Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror

The Social Justice Ministry of Queen of All Saints is proud to present - A Journey to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice:  Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror.

This event will be held in the Queen of All Saints’ Cafeteria and will spotlight the experience of being present for the opening ceremonies of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL earlier this year.  You will learn about our nation’s brutal history of racial terrorism, in which over 4,000 lynching victims were killed….lives which have not always been recognized by the public at large.   You will see video and photographs of what has been described by a visitor as “the single greatest work of American architecture of the 21st century.”  Michael Rabbitt will share the story of his visit to the memorial and Legacy Museum (From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration), as we seek to spark greater awareness and understanding of the horrific legacy of lynching.   For in order to heal the deep wounds of our present, we must face the truth of our past

Michael Rabbitt is an anti-racism workshop facilitator with Showing Up for Racial Justice (and previously for the Archdiocese of Chicago).  He served on the Archdiocese’s Anti-Racism Implementation Team and was a member of Catholics United for Racial Justice.   He is also a long-time member of Workers for Racial and Ethnic Solidarity (WRES). Michael served on the inaugural Leadership Council for Within Our Lifetime, a national network of racial justice organizations dedicated to “ending racism within our lifetime.”   Michael is a parishioner at St. Mary of the Woods parish in Chicago, where he was the co-founder and chairperson of the Racial & Social Justice Ministry for 15 years.   Michael received the St. Katherine Drexel Racial Justice Award in 2010 from the Archdiocese’s Office for Racial Justice, in recognition of his “untiring commitment and public advocacy on behalf of racial justice.”
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