lively online discussions with dynamic speakers, writers, and leaders in anti-racism work.

Register for this FREE series to join us for any or all of these events. Recordings will be available after each one, and registrants will receive a weekly reminder e-mail.

This year’s 40 Days program also features weekly stories (except on Sundays) with opportunities to learn, reflect, and act. Please sign up for the 40 Days newsletter to stay up-to-date!

Join a Study Group and Go Deeper!

When you sign up for the live events, you'll see an option at our course page to join a study group as well. A study group is a great way to explore the daily content with a wider group of people will be join a 40 Days study group.

These organized weekly online study sessions will run between October 28 and December and will give everyone a chance to delve even more deeply into the week’s content. There is no cost to attend these sessions, and the groups will be offered at the following times:

Monday Group

October 28, November 18, December 2

7:00 pm ET

Wednesday Group

October 30, November 20, December 4

7:00 pm ET

Schedule of Live Events

Tuesday October 15 - The United Nations and the Future of People of African Descent

with Michael McEachrane

Tuesday October 22 - Bold Discipleship: Reflections from the United Church in Saskatchewan

with SunDo Hyun, Bernon Lee, Becca Whitlaw

Tuesday October 29 - Race Talks from GenZs with Springwater Hester-Meawassige, Emo Yango

Tuesday November 5 - Fighting Anti-Palestinian Racism in Canada

with a panel of key leaders

Tuesday November 12 - Continuing Our Stories: Indigenous Identities in the Christian Church

with Leaders from the Anglican Church of Canada and The United Church of Canada

Tuesday November 19 - The Texts of Advent: Finding Good News and Avoiding Antisemitism

with Amy-Jill Levine

Tuesday November 26 - What Will We Sing When We Need to Sing a New Song?

with Then Let Us Sing! Committee

Recordings

Each live event will be recorded, and the recordings will be posted on the United Church’s YouTube channel, as well as at the course page. Handouts and resources provided during the live events will be stored at the course page, and accessible to all registrants.

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October 15

Countercultural: The Important Work that Begins When Church Doesn’t Easily Fit into the Culture with the Rev. Dr. Gil Rendle

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October 17

Theology Beer Camp