Prophet, Priest, Pastor, and Poet Walk Into a Movement
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Slides for my workshops at the 2016 "DisGrace" conference at Montreat Conference Center. The focus of the conference was on dismantling racism and addressing white supremacy.
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Prophet, Priest, Pastor, and Poet Walk Into a Movement
- 1. A Prophet, Priest, Pastor, and Poet Walk into a Movement: Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16 MONTREAT CONFERENCE CENTER www.slideshare.net/breyeschow
- 2. A Generation's Asks WTF [Video] https://youtu.be/bIU8-hlvKXA
- 3. Bruce Reyes-Chow Pastorâs Kid Eighties Kid Diverse HS Tech Transition Law Track
- 4. Bruce Reyes-Chow San Francisco Dog Walker Soccer Dad Aâs Fanatic Coffee Drinker
- 6. FORMATIVE HISTORY Chinese Exclusion Act (1965) Miscegenation Laws (1967) Farmworkers Strikes (1965)
- 8. RACE AND POLITICS Empty Chair #blacklivesmatter Police Shootings #sayhername Immigration
- 9. We all have assumptions. Here are mine. ASSUMPTIONS brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 10. The church must not only be a safe place to talk about race, it must also be a place where the complex beauty of the created is yearned for and made real. THE CHURCH brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 11. Multiculturalism will always and only be window dressing unless the culture is intentionally, excruciatingly, and consistently diverse. MULTICULTURAL brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 12. The examination of racism cannot be done in the absence of also examining the realities of sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, classism, etc. INTERSECTIONAL brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 13. Work around race that is whole and just is aspirational, big picture, and systematic. It is also concrete, specific, and personal. THE JOURNEY brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 14. Pretending that a problem doesnât exist doesnât mean that the problem doesnât exist. AVOIDANCE brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 15. Privilege allows us choose to avoid talking about race. Conversations about race only easier by having more of them. We miss out on the possibilities that may be on the other side of the tensions when we donât talk about race. PRIVILEGE brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 16. We assume relationships will break if we have hard conversations. We fear that we may not be heard, believed, or understood. The more we talk, the more likely that we might change in our beliefs and/or behavior. FEAR brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 17. Relationships are strengthened through moving through conflict. Our understanding and experience of the world is expanded. We gain a broader understanding of Godâs hopes and intentions for us and the world. POSSIBILITIES brc assumptions Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 18. As with most difficult conversations, our initial reaction is to find ways not to have them well. NOOOOOOOOO! having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 19. One person's being âpolitically correctâ or âtoo sensitiveâ is another person's remembering that words have power and can impact others more than one knows. WE DISMISS having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 20. We use our âintentionsâ as a way to deny or minimize our impact. WE DENY having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 21. When we strip anyone of their humanity, we do damage to the body as a whole. WE DEHUMANIZE having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 22. We fetishize and observe as spectacle instances of racism allowing us to distance ourselves from the repercussions of racism. WE FETISHIZE having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 23. We romanticize youth culture in a way that leads to abdicating our role in raising up the next generation of justice seekers. WE ROMANTICIZE having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 24. We are patronizing and condescending towards newly realized justice seekers -- often in order to hold onto power, status, and wealth. WE PATRONIZE having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 25. In an effort to show solidarity we shift focus away from those impacted and re-center the focus on us. WE DE-CENTER having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 26. â...the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning.â â60 â...a riot is the language of the unheard. The Other Americaâ â68 â...many among you are more concerned about making a living than making a life. â56 WE DILUTE having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 27. We believe that there is only one way, one strategy, one approach; â mine. WE INFIGHT having the conversations Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 28. We must not only confront social injustice, but we must embrace the idea that we each get there differently. A FIRST STEP Ways of jesus Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 29. From rigidly defined ways of being and doing to fluid and broad understandings of engagement. A FIRST STEP Ways of jesus Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 30. Prophet Priest Pastor Poet FOUR-FOLD Ways of jesus Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 31. ACTIVIST INSTIGATOR TELLER OF TRUTH Descriptions? Actions? Affirmations? Critiques? Examples? PROPHET Ways of jesus Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 32. ACADEMIC RITUALIST TENDER OF THE SPIRIT Descriptions? Actions? Affirmations? Critiques? Examples? PRIEST Ways of jesus Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 33. RELATOR CURATOR CONVENER OF VOICES Descriptions? Actions? Affirmations? Critiques? Examples? PASTOR Ways of jesus Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16
- 34. ARTIST CREATOR INSPIRER OF DREAMS Descriptions? Actions? Affirmations? Critiques? Examples? POET Ways of jesus Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow #DisGrace16