Anti-Racism / Anti-Oppression

The Anti-Oppression Team consists of two areas: Anti-Racism / White Privilege and Gender Equality.

The Church Within A Church Movement is committed to inclusion and community, considering any attempts at oppression to be inconsistent with the basic tenets of our organization and our mutual spiritual journey. It is in this spirit that we acknowledge and address the deep and lasting damage that is caused by racism in our society.

CWACM was founded as a multi-issue Movement focused on understanding and engaging systems of oppression and our role in them. CWACM stands on the founding principles outlined in our Statement of Anti-Racist Intent and sees the intersections of oppression rooted in Race and Gender.

Every journey against oppression begins with exposure. The initial goal is to become aware that there is a problem. Second comes conviction with a goal of commitment. Third comes education with a goal of understanding. The fourth step is accountability with a goal of community. Fifth is witness with a goal of transformation.

The Church Within A Church Movement planning team for Justice Summit 2019 Phoenix created a brief resource list for anti-oppression education. It is a beginning.

Please avail yourself of opportunities to learn.

The Anti-Racism/White Privilege area has completed a seven month / seven session national teleconference. Anti-racism activists, church leaders and lay people studied Joseph Barndt's "Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The 21st Century Challenge to White America."