{"id":14667,"date":"2020-02-15T17:27:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T17:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=14667"},"modified":"2020-06-03T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T17:29:54","slug":"blogposts-and-online-coffee-talks-are-part-of-black-history-2020-emphasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2020\/blogposts-and-online-coffee-talks-are-part-of-black-history-2020-emphasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogposts and online \u2018coffee talks\u2019 are part of Black History 2020 emphasis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/looking-back-to-live-forward.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/looking-back-to-live-forward.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/looking-back-to-live-forward-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLooking Back to Live Forward: Black History 2020&#8243; is the title and theme of a special emphasis for the month of February sponsored jointly by the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Intercultural Ministry and Office of Peacebuilding and Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LaDonna Nkosi, director of Intercultural Ministries, and Alexandra Toms, Racial Justice associate in the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy, are leading the joint observance. \u201cWe will be offering various blogs, videos, and articles throughout the month of February exploring the intersections of faith, Black history, and current-day racism,\u201d said an announcement. \u201cWe hope you join us this month to read, listen, and reflect as we look back through history, so we can better live into Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All resources will be distributed through the Church of the Brethren blog at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/category\/peacebuilding\">https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/category\/peacebuilding<\/a>&nbsp;and via social media including the Facebook pages at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/interculturalcob\">www.facebook.com\/interculturalcob<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchOfTheBrethrenOPP\">www.facebook.com\/ChurchOfTheBrethrenOPP<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two online gatherings or \u201ccoffee talks\u201d will be offered for those who have been participating in the program\u2019s blogposts, articles, and videos, in order to discuss their experiences. The coffee talks are scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20, at 12:30 p.m. (Eastern time), register at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/brethren.org\/onlinecoffeetalk1\">http:\/\/brethren.org\/onlinecoffeetalk1<\/a>&nbsp;; and on Tuesday, March 3, at 12:30 p.m. (Eastern time), register at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/brethren.org\/onlinecoffeetalk2\">http:\/\/brethren.org\/onlinecoffeetalk2<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLooking Back to Live Forward: Black History 2020&#8243; is the title and theme of a special emphasis for the month of February sponsored jointly by the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Intercultural Ministry and Office of Peacebuilding and Policy. 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